I was volunteering in a children's Bible class this week and loved sitting back watching someone else manage the lesson. I was assigned to help in a...
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Teaching Parents to Play With Their Kids
I love to see parents evolve into great play partners for their children. Part of the therapy I do with kids is to educate their parents on how to...
A Day With No Crayons, Language Lesson
I love to read books that connect language with art. A Day With No Crayons is a clever story about a little girl who-you guessed it--lost the use of...
Getting Kids with Autism to Talk About Their School Day
One of the goals I have for a child I am working with who has autism, is that he tell two things about his school day, when he comes home. We have...
How Children Learn Language
Parents often ask what the next steps are for their children learning language and how long it will take to catch up to "normal." Children start...
Articulation Carryover Activities for “S and “SH”
I find books to be a great language enriching carryover activity for articulation. Recently I was working on /s/ and /sh/ with several students and...
Simple Snow Stories for Speech Language Therapy
It's almost March and we are having two snowstorms out east this week. So even though I see readers requesting Spring lessons for therapy, I am...
Top Picks for Language Toys at Toy Fair 2010
Now that I have come back down to earth after racing from one booth to another, and seeing all the fantastic new toys and games that amazingly...
Dads Are The Best!
I love working with parents but usually it is Mom who participates in our therapy sessions or moms who attend talks that I give on talking, reading...
Free Valentine’s Day Download Cards for Speech Therapy
Okay it is almost Valentine's Day and I am still finding great free downloads for valentines to use with kids to make speech therapy more fun....
Articulation Carryover Ideas
I work with several children with articulation goals--aged 3-7. Lately, several of them are at the same stage of trying to carry over the correct...
Valentines Day Picture Books for Speech Therapy
Here are some more Valentines Day books to use in speech therapy to liven up your sessions: Love, Splat by Scotton Splat has made a special...
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