Sherry Artemenko's Blog - Language in Play

Lego Offers Construction Sets for Girls

Sep 5, 2012 | Uncategorized

In today's Wall Street Journal article on "Lego Chief Sees Weak U.S, Demand for Toys," it is reported that in the first half of the year, Lego's...

Back to School Speech Therapy, Great Puzzles

Sep 5, 2012 | 10 and up, 12 years and up, 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, 8 years and up, Articulation, Language, Preschool, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

I love to use puzzles in speech therapy and want to share some new terrific puzzles to liven up therapy sessions. Interesting puzzles can be used as...

Spike the Mixed-up Monster by Hood and Sweet Great for Speech Therapy

Aug 13, 2012 | 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, Books, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

My newest PAL Award winning book. "Spike the Mixed-up Monster" is a gem by children's author, Susan Hood. The darling story of a little salamander,...

Bookworm Gardens Brings Books To Life Through Nature

Aug 11, 2012 | 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, 8 years and up, Books, Language

As we drove up to the entrance of Bookworm Gardens in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, I knew I was in for a treat. A group of day camp kids in their matching...

Inference Lessons in Speech Therapy

Aug 1, 2012 | 10 and up, 12 years and up, 6-8 year-olds, Language, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

I'm often looking for good lessons to teach inference in speech therapy. So many of the kids I work with have difficulty with abstract language. One...

Comparisons Lessons in Speech Therapy

Jul 24, 2012 | 3-6 year-olds, Books, Preschool, Preschool Class, Reading, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

I recently took a new book out of the library to use for speech language therapy sessions and realized it was perfect for teaching comparisons and...

HEDBANZ and Word Wave Make Language Learning Fun

Jul 20, 2012 | 8 years and up, Games, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

I had such fun reviewing and awarding two new games by Spin Master Ltd for the PAL Award. Kids couldn't get enough of HEDBANZ, as they snapped their...