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Speech Practice for the Car

“I don’t have time to practice!” “How do we fit this in our busy life?” Sound familiar? Know what my answer is? I am guest posting over at Playing With Words 365 and sharing ideas parents to work on speech & language in the car! Head over there and check it out by clicking […]

Top 10 Children’s Books for Speech Therapy

This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Probably the most popular question I get is “What are your favorite books?” And I have such a huge collection, it is really hard to just name a few! I have over 200! I was pretty lucky to inherit a great collection from my mom, who was a teacher. […]

DIY Dry Erase Pockets

Did you miss the $1 dry erase pockets at Target? Yeah, me too. I kept seeing instagram after instagram of super happy SLPs and teachers grabbing those things and in my 57 trips to Target, I never got lucky. Not once. So, I took it upon myself to make some like I had seen on […]

Describe It To Me {App Review}

I am all about describing this summer since I got my EET kit, so when I was offered the opportunity to review Smarty Ears’ app Describe It To Me, I was pretty excited! I love Smarty Ears apps anyway, so I always welcome the chance to grab their newest 🙂 Describe It To Me is presented […]

Data Collection Options for Speech Therapy!

If I know anything about SLPs, it is that we looooooooove data. Big pink fuzzy heart. What comes with data? Forms. So as the school year draws closer and closer (agh!), many of us are looking for how we can start a fresh year with a fresh take….and what better way to discover new ideas […]

Old Lady…and Book Companion!

This Old Lady book is the newest to my collection and I am so excited to have it! I promised many of you that this would be ready before school started and I have gotten it done just for that. And did you see my post of my lack of motivation? This required some serious […]

Dear Motivation….

Dear Motivation, You left me on June 5, as soon as I packed up my car and drove out of the school parking lot. I’m not sure where you are, but I need some help…I threw all of my stuff in this small corner and it’s an eyesore. It is a mess and I need […]

DIY Potato People for Speech!

I discovered felt in grad school…I was doing a practicum at this great preschool program where the SLP did circle time every day and she used a lot of felt boards, which created some really awesome language opportunities. You can easily find ready made felt characters from various vendors, but I was perusing my Pinterest […]

Common Core Speaking & Listening Rating Scales

This is one of those projects that started with one idea, but kept morphing into something a little different. Does that ever happen to you? Story of my life! I am thrilled that I finally able to share this with you because I have been working really hard on this for quite a while now. […]

How to do Vocabulary Instruction using Books

I have been involved in some discussions with other SLPs about one of my favorite topics…vocabulary instruction. A few years ago I got to go to this awesome workshop where we focused on the connection between language and reading, and how quality vocabulary instruction is SO important. Not just for our kids, but all kids. […]