Describing is an important skill for academic success, and these engaging activities will easily have your students building important vocabulary! 1. Using Photographs Photos are such an easy and interesting way to target this skill! My students usually love animals, so this resource is perfect for them. One thing I really like about using photos […]
How to Use Short Stories for Speech Therapy
Short stories for speech therapy can be an incredibly versatile tool. Let me show you all the ways they can make your life easier by saving you time in planning and prep! Short Stories in Therapy You need short stories for your speech therapy sessions for a variety of reasons. In therapy, we are often […]
How to Use Seasonal & Holiday Themes to Increase Vocabulary Knowledge
As an SLP, I don’t have to tell you how important the number of exposures to a new vocabulary word is for the students on our caseload. Students with developmental language disorders need up to 3x the exposures than other children, as well as considerations of engagement and target selection of Tier 1 and Tier […]
5 Ways to Build Vocabulary with The Word Collector
The Word Collector by Peter H Reynolds has quickly become one of my favorite stories of all time. It’s about a young boy named Jerome, who loves words. How perfect is that for SLPs? I happen to think this book is a great jumping off point for word exploration and vocabulary development. Here are 5 […]
Using Photos for Language Expression
Using photos for therapy isn’t exactly a new concept, I have tons of decks of skill cards that use photos! But, I needed something new that would meet a lot of different goals and came up with this binder. I first started this project because I needed something more concrete to work on WH words, […]
Tops and Bottoms Activities for Language
These Tops and Bottoms Activities are great for building language important language skills in the classroom or speech therapy sessions. This post contains Amazon Affiliate links. This week and next is all about farms and plants in my speech room, so I wanted to share some of the activities that we have been doing with […]
Teaching Body Parts for Language
This post contains Amazon Affiliate links. Every new class of preschool students brings new vocabulary that we need to teach, and this year I have had a lot of kids who are working on identifying and labeling body parts. I have been trying to find many different ways to incorporate these goals into various kinds of […]
Transportation Activities for Speech Therapy
This post contains Amazon Affiliate links. Holy crazy month. Between work and hurricanes and general life craziness, I have not been able to be consistent over here on the keyboard and I am sorry! Hoping to move back into a normal schedule this week, so watch out! Last week was all about transportation and I’m here […]
5 Travel Theme Speech Therapy Ideas – Plus Freebie
Looking for theme speech therapy ideas? Travel is not one commonly used but is so much fun! In this post, I am sharing 5 different activities for this theme, plus a great freebie! This post contains Amazon Affiliate links. This week we are packing up and hitting the road! In our minds 🙂 I was […]
How to use SnapDolls in Speech Therapy
I am SO excited to bring you a product review this week for Snapdolls! A sweet SLP friend of mine brought them to my attention and I just knew this would be a great activity for my preschool friends. Check it out! There are four sets of Snapdolls you can choose from: Caucasian, Asian, Hispanic, and […]
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