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Snow Much Fun! Winter Speech Therapy Activities
Snow Much Fun! I woke up to this beautiful blanket of snow and I was inspired to write a blog post about some of my favorite ideas for bringing snow into the speech room! These would also be fun winter carryover activities for home speech and language practice. You may have
Cooperative Activities for Social Skills Groups
Cooperative Learning Activities More than ever before, many of our speech and language students need to practice their pragmatic language skills (social language skills). Social skills groups offer an opportunity to practice these skills with peers in a safe and supportive environment with adult support. Skills practiced in these groups
Speech Carryover Activities
“Carryover is a client’s ability to take an individual speech skill learned in the therapy room and to apply it broadly in all speaking situations.” – Pam Marshalla What is Speech Carryover? Most people imagine speech therapists working with students at the word level with flash cards or word lists.
Halloween Books for Speech and Language Development
Halloween Books As promised in my Halloween Activities blog post, I am sharing some of my favorite Halloween books for speech and language development. You can fill the entire month of October with halloween related books, themes, and activities! Here a some of my favorites! As an Amazon Associate, I
Halloween Speech Therapy Activities
Halloween starts on October 1st! Halloween might be on the last day of the month but you can use Halloween themes to keep your students motivated all month long. Themes like pumpkins, bats, spiders, spooky skeletons, and friendly monsters can be so much fun! This blog post summarizes some of
Fall Speech and Language Activities
Autumn is Calling! As fall approaches, the air is crisp and cool. The fall colors are beautiful and the animals are busy preparing for winter. After a long hot summer, it is the perfect time to explore outside while practicing speech and language skills in a natural environment. This blog
Conversation Starters for Speech Therapy
The Dreaded Icebreaker Can I tell you a secret? I dread icebreakers. As an introvert, I would much rather sit at the back and not have to talk to anyone. But if I’m being honest with myself, I usually find that they do help me grow closer to my teammates.
Guessing Games for Speech Therapy
“Play is our brain’s favorite way of learning.” – Diane Ackerman If you have read any of my blog posts, you will quickly see that I love using guessing games during my speech therapy sessions. When we are playing these games, my students don’t even realize that they are practicing