I have always been a fan of card games that are super easy to prep and play.  I have played versions of "Bang" or "zap" for years and I've carried this over into speech as well.  In speech this past week we've been playing "Don't Wake the Monster!". Color ink is expensive and hard to come by at my school so I prefer black/white printables that I can make colorful by printing onto colored copy paper.  Since I often have a group of kiddos working on different goals I have been printing each kiddo's cards on a different color paper so we can all play together but work on different goals! I also set the iPad timer from anywhere from 5-7 minutes depending on the group.  They LOVE the timer, it makes them work harder and stay on task.  Plus they love being able to tell when time will be up!   I have put together two different packets, one with articulation games and one with language games. If you're looking for quick and easy articulati...
Working with kiddos with Childhood Apraxia of Speech can be challenging and yet so rewarding.  I have also found it is pretty difficult to find materials for apraxia that don't cost an arm and a leg.  Since I don't have an extra arm or leg to spare ; )  I have been slowly putting these things together and finally put them all into a new packet.  This packet practices production of vowel sounds and different syllable structures (CV, VC, CVC, CVCV).  I had a sweet kiddo yesterday who LOVED the "Don't Wake the Monster" game with the printable picture cards. She loved it so much, I am working on making the game for other articulation sounds too, coming soon! She asked to take it home and play it with her mom (hello homework!). Check it out by clicking on the picture below. ...
Hi friends!  I hope your school year is going well!  Mine has been busy, busy as I'm sure yours has too.   I was looking at my "Ways to Show a Number" anchor chart the other day and thought that would be great to turn into a flip book!  So, here it is! The file has two flip books; one to teach and one to practice.  Click on the picture to check it out! Head over to my Facebook page to enter to win a free copy!! ...
Happy Saturday!  I have a large mound of paperwork to work on today, just wanted to pop in to share a new freebie! Now that the school year is underway kiddos are starting to attend a variety of classes.  I put together a clip chart to help keep track of who's going where!  Click on the picture below to get it for FREE! Have a great weekend! ...
Hi!  I hope everyone's school year is off to a great start!  Mine has been wonderful and crazy busy at the same time. My new kiddos on my caseload this year have come to me with some goals that I haven't tackled much in the past.  Several included communication boards or low tech AAC options.  I quickly realized I was going to have to make some language or communication boards to go along with therapy.  I didn't have a subscription to board maker or any other clip art that would be needed to make communication boards without buying individual clip art packs and that was going to be expensive! Please know that I am a beginner when it comes to making communication boards and I know these aren't perfect but Smarty Symbols has definitely made my job much EASIER!  Let's dive on in! What is Smarty Symbols ?  Smarty Symbols are a clip art service for teachers, speech-language pathologists and parents.  They are very seller friendly in that you are allowed to make a...
Every 7th of the month during the school year a huge group of SLPs throw a sale and offer one of their products for 50% off!  Well, tomorrow is the first sale of this school year!  My Speech Sound Homework and Handouts will be only $2.50 starting RIGHT NOW until Monday at midnight (or Tuesday morning when I wake up). : ) Be sure to put the hashtag #SeptSLPMustHave into the TPT search engine to check out all the other fabulous must have speechie products on sale! ...