No Prep Activities for Speech Therapy
When the days are busy and planning time is limited, it’s good to have some no prep activities for speech therapy on hand ready to go. Here are a few of my favorite no prep activities. Games Games are the…
Social Skills and Perspective Taking
Social skills can be one of the more complicated areas for SLPs to treat. It’s in the world of pragmatics that we find a lot of complicated, confusing, gray areas and often wrestle with what areas we need to focus…
Using Books in Speech Therapy
There are so many reasons you should be using books in speech therapy. Many SLPs already do this and are great at it. Others shy away from using books in speech therapy for different reasons. When it comes to using…
Free Summer Newsletter
The end of the school year is always an exciting time! Communication with parents is key to wrapping up a successful school year. Enjoy this free summer newsletter for your end of the school year notes home. This newsletter can…
Teaching Problem Solving
Problem solving skills are vital to all aspects of a child’s school day. When teaching problem solving skills, it’s important to determine where the child is having the most difficulty, take a step back, and build from there….
Teaching Verb Tenses
As a speech-language pathologist, I often have students who need to work on verb tenses. Teaching verb tenses can be tricky, especially when a child has difficulty understanding time concepts. Here are my tips for teaching verb tenses to…
Kindness Themed Free Printables
These free printables are great for kindness themed lessons, character lessons, or just general skill lessons. The theme is kindness and there are several different activities included. You could use these free printables as a stand-alone lesson or as…
Articulation Practice for /TH/
If you’re looking for fun articulation practice for /th/ or other target areas, I’ve got you covered. These articulation activity booklets are free and ready to print and go! They are full of puzzles and activities to help your student…
Articulation Carryover Activities
You’ve taught the skill and had success in structured activities. All that’s standing between your student and dismissal from speech is carryover. Here are some of the best articulation carryover activities to help get your students to mastery and dismissal….
SLP Toolkit: Cut your paperwork in half
We’ve all been there…a long list of students to test, reports to write, IEPs to prepare, and progress reports…oh the never ending progress reports. The constant paperwork seems never ending and overwhelming. Unfortunately, the paperwork will always be there, but…
Why Questions for Speech Therapy
Teaching wh- questions can often be challenging for our students with language disorders. Working on why questions is the most challenging. I am going to share some tips for why questions for speech therapy that will help you…
Speech Therapy Tips for Older Students
Keeping upper elementary, middle, and high school students engaged in speech therapy can be quite challenging. I have some speech therapy tips for older students that will help you keep them motivated and engaged. Tip 1: Use high interest activities…
SLP Mission: My Trip to Honduras
If you’ve ever considered taking your speech therapy skills into the mission field, let this post be your encouragement. This post is from several summers ago. When I moved my old website to this one, the post was lost. I…
Summer Speech Therapy Activities
I. LOVE. SUMMER. I absolutely love it. Even here, in the heat of Texas, I just love summer. The other seasons don’t even come close for me. In honor of my love for summer, I am sharing some of my…
Choosing a Phonological Approach: Which One is Best?
When choosing a phonological approach, which one is best? Today, we’re going to be talking about phonology and phonological treatment approaches. It’s important to feel confident when choosing a phonological approach to help your students make the fastest progress int…