Today’s first spotlight guest blog Jen over at Speech Universe! Thank you so much Jen for sharing your tips with us on how you use PECs in a small group! If you like what you read, head on over to speechuniverse.blogspot.com and follow Jen’s blog. Thanks so much to Maria for letting me guest post while she […]
This week I’m sharing the form I created to monitor vocabulary progress in speech therapy. If you missed my Tip Tuesday post this week about how I use running record sheets to record and monitory vocabulary in order to meet speech and language goals, you can read all about it here! Here is what my Vocabulary […]
When working with very young children (below 5 years of age), who are primarily non-verbal, I find it helpful to use a running record to measure vocabulary. This is probably the most basic way to measure current vocabulary skills as well as monitor increases in vocabulary over time. One of the main reasons I […]
I spoke in this week’s Tip Tuesday blog post about how I use The Napping House in speech therapy. I target early vocabulary, story comprehension, sequencing of story details and story retelling skills. I use these simple pictures I made from microsoft ppt. Of course for you to be able to use them you […]
Who doesn’t love using books in therapy? The Napping House is one of my personal favorites for story sequencing and simple story retelling or our PK kiddos. Initial Reading: I always begin with an initial reading of the book, using pointing and showing to emphasize actions of characters in the book. I take this time […]
This week’s Tip Tuesday blog, I shared how I use sock puppets and simple pictures to retell this fun story! I promised you the pictures if you want them, so here they are! Grab them at the link below Grab your freebie here! Enjoy!
I think we can all agree we enjoy our Eric Carle books! One of my personal favorites for targeting animal vocabulary, sequencing events and simple rhyming words is “The Greedy Python”! This summer, I was working with a 3 year old who was quite resistant to voluntarily speaking or imitating after myself or his parent […]
We are officially in the thick of summertime! Can you feel it? How about a few open ended questions to work on some summertime conversation skills? Check out the fun freebie here! Remember if you use any of my freebies in therapy, snap a quick picture (confidentiality please, no identifying info!) and email to […]
There are a number of simple games I have been playing with my son for several years now while in the car, in waiting rooms or while waiting for our orders at restaurants. These are games are simple, fun and require no prep! The best part, they keep our little ones interested while supporting […]
We had so much fun with our Springtime Coloring Directions Sheet, that I made a Summer Directions Coloring Sheet, this time targeting 2 step sequential directions with concepts of “before” and “after”. Check it out and grab it today! Planning on using this in therapy? Well take a picture of the masterpieces once […]
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