Alphabet Fun was the my son’s home PK theme the past two weeks (with Labor day in there and taking a long weekend away this past weekend, it took us two weeks to do all the fun activities that went with our theme). Here is a picture of some of the fun books we read […]
Last spring I was on a search for a home, faith based preschool program that I could do at home with my son. Although, I knew I was going to send him to PK 2 mornings a week this fall (yes, it started this week…sniffle!), I wanted something I could do to supplement what he […]
I was thinking of a simple fun way I could create a reinforcer activity for my PK and early elementary kiddos that would not take a long time but could be something special they could do when I saw them for therapy the week of their birthday. So I came up with this simple pattern […]
I have a few clients that are working on phonological awareness activities in order to improve their auditory discrimination skills. I make these worksheets for therapy and thought I’d share with you. These are also great for homework! Grab your free copy here! Enjoy!
I made this activity for my son and I thought how easily I could incorporate this into therapy for my PK kids and even early elementary kiddos (simply by working on adding and subtracting) as a reinforcer game for any speech and language goals. So I thought, if I’m going to use it, maybe you […]
This is the last installment of my Nonverbal child series! Thanks so much to all of you who stuck with it this month and checked out my presentations. I hope they helped in some way. Please note that in this presentation a number of language facilitation techniques will be discussed. I have written about each […]
Last week I talked about the steps I use to teach PK kiddos how to understand analogies by focusing on understanding relationships between objects. Today I’d like to just write the several ideas I have done with PK kiddos that have worked to teach them how to understand categories of objects! If you have other […]
Today I am guest posting on [simply speech.]‘s Welcome Home series today! The topic? Using movement to keep PK students attentive during therapy! Here’s a preview of all the goodies you will find over there… So here is my biggest secret to success with preschoolers: Movement! It is NOT developmental to expect a PK age […]
As a Speech-Language Pathologist, I feel music, singing songs and finger plays are a very important part of communication as these activities improve auditory processing and comprehension skills while teaching language, prosody, turn taking and so much more! So I thought I’d share with you my Top 10 favorite songs and explain why I love […]
Did you know October is Fire Prevention and Safety Month? Every October, local fire stations visit schools nationwide and talk about fire safety. There is a lot of language involved in fire safety and a lot of information for children to understand and know. So its a good idea to take some time and review […]
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