So we are coming up on a pretty exciting milestone here at Speech2U blog: 500 page views. I’m pretty excited! Although in the blog-o-sphere, I think this means that I’m still a pretty super secret blogger. But for me, at least I know some people have read it, because I know I haven’t checked my […]
Build a Word: Prefix, suffix and Root Word Towers
Last fall there were a lot of spelling and sentence building duplo block ideas on Pinterest. I started thinking about using the same idea with building blocks. I scored a big bag of Megablocks at the Goodwill for a few dollars. I also had a few address labels left over from Christmas. I downloaded the […]
Prefix, Suffixes and Root Words:
The holidays are finally settling down and I’ve had time for another posting: resources and activities for prefixes, suffixes and root Words. I like to work on these skills with students in later elementary or middle school. I don’t know that you can teach every single instance or idea so I usually like to write […]
Christmas Tree Cones
I love to make quick snack crafts in Speech therapy. It’s an easy way to include worksheet drill activities. In between each step we can practice our word lists or answer wh questions. It’s also a great way to work on sequencing, paraphrasing and story retell. Last week we made these cute Christmas tree cones. […]
Gift getting: Perspective Taking
Last year, Jimmy Kimmel had a segment on his show called, “I gave my kids a terrible present.” In it, parents across America wrapped up cleaning products and old bananas and gave them to their children as presents. This is a great video to use during speech therapy for expected and unexpected behaviors. First from […]
Avoid the Tinkerbell towel: Gift giving perspective taking
Gift giving is a great exercise in perspective taking. Can your clients think of some things that their parents would like or their siblings? This is a hard skill for a lot of neurotypical adults such as my husband. One year, he bought me a child sized Tinkerbell towel at Target. First of all, I […]
Multisyllabic Words
Lots of Snowfall here today, which meant I was pretty busy trying to create some materials for my clients next week. I have a lot of clients right now who need to work on intelligibility. One thing that seems to negatively impact their intelligibility is when they don’t consistently or accurately mark each syllable in […]
Dollar Spot Christmas Trees
So I found these cool oversized sticker sheets in the Dollar Spot at Target. I got a Christmas Tree, a Gingerbread House, and a Snowman. I laminated them so that I could use with more than one student. We used the Christmas Tree in therapy this week and had a LOT of fun. I wrote some […]
Helping children communicate when sick.
One of the things that can be so frustrating when working with children with significant communication challenges, is trying to determine HOW they are feeling. Frequently, parents will tell me that they wish their child could TELL them if they were in pain or hurting. Generally, I think these clients do tell us when […]
Ninja Articulation
My son and I just finished reading a Magic Treehouse book about Ninja’s. Last night he was running around the house with a towel wrapped around his head, “I’m Ninjago.” At first, I thought he was brilliant. He was making up NEW words. But it turns out Ninjago is a Lego ninja. Anyhow, when […]
