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How to make your own HE/SHE card decks

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I came across a great website last fall called: http://www.senteacher.org.  It’s an FREE site that allows you to print certificates, flashcards and some therapy materials.  If you work with students on emotions, you definitely want to check this site out.  There is an option to create a “Facial Fan,” Thought Bubbles to print out and  Face […]

New Year’s Resolution #1: Stop being a blog stalker

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Okay, I admit it.  I’m a blog stalker.   I’m not sure how people normally read blogs, but if I find a blog I like,  I start at their latest entry and then keep reading until I get to their first entry.  Sometimes (OFTEN) I take notes.  I used to take notes on a soap […]

Penguin Vowels

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I just finished a revised version of Penguin Vowels on my TPT store-I’m really excited about this one for several reasons:  1.   Helping children produce accurate vowels makes a HUGE differences in their intelligibility.  Consider this sentence:  “I eat two potatoes.”   A child who has all of their vowels intact but no consonants would […]

January Organization: Speech Kits-Social Skills Edition

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There’s nothing better in January then reorganizing your materials.   A year ago, I took some time to organize my Speech cabinet into Speech Kits.  You can see my Same and Different Kit here: I’ve been practicing for 15 years, so I’ve accumulated ALOT of toys, materials and odds and ends. Most of the materials in […]

Prefix, Root Words and Suffixes

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I forgot to include this activity in my posts regarding prefix, suffixes and root words.  Going along with the toolkit idea from my TPT download, you can use nuts and bolts to practice meanings.  I went to the local hardware store and picked up a handful of nuts and bolts.  I was looking for a […]

New Years Top 10 List: Resources and Continuing Education

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Brrrr…It’s cold outside.  I was going to write more about these lists but I’ve decided to spend the rest of the day hanging out with my 4 year old and husband by the fire in our basement. The first list is my favorite CEU courses.  It was a difficult one to write because I LOVE […]

New Year’s Top 10 Lists: App Edition

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One of my favorite parts of the end of the year is reading everyone’s favorite lists.  Sometimes I make little notes in my Iphone so that I can remember to read that book or rent the movie.  In honor of the top 10 lists, I thought I would count down to the new year with […]

Word Making Tools Download

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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 […]

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