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Speech Therapy Crafts

Easy & Functional Speech Therapy Crafts

If I’m being honest, I’m not really one for glitter and glue. My therapy time is limited and I work hard to maximize my time

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Play-Based preschool language therapy using Mr. Potato Head in Speech

Play-Based Speech Therapy: Using Mr. Potato Head To Build Language Skills

Who doesn’t love Mr. Potato Head? He is classic and he can be a versatile tool to target MANY of the common language goals in

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How to use an advent calendar all year in Speech Therapy to work on expressive and receptive language skills.

Using an Advent Calendar in Speech Therapy

How to use an advent calendar in speech therapy I ran across the galvanized advent calendar at Target this Christmas and quickly realized it can

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FREE SLP to do list for easy planning in Speech Therapy

Speech Therapy To-Do List

FREE Speech Therapy to-do list I’m a list maker. I’ve got sticky notes everywhere and I love checking things off my to-do list. Here is

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December Speech Therapy Lesson Plans: Festive Plans to Get into the Spirit

Are you ready for all things holiday? This month, the kids will get to experience the fun of the holidays as they boost their confidence

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SLP coworker Christmas gift guide

SLP Coworker Christmas Gift Ideas

SLP Christmas Gift Ideas Shopping for coworker Christmas gifts can be tricky. Often you have several people to shop for which makes budgets tight. Recently

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toy gift guide for speech and language

Books & Toys: A Speech & Language Gift Guide

Holiday Gift Guide: An SLP’s Favorite Books & Toys About this time of year parents start asking me for recommendations for toys for Christmas. Does

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Using animated sotrybooks to improve vocabulary and comprehension

VOOKS Animated Storybooks To Improve Reading Comprehension

This post is written in partnership and sponsored by VOOKS. This review is honest and completely my own. They are generously offering educators a FREE

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November Speech Therapy Lesson Plans Exciting Thanksgiving, Squirrel, and Acorn Activities

November speech therapy lesson plans are packed with rich themes that excite children. In this post, you’ll find fun-filled lessons about squirrels, acorns, Veterans Day,

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How to teach vocabulary in speech therapy and take data during your activities

Vocabulary Intervention in Speech Therapy

How To Improve and Take Data on Vocabulary In Speech Therapy How many of your students have vocabulary goals for Speech Therapy? #nearlyallofthem We know

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Download these FREE October lesson plans for your speech therapy activities

October Speech Therapy Lesson Plans: Halloween, Fire Safety, Leaves, & More!

As October rolls in, it brings new opportunities to excite kids about speech therapy. The change in season offers plenty of chances to get creative

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The best 25 children's books to use with Apraxia of Speech (CAS) in therapy - books with repetitive text

25 Books with Repetitive Text for Apraxia of Speech

Add books with repetitive text to your speech therapy lesson plans to help with speech apraxia! These books are fun to read and have fun

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Language-based literacy intervention for SLPs.
Turn picture books into targeted therapy sessions.
Evidence-based strategies you can use tomorrow.

Comment “inference” for my favorite books to targe Comment “inference” for my favorite books to target inferential comprehension. Move beyond retelling a story in perfect order. 👏
A child who says /r/ incorrectly is not automatica A child who says /r/ incorrectly is not automatically at risk for reading difficulties.

A child with weak underlying phonological skills might be.

Research has shown for decades that children with persistent speech sound disorders are at greater risk for reading and spelling difficulties, particularly when phonological awareness or language weaknesses are present.

This is why SLPs should be thinking beyond articulation accuracy alone.

The goal is not simply correct production.

The goal is helping children develop the sound based foundation that supports literacy.
We spend a lot of time planning activities, creati We spend a lot of time planning activities, creating extensions, and writing goals, but research has consistently shown that the quality of the text matters.

High quality books expose students to richer vocabulary, more complex sentence structures, stronger story grammar, and deeper ideas worth discussing.

When a book contains meaningful problems, character motivations, and opportunities for prediction and explanation, language intervention becomes more powerful.

A strong book gives you something to work with.

Before choosing your next read aloud, ask yourself:

• Does this book introduce vocabulary students are unlikely to hear in conversation?• Does it give students opportunities to explain why and how?• Does it encourage prediction, perspective taking, or inferencing?• Does it contain a meaningful problem worth discussing?

The right book can do more for language development than the most creative activity paired with the wrong text.
One of the easiest ways to increase the language d One of the easiest ways to increase the language demands of a read aloud is to change the questions you ask.

Who, what, where, and when questions have a place, especially for establishing understanding of the text. If every question stays at that level, students may never be asked to explain their thinking.

How and why questions encourage students to infer, connect ideas, explain relationships, and support their answers with evidence from the story.
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