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Speech Therapy Lesson Plans for September

September Speech Therapy Lesson Plans: 5 Weeks of Amazing Fall-Themed Plans

I got the first glimpse of autumn this week, and I couldn’t be happier! The crisp autumn air has started to roll in near me,

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A free download to help incorporate fine motor skills in your speech therapy activities with preschool and elementary kids

Fine Motor Skills In Speech Therapy

Incorporating Fine Motor Skills in Speech Therapy Ask any Preschool or Kindergarten teacher and they will tell you how concerned they are with the decline

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August Speech Therapy Lesson Plans

August Speech Therapy Lesson Plans: 5 Week of Back-to-School, Space, and Farm Ideas

August means back-to-school season for both teachers and speech therapists. Use farm and space activities to welcome kids to therapy or add some back-to-school fun

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Download these free speech therapy lesson plans for July themed activities!

July Speech Therapy Lesson Plans for a Fun Summer and Independence Day!

July is about celebrating summer, and this post is packed with fun themes to keep your speech therapy sessions exciting. With ideas centered around the

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7 ways to use mini objects in speech therapy. Fun and purposeful activities for your preschool and elementary caseload. #speechtherapy

Using Mini Objects In Speech Therapy

How I Use Mini Object In Speech Therapy To me, mini objects are like books in speech therapy. They offer limitless possibilities for how they

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Download this FREE caddy label for on-the-go Speech Therapy organization of your materials

Ideas for On-The-Go Speech Therapy Activities

Ideas for on-the-go Speech Therapy activities Do you take your students outside the speech room for therapy activities? Or do you ever just travel room

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FREE DOWNLOAD - get the June Speech Therapy Lesson plans for fun summer activities!

June Speech Therapy Lesson Plans: Summer, Travel, and the Beach

June is the perfect time to bring the excitement of summer into your speech therapy sessions. Use fun themes like the beach, warm weather, and

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Download this FREE summer beach ball craft to use with your speech therapy students!

Beach Ball Craft Freebie For Speech Therapy

Speech Therapy craft for summer! I’m back with another fun speech therapy craft that I think is just perfect for a summer or beach theme!

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An evidence-based approach to working on pronouns in speech therapy

Speech Therapy Activities for Pronouns & How to Teach Pronouns in Speech Therapy

How to teach pronouns in Speech Therapy As a mom of 2 and speech therapist for over 18 years, I’ve seen my fair share of

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Speech Therapy plans for May! Download this FREE calendar to use with your articulation and language activities.

May Speech Therapy Lesson Plans: Mother’s Day, Pond Life, and Dragons!

We’re at the tail end of spring, but there are still more fun things to celebrate. May speech therapy lesson plans are full of end-of-year

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Download this FREE flip flop summer themed, easy craft!

Flip Flop Craft Freebie For Speech Therapy

Flip Flop Summer Craft in Speech Therapy! Are you enjoying the Dice & Dot crafts?  These both use the dots from the Battle Style Dice

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FREE Easter craft for Speech Therapy - any articulation goal you have!

FREE Easter Craft for Speech Therapy

Fun Easter Speech Therapy Craft! I had such a great response from the rainbow craft in March that I thought I’d share a fun idea

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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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