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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.

These books all have a strong story plot, so every These books all have a strong story plot, so every articulation session becomes a chance to build narrative skills too. While students practice their target /s/ sound, they are also learning how stories are organized, how characters solve problems, and how to retell events in a meaningful way. 
Caps For Sale might be my favorite!
Any more you suggest?
As SLPs, we don’t need to chase more books. We nee As SLPs, we don’t need to chase more books. We need to get more out of the right books.

The next time you finish a picture book, don’t ask, “What’s next?”

Ask, “What can I teach on the second reading?”
Because “speech only” doesn’t have to mean “speech Because “speech only” doesn’t have to mean “speech only.” 😉
Every articulation session is an opportunity to build more than correct productions. A well chosen picture book lets you target vocalic OR while naturally working on story grammar, vocabulary, inferencing, sequencing, and retell, without adding another activity to your session.
Any you would suggest to add? Should I do more sounds??
When a student’s retell is weak, the problem is no When a student’s retell is weak, the problem is not always story grammar. Sometimes the student understands the story but lacks the vocabulary needed to talk about it.

Mental state verbs help students explain characters’ thoughts, feelings, and motivations.

Examples:
• thought
• wondered
• realized

Without these words, character understanding stays hidden.

Causal language helps students connect events and explain relationships between them.

Examples:
• because
• so
• therefore

These words help move retells beyond a simple sequence of events.

Precise vocabulary makes retells more detailed and easier to understand.

Examples:
• enormous (instead of big)
• sprinted (instead of ran)
• exhausted (instead of tired)

Specific words create stronger narratives.

Before targeting retell structure alone, look at the language underneath it.

Do your students have the vocabulary to explain thoughts, connect events, and describe what happened with precision?

Sometimes improving vocabulary is what improves the retell.
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