Merry Christmas! 'Tis the season for Santa, decorating, caroling, giving, and serving! Do you have books you like to pull out for the Christmas season? Seasonal books offer opportunities to target specific goals with themed vocabulary content. Iโve created made-for-you lesson plans and activities to download and use with each of these books. They are ideal for use with Kindergarten … [Read more...] about Christmas Book Companions for Speech Therapy
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12 FREE Christmas Activities For Speech Therapy
FREE Christmas Activities for Speech Therapy I know your speech therapy room is always crazy in December. With your personal responsibilities for Christmas shopping and planning for the holidays, therapy ideas and lesson planning often take a back seat. I'm here to help with this roundup of 12 FREE Christmas activities for Speech Therapy you can use to survive until Christmas break! Don't … [Read more...] about 12 FREE Christmas Activities For Speech Therapy
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 be used all year round in speech therapy for so many language concepts! I feel like it's similar to using a dollhouse. As you can see in the photo, I gathered some small toys and other objects I had around and put them in randomly. You get the added … [Read more...] about Using an Advent Calendar in Speech Therapy
December Speech Therapy Lesson Plans
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!๐I know that things can get a bit crazy this month due to class parties and events, so I try my best to stay flexible for schedule changes.ย Although most of you will only be working for the first part of December, I have still included four weeks of ideas to give you a variety of options to pick and choose from. (I also know that many of my fellow SLPs … [Read more...] about December Speech Therapy Lesson Plans
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 on Instagram I was sharing some gift ideas and asked my followers what they would like ideas for Christmas and by far most people said they need help with Secret Santa or coworker/supervisor gifts. So I thought I'd put together a list of my … [Read more...] about SLP Coworker Christmas Gift Ideas
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 this happen to you? They want developmental toy and book recommendations that will build speech and language skills. I wanted to have a list to send them. Therefore, I've put together my favorites- check out the complete collection HERE and my … [Read more...] about Books & Toys: A Speech & Language Gift Guide
Play-Based Speech Therapy: Christmas Tree activity
I don't do that many crafts in my speech room, but I do love intentional hands-on, play-based activities that let me target multiple goals. This week in speech we have incorporated a Christmas tree for some fun festive sessions. Scroll the bottom of this post to get this printable ideas list!! I got all my supplies at Target (Hobby Lobby has a lot of mini tree ornaments too). I have a $10 … [Read more...] about Play-Based Speech Therapy: Christmas Tree activity
My 8 Favorite Christmas Books For Speech Therapy
Christmas books for Speech Therapy Merry Christmas everyone!! You know how much I love using children's books for building vocabulary and language skills in my speech room, right? Here are 8 of my favorite Christmas books to use in Speech Therapy. Why is using literature SO important in our therapy sessions? The research shows it. I can point you to many research articles but specifically THIS … [Read more...] about My 8 Favorite Christmas Books For Speech Therapy
Christmas Activities In Speech Therapy
Christmas is a hectic time of year. Here's what I have planned for my speech room...grab freebies as my Christmas "gift" to you! First, make sure you hop over and read my post about my 6 Favorite Christmas books & get the free download to use with them.ย Do you give your students a gift for Christmas? I always do a little something.ย This year I made these cute Tic Tac labels. You can … [Read more...] about Christmas Activities In Speech Therapy