Archive for February, 2009
Speech-language Therapy Activities for March are Coming Soon!
Make sure you don’t miss out on free materials and extra ideas! February is almost over, which means March is just around the corner! That also means our March email is getting ready to come out. In it you will find even more free therapy ideas, activities, and printable materials. But, if you have not [...]
Sam the Snake- A friendly little therapy helper
Who is Sam? “Ssssam” is my new best friend for working on the “s” sound with children. He is simply a sock puppet that I made with my sons and recently took to work. And he was a hit! What do you do with Sam? I use Sam is different ways depending on the [...]
Articulation Stories for Any Sound
Time to take it up a notch Yeah! Your client can successfully use his target sound in words and sentences! Now what? It’s time to take it to the next level. If the child can read, I recommend having him read sound-loaded stories before jumping straight into conversational speech practice. Why reading? The printed words [...]
Valentine’s Day Activities for Speech Therapy
Here are two Valentine’s Day activities to use with your speech and language therapy groups. Adapt them to the goals you are working on and have fun! Stack ‘Em Up Have a pile of conversation hearts on the table in front of each child’s seat. Give 30 seconds for the children to stack them as [...]
“S”- The Super Sound
I actually get excited about working on the “s” sound with children! It’s really a “super sound” that when corrected can dramatically improve a child’s speech. So, if you have clients that are stopping, deleting, lisping, or otherwise distorting /s/, get excited about the difference you can make! Why is /s/ such a super sound? [...]