by BeckyWanca
on March 10, 2010
in Articulation, Games and Activities, Games and Activities, Holidays, Holidays, Ideas, Language, Materials, Other Themes, Other Themes, Pirates, Pirates, Speech, St. Patrick's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Themes, Themes
With over 100 kids total on my caseload (at five different schools), I am a busy speech-language pathologist just like you. So I’m always looking for quick, easy, and flexible activities that I can use in my therapy sessions to keep them fun and productive. This one meets all of those criteria and makes a [...]
by BeckyWanca
on February 8, 2010
in Games and Activities, Holidays, Ideas, Themes, Valentine's Day
You can use this as a quick and easy Valentine’s game or as positive reinforcement for answers and speech productions. What you need: Valentine cards (I used my son’s left over ones) Marker or pen Candy hearts, stickers, or other treat (optional) On the inside of the Valentine cards, write a 1, 2, or 3. [...]
by BeckyWanca
on February 5, 2010
in Articulation, Articulation, Games and Activities, Holidays, Ideas, L Sound, Language, Materials, R Sound, Speech, Speech, Themes, Valentine's Day
What better way is there to get your message across this Valentine’s Day than to put it on a “candy heart”? There is a cool website that allows you to enter your own word or message, pick the heart’s color, and save the result. To make your own, go to http://www.cryptogram.com/hearts/ I’ve made some pages [...]
by BeckyWanca
on March 29, 2009
in Articulation, Basic Concepts, Easter, Games and Activities, Holidays, Ideas, Language, Speech, Themes
What’s fun, inexpensive, and versatile for therapy activities? Plastic Easter eggs! All of the ages I work with (from 3 to 19 years old) enjoy our egg games. It could be that I make prizes part of the activities or just that it’s something we only do for about one week each year. Whatever the reason, [...]
by BeckyWanca
on March 1, 2009
in Games and Activities, Holidays, Ideas, Language, Other Themes, Pirates, Speech, St. Patrick's Day, Themes
Make your clients feel lucky to be in your therapy sessions with this St. Patrick’s Day themed activity. Adapt it to go with the articulation and language goals you are working on. Lucky Number Buy plastic gold coins or make some out of paper. Number each coin and select one number to be the secret [...]
by BeckyWanca
on February 8, 2009
in Articulation, Describing, Games and Activities, Holidays, Ideas, Language, Multiple Meaning Words, Speech, Themes, Valentine's Day, Vocabulary
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 [...]