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 21, 2009
in Ideas, Language, Language, Materials, Writing, Writing
Spice Up Their Writing- Easily! Believe it or not, there is a simple way to add some spice to your students’ papers. With a bit of variety and details, even the most basic paper can come to life. Teach these techniques prior to planning and writing papers or as you proofread a paper together. Stop [...]
by BeckyWanca
on March 12, 2009
in Ideas, Language, Language, Materials, Math, Math
There comes a time in a student’s life when a dreaded thing happens to their math assignments… the numbers start getting overrun by words! There are words everywhere and numbers hiding here and there. Ahh! While word problems can be intimidating to any typical student, they can seem downright impossible to figure out for the student [...]
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 [...]