by BeckyWanca
on January 2, 2012
in Articulation, Describing, Games and Activities, Ideas, Language, Seasons, Speech, Themes, Winter
I love getting Christmas cards during the holiday season, but don’t know what to do with them once the holidays have passed. This year, I’m going to give them a second life in my therapy sessions! To start, select cards that have interesting pictures on the front and cut each card along the fold to [...]
by BeckyWanca
on December 12, 2011
in Articulation, Games and Activities, Ideas, Language, Speech, Vocabulary
Here is a fun twist on a classic memory game that gets the students up and involved. You can play it with a pocket chart, put the cards up on a board held with magnets, or simply lay the cards out on the table. By choosing different picture or word cards and changing the number [...]
by BeckyWanca
on November 9, 2011
in Articulation, Describing, Fall, Fall, Games and Activities, Holidays, Holidays, Ideas, Language, Language, Materials, Seasons, Seasons, Speech, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving, Themes, Themes, Vocabulary
I’ve found that the more “hands on” an activity is, the more my students participate and enjoy the work we are doing. By putting a speech or language spin on a classic Thanksgiving activity, you can target a wide range of goals – and have some fun too! Getting Started First the students trace their [...]
by BeckyWanca
on April 8, 2010
in Articulation, Ideas, S Sound, Speech
Here are some great ideas for working on s clusters! They were submitted by Angel Reaux, a graduate student at University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Thank you, Angel! Use I Spy books or puzzles or put pictures of s cluster objects on the wall and play “I Spy” games. Use a puppet spider and have [...]
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 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 [...]