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Here are Some “Sweet” Valentine’s Day Therapy Materials…

Candy Heart

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 [...]

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Snowball Fight – A Fun, Easy Therapy Activity

Snowball Fight

Want to have some clean wintry fun in your sessions? Have a “snowball” fight! This version works in all climates (even in Florida) and is a great motivator for heaps of repetition or practice. Materials: Scrap paper, ripped (letter size paper ripped in fourths works great) Stimuli for what you are working on Bowl or [...]

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Autumn Activities

Autumn Leaves

Welcome autumn!  If you’re like me, you’re ready for some cooler weather and fun, fall activities.  I love to use the changing of seasons to introduce new vocabulary, games, and activities into my sessions.  It’s also a great time to reinforce previously learned skills from a different angle.  Try some of these apple activities or [...]

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Using Themes in Speech and Language Therapy

  Why use themes? Using themes in your therapy sessions can provide you with a great framework to build on and can help with carryover to real life situations.  With a little effort, therapy can become interesting and a lot of fun – for both you and your clients. How can I use one theme [...]

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Easter Egg Therapy Ideas

Easter Eggs

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, [...]

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St. Patrick’s Day Therapy Activity

Gold Coins

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 [...]

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