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 January 18, 2010
in Games and Activities, Ideas, Seasons, Themes, Winter
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 [...]
by BeckyWanca
on September 26, 2009
in Basic Concepts, Comparatives, Compare and Contrast, Describing, Fall, Fall, Game Boards, Game Types, Games and Activities, Ideas, Language, Matching, Materials, Seasons, Seasons, Themes, Themes, Vocabulary
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 [...]
by BeckyWanca
on July 21, 2009
in Ideas, Themes
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 [...]
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 [...]