Free printables for speech and language therapy to support parents, teachers and professionals with accessible, practical resources.
Receptive language is the comprehension of language input. Learn all about it, plus X easy activities to improve receptive language delays!
I don't know about you, but I didn't learn how to use play to target speech sounds while I was in Grad School. I learned how to use Articulation Cards, Worksheets, and drill. Needless to say, it wasn't a ton-o-fun (for me or my students!).I knew something had to change. I knew I needed to start PLAYING, but I had no idea how. (You can read about how I made the switch to Play-Based Therapy HERE.) I want to save you the struggles I had while I was trying to figure out exactly HOW I was going to us
Speech therapy freebies for SLPs and clipart freebies for educators. Find pediatric tools for language, articulation, social skills, and more!
Additional activities to enrich your child's speech and language learning!
15 fun WH question exercises, activities, and worksheets to help kids with autism and speech delays with language development and reading comprehension.
Ten of the best Amazon purchases for speech therapy. Grab these versatile speech room essentials that you will use over and over!
👶 Stutter in toddlers tends to come and go. 🤷♀️ If you all of a sudden noticed speech disfluency in your toddler, read here to find out when to worry! 👆
The A to Z of Coping Skills display poster for you to use to talk about coping strategies and worksheet for children to come up with their own strategies.
Fun ways to use smash mats. Gumball smash mats are great to use when working on engagement.
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If your child struggles with articulation, fluency, voice regulation, understanding and expressing himself through language, or nonverbal autism, these speech therapy activities are a great place to start!
Incorporating sensory movement activities in speech therapy can help children learn and be especially beneficial to those with sensory needs.
Are you struggling with echolalia? Discover effective techniques for how to reduce echolalia with our helpful tips.
The first 3 Stages of Gestalt Language Development using Natural Language Acquisition. I have created this easy to understand handout for the first 3 stages of Gestalt Language Processing that offers explanations, strategies and phrases to model! This is a great handout for SLP's, parents, other pro...
There are many different ways to help children learn to say their sounds correctly! These child-friendly "animal-themed" cues are our fave!
I'm working on left and right with one of my clients. Here are 24 flash cards that we will pair with a fun game like Pop-Up Pirate! Click here to download!
This 142 page study guide was created by me (current SLP grad student) to help prepare for the speech-language pathology Praxis exam. It covers all areas in the scope of practice, including some elective course information. I passed with a score of 182 after creating this & using it as my primary studying source. Please contact me with any questions!
Speech pathologists treating speech sound disorders will no doubt want some tips and ideas for correcting a lisp in speech therapy. Many different speech errors are addressed in articulation therapy, and correct production of s and z requires some skill and hard work to accomplish. While your coworkers and the internet may offer good advice,
If your child struggles with articulation, fluency, voice regulation, understanding and expressing himself through language, or nonverbal autism, these speech therapy activities are a great place to start!
Looking for a cheap, easy to use therapy material? How about paper bags? I love using paper bags for a variety of activities. Here are some simple ways I have incorporated paper bags into my therapy sessions. 1. Puppets My students love to use puppets to "eat" their articulation cards or other target cards. They also love to use them to tell stories. Making puppets from paper bags is a great, inexpensive way to engage your students in a variety of activities! You can easily make a puppet to match any book or story that you are using. Be creative- your kids will love it! I made these monster puppets with my son this week. They were so easy to make! We used a little paint, glue, and card stock with our paper bags. I found the idea for these cute monsters from this pin: Paper Bag Monster Puppets 2. Describe It To Me This activity is also super easy. I throw a bunch of items into a bag. My students reach in and grab something (no peeking!) to describe. The students remove the object and then describe it using a variety of descriptors. This is a great way to incorporate your Expanding Expression Tool (EET) with describing real objects. Sometimes I will even get really small, cheap objects that the students can keep if they give me a description using all of the beads on the EET. 3. What is in the bag? This is a great activity to work on a student's deductive reasoning skills. I put an object into the bag (students do not see- again, no peeking). Students need to ask questions about my object. This is similar to the game Headbanz. 4. Categories Place pictures of categories on the bag and collect items or pictures to place in each category. I used pictures from my Category Sorting activity. I like to put a piece of Velcro on each bag so that I can interchange the categories without having to get a new bag each time. 5. Collect in a bag Put any kind of card into the bag. My students love to decorate a bag and then collect their cards. 6. Paper bag books You can use two paper bags to make a book that will have two pockets. Simply fold two bags in half and then put the two openings touching each other to make two pockets for a book. Staple together, and done! You have a paper bag book that you can use to target a variety of goals. I used this one to put some of my new sequencing cards in for a student to take home. I have also made these Articulation Paper Bag Books. These are so fun to make with students and send home! Here is a link to a freebie that contains blank frames to use on your paper bags, as well as labels for What is in the bag? and Describe It To Me. Have fun using your paper bags!
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Social skills for children with learning and attention issues. How to help a child with learning disabilities improve social development.
Oral Motor Exercises for Children, skills refer to the appropriate functioning and use of the facial muscles lips, jaw, tongue, cheeks etc.
Articulation intervention can seem like a jumble, but it doesn't have to be. Today, we're talking about how to actually make articulation intervention work for you and your students.
Can I make a confession? One of my least favorite things to work on in therapy is the dreaded /r/ sound! It's so hard to demonstrate to students what exactly you want them to do
If you're on pinterest you've likely seen the french fry sight words or french fry math games popping up everywhere. I decided to steal borrow this fun idea. I of course gave it a speech
Here is a list of must have SLP supplies you should have on hand to help you stay organized and plan speech therapy sessions.
Did you know there are steps prior to verbal language? What comes before words? A guide to pre-verbal language skills.
The ultimate Amazon guide for speech therapy and special education – these lists are consonantly updated! Includes Amazon tips and tricks!
How to help a speech delayed child | From speech therapy activities to PECS communication boards, we’ve rounded up 32 tips & activities to get you started!
Echolalia- Learn strategies for your Autism classroom. What echolalia is and how to reduce it with activities to decrease repetitive speech or non-authentic communication.
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Paperback Book + Wild Animal Counters + Finger Puppet + Animal Snap cards + Word Web Templates + Storyboard Template + Blanks Levels 1-4 Questions/Crib Sheet + Bumper set of activities to support children’s vocabulary and narrative skills. This is a comprehensive pack of activities to support children’s understanding of Blanks level Questions, working through ALL Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 questions, and SOME Level 4 questions. The activities are based on the storybook Giraffes Can’t Dance, and include good quality animal counters and a random animal finger puppet. Activities are highly visual and interactive and provide a range of prompts and support for the kinds of questions children find difficult to answer in class from the ages 3-6 years. They are split into 2 main kinds of activities: Vocabulary and Narrative. The Vocabulary activities are based around word webs with accompanying resources addressing colour, size and category. The Narrative activities use a 6-picture story sequence, a storyboard template, and Level 3-4 questions relating to the story. There are also prompts to make up their own story with the random animal finger puppet enclosed. This is an alternative to picture-based and questioning activities. Highly recommended for children who have learned the basics of language, but struggle with typical questions asked by school staff. Suitable for children with delayed language, children with autism, and children learning English.
Ten of the best Amazon purchases for speech therapy. Grab these versatile speech room essentials that you will use over and over!
Sometimes when working with young children on the production of speech sounds, it is helpful to provide the little one’s with a fun label, or name, for the sound(s) you are teaching. Providing a visual cue to go along with the label is also very helpful, to provide multisensory instruction. Several years ago I asked […]
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