Speech and Language Tips and Activities
With Easter around the corner, I thought I would share the best toddler Easter Basket Fillers for 2022 with tips how to incorporate speech and language skills. These items will be useful for your child to work on language skills and also will be fun items to play! Keep reading for this great list! Best … Continue reading 10 Best Toddler Easter Basket Fillers for 2022
Reading books with your child or students is an excellent way to work on improving vocabulary skills, as well as receptive and expressive language skills. Use this list to learn about the best children's books about spring. Remember to ask your child questions about the story to check for comprehension. You can also ask your … Continue reading 5 Best Children’s Books About Spring
I absolutely love using interactive books during my speech therapy sessions. "Interactive books" are books that allow the listener to participate in the story. This type of book helps to keep the child engaged in the story and also allows him/her to work on speech therapy goals, such as; following directions, understanding verbs, or expanding … Continue reading 5 Best Interactive Books for Speech therapy
The day of love, also known as Valentine's Day, takes place on February 14th. To get into the Valentine's Day spirit, it is always fun to read books about the holiday with your child. I am happy to share my favorite children's books for Valentine's Day. As a speech language pathologist, I love to read … Continue reading 10 Best Children’s Books for Valentine’s Day
As a school-based SLP, I often turn to puzzles when working with the preschool population. Puzzles offer many opportunities for the child to request, label, and take turns. When using puzzles for speech therapy, I often keep a hold of all the pieces. I have the child request for their desired piece or provide the … Continue reading 5 Best puzzles for speech therapy
Have you ever wondered why do speech therapists play games? Is the your child's therapist even really working on speech sounds or language skills while playing games? Well the answer is definitely yes! Speech therapists are able to target MANY skills while playing games. Here are some of the skills a speech therapist is able … Continue reading Why Do Speech Therapists Play Games?
As a mom of a 3-year-old, I thought I'd share some fun holiday gifts for this age group. As a speech language pathologist, I will discuss how you can use each item to work on language skills as well! Most 3 year olds are able to do imaginative play. Open-ended toys are great for this … Continue reading 10 Best holiday gifts for 3 year olds
With the holidays approaching quickly, I thought I'd share the best gifts for speech language pathologists that your favorite therapist will actually use and love! These gifts could also be great for a newly graduated SLP or a thank you gift for a mentor, supervisor, or professor. If you're an SLP reading this list, please … Continue reading 10 Best Gifts for Speech Language Pathologists
Playing board games with your child is an excellent way to work on language skills. Some of the goals you can target include; turn taking, following directions, increasing vocabulary (ex. numbers, colors, animals), and expanding utterance length. As you play the game, ask your child Whose turn is it? (my turn or your turn). If … Continue reading 5 best board games for preschoolers
If your child is working on producing the G sound appropriately, then reading books with the G sound is a great activity to do together. Reading books with your child's target sound will help give him many good models of the sound (a great auditory bombardment activity). When you're reading the book to your child, … Continue reading 5 G Sound Books for Speech Therapy
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