tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12448000939219626892024-01-25T05:16:44.499-05:00My Speech UniverseJen Shambergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06644871229030584685noreply@blogger.comBlogger143125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244800093921962689.post-26788404883767420352023-08-09T12:02:00.002-04:002024-01-16T11:47:09.023-05:005 Steps to Reading Books with Your Preschool Speech and Language Students<h4 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiry6I145scZtW-GSdntIBKMBW0vs1JFnH4VW3EmpgipsIyRNiZin2rpoIZCjCtEcyESrrp1Z2D2f14iVXGRkfRaSw8Sik3MODcRnmaoV5AbVZtLhidVnFn2bPIM-fws5-XsyRkZOgRb_Ekq315XQBgu19nJdszTv1AoFa7E3uElRT9ewYRr1T_-QVd0ycm/s1200/Reading%20Books%20with%20Preschoolers.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Teacher reading book with two preschoolers" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiry6I145scZtW-GSdntIBKMBW0vs1JFnH4VW3EmpgipsIyRNiZin2rpoIZCjCtEcyESrrp1Z2D2f14iVXGRkfRaSw8Sik3MODcRnmaoV5AbVZtLhidVnFn2bPIM-fws5-XsyRkZOgRb_Ekq315XQBgu19nJdszTv1AoFa7E3uElRT9ewYRr1T_-QVd0ycm/s16000/Reading%20Books%20with%20Preschoolers.png" title="5 Steps to Reading Books with Preschoolers" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: 400; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span>A</span><span>re you looking for ways to read with your preschool speech and language students while encouraging language growth and goals? Go beyond just reading TO your students and start reading WITH them!</span></div></span></div></h4><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here are five steps you can take to read a book with your preschool students.</span></span></p><h4 style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBq-dTcSEWPpDKWQuzm9QdkdUMDJ_ZrI7aYx7COQQPsVPOa7r5CbDX2a0Mux--HiE7dJtgZ6NPQ0IokCUKbawtDTVhEIL2w9WrUsN_q0UrqTW9csaRbIjA34FCC4ZKAWV6gw8L6aqJOv12wSxkAmwBxfjiiZDUg41E3NKYTDPyctTPxMB5rRpbvK1tfyWq/s768/Talk%20about%20the%20Cover.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="hands holding up the cover of a book" border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBq-dTcSEWPpDKWQuzm9QdkdUMDJ_ZrI7aYx7COQQPsVPOa7r5CbDX2a0Mux--HiE7dJtgZ6NPQ0IokCUKbawtDTVhEIL2w9WrUsN_q0UrqTW9csaRbIjA34FCC4ZKAWV6gw8L6aqJOv12wSxkAmwBxfjiiZDUg41E3NKYTDPyctTPxMB5rRpbvK1tfyWq/w206-h206/Talk%20about%20the%20Cover.png" title="Reading books with preschoolers" width="206" /></a></div><b style="font-family: inherit;">1. Talk About the Cover</b></h4><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: right;">This is a great time to work on some predicting by asking, "Who do you think this book is about?" or, "What is this animal?" You'll love some of the responses. The predicting skills used here are great. You can help your students talk about who they think the characters will be, where will the story take place, and even, what might happen in the story.</span></div><h4 style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>2. Respond</b></span></h4><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">This is an opportunity to expand on the child’s responses. Respond to the student’s answers by saying, “Yes, I think it’s about a dog too.” or, “That’s’ right, it’s a dog.” You could then expand the sentence by saying, “I see a dog in a tree.” </span></div><div><br /></div><div><h4 style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVCCqerwgV6_H2tbI_oxEU5URkWueeRdZhXp6xxWArgHVY8gVeyQleP8Ig6460X0sy746rjCbZkNKqBtI-Jhd1rEqPTeBLf8p_XlpDLn3SnYpq3d_QoreABeLb1R0J1jm_Dnet3d6bSbR89z_o3KpoJ6xnCXLZlOthbam0Hqfe2QB2MkIC2H0d3BaDYA/s1080/Ask%20Questions.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Teacher reading book with preschool boy" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVCCqerwgV6_H2tbI_oxEU5URkWueeRdZhXp6xxWArgHVY8gVeyQleP8Ig6460X0sy746rjCbZkNKqBtI-Jhd1rEqPTeBLf8p_XlpDLn3SnYpq3d_QoreABeLb1R0J1jm_Dnet3d6bSbR89z_o3KpoJ6xnCXLZlOthbam0Hqfe2QB2MkIC2H0d3BaDYA/w200-h200/Ask%20Questions.png" title="Ask open-ended questions when reading books with preschoolers" width="200" /></a></div><font face="inherit"><h4 style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><font face="inherit"><br /></font></h4>3. Ask Open-Ended Questions</font></h4></div><div>Open-ended questions allow the child to attend to details on the page. An example may be, “What is happening in this picture?” or “What do you see here?” It is amazing to see what the child will point out in the book. They have so many great ideas when talking about what they see.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguNrR55Y6qt_p3CPXDjOUAjPW-X5HHZDPULLAt9DMOer6Ef4vHbxTrYyVSXmyCDI151-t8W1WOM2KRFCt_6DBAEFLUJ-muaLg5Xtii8v4Hm3iaXM-QQ1PwXj-pkSwtY4Pz77XuJIFkYoA6nzduMij5mUtRTYF57_FrDZdeXgWiW4rKC8NFwsfFVBXNjg/s1080/Think%20aloud.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Man pointing up with an idea" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguNrR55Y6qt_p3CPXDjOUAjPW-X5HHZDPULLAt9DMOer6Ef4vHbxTrYyVSXmyCDI151-t8W1WOM2KRFCt_6DBAEFLUJ-muaLg5Xtii8v4Hm3iaXM-QQ1PwXj-pkSwtY4Pz77XuJIFkYoA6nzduMij5mUtRTYF57_FrDZdeXgWiW4rKC8NFwsfFVBXNjg/w200-h200/Think%20aloud.png" title="Wonder aloud" width="200" /></a></div> </div><div><div><h4 style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">4. Think Aloud</span></h4></div><div><div>Another great way to encourage talk about the book is to think aloud. An example would be, “I wonder what the dog will find on the treasure hunt?” Some of the ideas will be very creative!</div></div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHDaGq5GB69Wtzy8Wy8zod4i74MrFYLAsrdRpu7Y8mMVC9NMzOh4RHe9_3aQEfLZnlmhkuBI8oE8kxqQokGlrRHiZOIVXbxLZS8wSkKMk_byviJqzCrobMsIAQYftYOfKdB8GQJfou8_ui89M7CveRGsV9s0FIxV50emqKkAzOfewhKe0yeDx3dFFwxw/s1080/Respond%20to%20Child.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Teacher reading book with preschool girl" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHDaGq5GB69Wtzy8Wy8zod4i74MrFYLAsrdRpu7Y8mMVC9NMzOh4RHe9_3aQEfLZnlmhkuBI8oE8kxqQokGlrRHiZOIVXbxLZS8wSkKMk_byviJqzCrobMsIAQYftYOfKdB8GQJfou8_ui89M7CveRGsV9s0FIxV50emqKkAzOfewhKe0yeDx3dFFwxw/w200-h200/Respond%20to%20Child.png" title="Prompt throughout book" width="200" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><div><div><h4 style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">5. Continue Prompts Throughout the Book</span></h4></div><div><div>Use prompts such as open-ended questions, wh-questions, completion prompts, and recall with the rest of the pages.</div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Most of all, have fun! You will be sure to instill a love of reading and books in your students if you are both having fun with it!</div><div><br /></div><div>Want a copy of these tips? Here is a link for a FREE handout that you can save for yourself or share with parents:</div><div><a href="https://www.subscribepage.com/s0g0f7_copy" target="_blank">Tips for Reading Books with Preschoolers</a></div><div><br /></div><div>If you are looking to have more fun with your preschool speech and language students check out this post for <a href="https://www.myspeechuniverse.com/2021/07/ideas-for-playing-with-preschoolers-in.html" target="_blank">Playing with Preschoolers</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Have fun!</div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div>Jen Shambergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06644871229030584685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244800093921962689.post-41792533227457374492021-11-19T06:15:00.002-05:002022-01-07T06:04:26.596-05:00Fun Turkey Time in the Speech and Language Room<p>Do you celebrate Thanksgiving in your speech room? If not, you may want to try it! There are so many fun activities and books that you can use to target speech and language goals at Thanksgiving. Your students will love this craft! </p><p>Try this easy turkey craft. It requires a little bit of prep work but really pays off.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI4KDAMnxAUQ-NMFG__80wwoWEKHTWdiMNLzXNJKImW4Z7Uc3_6NVkg0fppGI6jpSmjHdcHVMA3qw8bleAAxvR-0khsm6B7wIra_ciN4O4ermD5bkUwM_4dCkcuyD13cG4_WPdBK1xZJ57/s1080/thanksgiving+speech+craft.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Thanksgiving Speech Craft" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI4KDAMnxAUQ-NMFG__80wwoWEKHTWdiMNLzXNJKImW4Z7Uc3_6NVkg0fppGI6jpSmjHdcHVMA3qw8bleAAxvR-0khsm6B7wIra_ciN4O4ermD5bkUwM_4dCkcuyD13cG4_WPdBK1xZJ57/w400-h400/thanksgiving+speech+craft.png" title="Learn how to make a Thanksgiving Speech craft" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>You'll need to cut:</p><div style="text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>brown circles</li><li>multiple colors of feathers</li><li>turkey legs</li><li>beaks (add a piece of red tissue for a wattle)</li></ul><div>You'll also need my all-time favorite craft item: GOOGLY EYES! Googly eyes make everything better, right?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5qhHQF5IjlJlPDu0tpc0FDVkNcrYB85xVb6fIlVPH1tXjggsjq3OSN_6NzWsjiDRgRLY36O4r8F8nQqRwylrV-XvKmTyVdK4gAuX3zyUlPID3OR3t44ASlilFznhf7ACUyfjvArUF27sa/s1080/10.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Turkey Pieces" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5qhHQF5IjlJlPDu0tpc0FDVkNcrYB85xVb6fIlVPH1tXjggsjq3OSN_6NzWsjiDRgRLY36O4r8F8nQqRwylrV-XvKmTyVdK4gAuX3zyUlPID3OR3t44ASlilFznhf7ACUyfjvArUF27sa/w320-h320/10.png" title="Cut out Turkey Pieces" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I cut my students pieces for them, but if you have older students they may be able to do this quickly. When I am doing crafts like this I like to have everything prepped ahead of time so that the focus of our session can still be on speech and not just creating something.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Language</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We were able to target so many language concepts while working on this craft! I used five different <i>colors</i> of feathers that the students named and requested. We worked on the prepositions <i>on </i>and <i>under</i> while constructing the turkeys. We also worked on following directions and using <i>first, next, then </i>vocabulary.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCvfY-ForKJ0bUQXR-3hBYfNluTXQaKYCADuLqAiUL5c8YLU9FyVAhgDb7X2pz3ka6TYFfTorBH0Rbod580a_0F9Ez_RifUgf04HwqQAPw0qu94zqpwyxZvfGUSJ4PUTZO0GNgMLvuIyc6/s2000/Putting+Glue+on+the+CIrcle.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Following directions to put glue on the turkey" border="0" data-original-height="1545" data-original-width="2000" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCvfY-ForKJ0bUQXR-3hBYfNluTXQaKYCADuLqAiUL5c8YLU9FyVAhgDb7X2pz3ka6TYFfTorBH0Rbod580a_0F9Ez_RifUgf04HwqQAPw0qu94zqpwyxZvfGUSJ4PUTZO0GNgMLvuIyc6/w400-h309/Putting+Glue+on+the+CIrcle.png" title="Following Directions for Making a Turkey Craft" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjygKrahUJ_QDxEMcCoBdnfLSLeF_XvRMmwA8EiYR9af0HcPEP_BOqgrzMHAqJW0qocNJ2yrGs_aKoTq6CJSCZYfTrr7LYLb8zw2_t6D_YWJopj4vGhjE46907Q_e7PvGm7pMjAK5_cfDD_/s2000/Following+Directions+for+Turkey.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Direction words to Make Turkey Craft" border="0" data-original-height="1545" data-original-width="2000" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjygKrahUJ_QDxEMcCoBdnfLSLeF_XvRMmwA8EiYR9af0HcPEP_BOqgrzMHAqJW0qocNJ2yrGs_aKoTq6CJSCZYfTrr7LYLb8zw2_t6D_YWJopj4vGhjE46907Q_e7PvGm7pMjAK5_cfDD_/w400-h309/Following+Directions+for+Turkey.png" title="Turkey Craft DIrections" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div><b>Articulation</b></div><div><br /></div><div>You can use this craft to target articulation by either writing articulation words on each feather or by gluing pictures of your words. If you need words, I have a set of great little pictures organized by sound as part of my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Articulation-Glue-and-Say-BUNDLE-5281777?st=9736843bdd4d92e1646ef6462eaaaada&utm_source=Speech%20Universe%20BLog&utm_campaign=Turkey%20Craft" target="_blank">Glue and Say Bundle</a>.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Articulation-Glue-and-Say-BUNDLE-5281777?st=9736843bdd4d92e1646ef6462eaaaada&utm_source=Speech%20Universe%20BLog&utm_campaign=Turkey%20Craft" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Turkey Craft with Articulation Words" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizNVa2WLR5f4GgWRvpvRJnT46dQLRHfLnRIfB06MKqYWLgBUzR45HJt1i6wzjA76LFI8mN-dItZeOLwaIUfOI24E4PXCIsUqN_gwdKDU10_PQdwV5wuSIUKumbuFB89ggWxgbQZRKvluDK/w400-h400/4.png" title="Turkey Craft with Articulation Words" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Articulation-Glue-and-Say-BUNDLE-5281777?st=9736843bdd4d92e1646ef6462eaaaada&utm_source=Speech%20Universe%20BLog&utm_campaign=Turkey%20Craft" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Finished Turkey Craft with Articulation words" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPDo3AkSzJQ5V9VM_ZraO1eij2MSld127_kmUWr86Xkb-IBSP-z7aUvi7RK8gRAWAX2kSHUjk63PZDiCAaT1DI5EBIcNuSQHSlsRjR3tBburVGbuqledBiawfIMrn2A0spqdTkcOBCAwmr/w400-h400/1.png" title="Finished Turkey Craft with Articulation Words" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This little turkey turns out so cute! My preschool students have loved taking these out to their parents and showing them off!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If you don't have time to make this turkey craft and need something quick for your articulation students, you can also try this easy to prep packet of <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Articulation-Glue-and-Say-Thanksgiving--5389357?st=bbe59dca8f40522acb8a69615ba75011&utm_source=Speech%20Universe%20Blog&utm_campaign=Thanksgiving%20Glue%20and%20Say" target="_blank">Thanksgiving Glue and Say Articulation</a>. These sheets are super easy to just print and use. This is just what you are looking for right before a holiday, right?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Articulation-Glue-and-Say-Thanksgiving--5389357?st=bbe59dca8f40522acb8a69615ba75011&utm_source=Speech%20Universe%20Blog&utm_campaign=Thanksgiving%20Glue%20and%20Say" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Thanksgiving Glue and Say Articulation pages" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje9eBYkiuxMLhxltuH0EdW62jepLiJni77bm2ov9KFa_vmcqAVu5KyfPEaOoqImrB_DzFLc371j3lelkS9YFLNM7HURWfXt65qkji3RV3BiohG-pui2RgreBegnGuHdBgsKVXqSwnC18s5/w400-h400/Thanksgiving+Glue+and+Say+Articulation.png" title="Thanksgiving Glue and Say Articulation pages" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br />Jen Shambergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06644871229030584685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244800093921962689.post-82513738323345505732021-07-26T17:06:00.003-04:002023-08-09T13:49:50.279-04:00Ideas for Playing With Preschoolers in Speech Therapy and Home While Increasing Language<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBS_AAOXvcKw3UaPwhyphenhyphenmqouhqvCT9ZJy7dsSrcV7y9XTAERTw3YKc5pRc3ULBVzXmC45ZrUNfv-z7LW-IxmrDJwWSlWYrNp-rQ4Q5N3BE_-p39bcFKOVfEz0bpKvZ-B803c-9gAHQaHfqX/s1200/play.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Great ideas for playing with preschoolers while working on language skills" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBS_AAOXvcKw3UaPwhyphenhyphenmqouhqvCT9ZJy7dsSrcV7y9XTAERTw3YKc5pRc3ULBVzXmC45ZrUNfv-z7LW-IxmrDJwWSlWYrNp-rQ4Q5N3BE_-p39bcFKOVfEz0bpKvZ-B803c-9gAHQaHfqX/s16000/play.png" title="Great ideas for playing with preschoolers while working on language skills" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Are you looking for ways to play with preschool-age children? It can be tricky to know what to do to encourage play and language while you are with small children. I know that when I started working with preschool students it took some time to really learn how important play was in their learning. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">“Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. </span><b style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">Play is really the work of childhood.</b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">” Fred Rogers, aka Mr. Rogers.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUKC5_qZ7MpyOjCtwQm1OHRUGvUwuCzq7ZoaGkFFtG7YtQz_uYlpouZTM8CfgRuX0oGp8wCSXqjnksdG4iR1JKYR7npj7Kji7zQ0Twrg6PUt0v7USZ71QXxkzPIuliCmG8xe9S5myLlK09/s1200/Copy+of+Play+is+really+the+work+of+childhood.+%25281%2529.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Play is really the work of childhood." border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUKC5_qZ7MpyOjCtwQm1OHRUGvUwuCzq7ZoaGkFFtG7YtQz_uYlpouZTM8CfgRuX0oGp8wCSXqjnksdG4iR1JKYR7npj7Kji7zQ0Twrg6PUt0v7USZ71QXxkzPIuliCmG8xe9S5myLlK09/w400-h266/Copy+of+Play+is+really+the+work+of+childhood.+%25281%2529.png" title="Play is really the work of childhood" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;">I learned quickly how much language learning happens during play with preschoolers. Here are some tips that you can use today to start playing with your preschoolers while encouraging tons of language! You can also grab this freebie <a href="https://www.subscribepage.com/s0g0f7" target="_blank">Tips for Playing with Preschoolers</a> that is great for giving to parents to play at home.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.subscribepage.com/s0g0f7" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="playing with preschoolers parent handout" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFnRiramV9aXqYai7e_nnB8TDjL-TbFqW-V0pnjIxFyM2ke2DH3ad3mS5xFl65Kj6A9EPaoQx7tVSj38nE2Au_T8y45MmEa0QiU87GYiB___qw79u2fYcls6jfQenkED_96uLDyewV1U4R/w400-h266/playing+with+preschoolers+handout.png" title="playing with preschoolers parent handout" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">JOIN IN!</b></span><p></p><ul><li><span class="JsGRdQ" style="font-family: inherit;">Start by noticing what the child is interested in. It could be something they are playing with like some blocks or something they are doing, like jumping on cracks in the sidewalk.</span></li><li><span class="JsGRdQ" style="font-family: inherit;">Ask if you can join in with them.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="JsGRdQ">Go along with what the child is doing.</span><span class="JsGRdQ white-space-prewrap"> </span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="JsGRdQ">Imitate what they are doing, then try adding your own ideas and see how they react to that addition or imitate. If they are interested, they may imitate you and add on. If they are not interested in that idea, they may move on to something else.</span></span></li></ul><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">NARRATE YOUR PLAY</span></b></p><ul><li><span class="JsGRdQ" style="font-family: inherit;">Use </span><span class="JsGRdQ" style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Self-Talk</span><span class="JsGRdQ" style="font-family: inherit;">. Talk about what you are seeing, hearing, or doing using short, simple sentences. "I'm jumping!" or "I'm stacking the blocks. The tower is getting tall!" "Uh-oh, the tower fell."</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="JsGRdQ">Use </span><span class="JsGRdQ" style="font-weight: 700;">Parallel-Talk</span><span class="JsGRdQ">.</span><span class="JsGRdQ white-space-prewrap"> </span><span class="JsGRdQ">Talk about what the child is seeing, hearing, or doing. "You're jumping in the puddle." or "Wow! Your tower is getting tall!"</span></span></li><li><span class="JsGRdQ" style="font-family: inherit;">Remember that when you are using self-talk or parallel-talk, you are not requiring the child to repeat you. You are simply exposing the child to rich language.</span></li></ul><div><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">USE WHAT YOU HAVE</span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPnDisHBQ7Aob5yTXoeosgnw9KTZM86uMmDAKwxYkOfo2-gGwd9St_thW6tda6LUJTjiX8GAC34pWCINqZNhHyhBXRS6AW_ysssW-Ml3XJfzdt7mnfiwc7EjrwyBI1kwIFNkk0nYQJBuUO/s1200/Playing+with+box.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Man and children playing with box" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPnDisHBQ7Aob5yTXoeosgnw9KTZM86uMmDAKwxYkOfo2-gGwd9St_thW6tda6LUJTjiX8GAC34pWCINqZNhHyhBXRS6AW_ysssW-Ml3XJfzdt7mnfiwc7EjrwyBI1kwIFNkk0nYQJBuUO/w400-h266/Playing+with+box.png" title="Use what you have around to play with preschoolers" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">You don't need flashy toys or games to play with preschoolers. You can have simple staples that work great like blocks, dolls, pretend food items, etc. You can also have things like empty boxes, fabrics, or other items around the house. </span><a href="https://www.myspeechuniverse.com/2019/10/5-best-toys-for-preschool-speech-therapy.html" style="text-align: left;">My favorite toys</a><span style="text-align: left;"> are tried and true. They have not changed much over the years I have been working with preschoolers. </span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">PLAY EVERY TIME</span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzhTj7AgBx2oLB6IKTeCev-Cfx05rfNE83LW47aeLaSa1swijp_wOas4OkAe7Yr0kj8sNKwg4u4YEuZzFRwq_k_j1yui9ci1w1s_u4LxEBn5uMmftDfOmUIVs3RIMaE_Qt5vv0Hlk2uSxY/s1200/play+every+session.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="children playing at table" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzhTj7AgBx2oLB6IKTeCev-Cfx05rfNE83LW47aeLaSa1swijp_wOas4OkAe7Yr0kj8sNKwg4u4YEuZzFRwq_k_j1yui9ci1w1s_u4LxEBn5uMmftDfOmUIVs3RIMaE_Qt5vv0Hlk2uSxY/w400-h267/play+every+session.png" title="Play with preschoolers during every speech and language session" width="400" /></a></b></div><span style="text-align: justify;">With the </span><a href="https://www.myspeechuniverse.com/2019/01/how-i-structure-my-preschool-speech-and.html" style="text-align: justify;" target="_blank">way I structure my sessions</a><span style="text-align: justify;">, when students first come into my room I use the first 5 minutes of every session for play. Every time. Never fail. My students love that time to transition into my room. You will gain so much from having your preschoolers play during each session. For your students struggling with their articulation skills, you'll have an opportunity to hear how their intelligibility is improving and which errors are truly impacting that intelligibility over time. For your students working on language skills, you'll have great opportunities to listen to where they are and to also encourage language skills from the above tips. You can incorporate so many language goals into your play, and may not even need to move anywhere else during your session!</span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">I hope these tips help you to become more comfortable with playing with purpose with your preschool students! If you would like a great FREE handout with great tips for parents, <a href="https://www.subscribepage.com/s0g0f7" target="_blank">sign up for my emails</a> and it will be sent to your inbox.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p class="_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body" style="color: #1f2f42; font-family: "YADLjI9qxTA 0", _fb_, auto; font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: 0.01em; line-height: 1.4;"></p></div>Jen Shambergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06644871229030584685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244800093921962689.post-1546376755920049572020-08-18T08:50:00.007-04:002021-07-27T16:41:51.832-04:00Apples in the Speech and Language Room<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_TK7qnErAA2xTeak2DGh47_CVq95Mo16JoFQeo6fyTZIKFk4clSc-DuOfkTtJbuYmPIvSb1W74O9agtgM_zyof_ls6ll4sioYfVXmhLkAfYQFeXiQcjEc9NGJ-D_GrA1ap84j1X3unNIF/s560/Apples+in+the+Speech+Room+Cover.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Apples in the Speech Room" border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_TK7qnErAA2xTeak2DGh47_CVq95Mo16JoFQeo6fyTZIKFk4clSc-DuOfkTtJbuYmPIvSb1W74O9agtgM_zyof_ls6ll4sioYfVXmhLkAfYQFeXiQcjEc9NGJ-D_GrA1ap84j1X3unNIF/s16000/Apples+in+the+Speech+Room+Cover.png" title="Apple activities for the Speech Room" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: none;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: none;">Next to summer, fall is definitely my favorite season. I love when you can start to wear sweatshirts and jeans outside, and I love to spend time outdoors with my family. One thing we love to do is go to the apple orchard that is right down the street from us and go apple picking. I decided to bring the apples into the speech room, and it was a big hit with my preschoolers!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b>Books:</b></div><div><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Apple-Farmer-Annie-Monica-Wellington/dp/0142401242/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=apple+farmer+annie&qid=1597751578&sr=8-1" target="_blank">Apple Farmer Annie</a> by Monica Wellington</div><div><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Pinkalicious-Apples-Victoria-Kann/dp/0062410792/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=pinkalicious+apples&qid=1597751617&sr=8-1" target="_blank">Pinkalicious: Apples, Apples, Apples</a> by Victoria Kann</div><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">Song:</h4><div><a href="https://youtu.be/22lN5EUfW9Y" target="_blank">Way Up High in the Apple Tree</a> by the Learning Station</div><h4 style="text-align: left;">Craft:</h4><div>This craft was so much fun to do! We cut apples in half and had the students paint them with green or red paint and then press them on the paper. Sometimes the hidden star from the seeds appeared in our paintings, and sometimes they were just a messy glob of green or red paint, but nobody cared! They all had so much fun smearing the paint on the apples and pressing them down. Everyone was very proud of their work. I used a <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Fpbl_e1yZQYtZWmO86ujbLoHvvWbAnKi/view?usp=sharing">communication board</a> to help my students have the words they needed to request the different items. You can get this board for free by <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Fpbl_e1yZQYtZWmO86ujbLoHvvWbAnKi/view?usp=sharing">clicking here</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Fpbl_e1yZQYtZWmO86ujbLoHvvWbAnKi/view?usp=sharing" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="625" data-original-width="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz2XQcdKIKuoPQzJeTy3Y0bZ0UbwDrTXjUjuzALoWJlqesKuT5tPOwZtgQIVmlzkfdAUAuv3mt88EVdut3U0SoqPqyvjQntQg8XBpofITBWor9NkSMqTJOjQa5lydgQcdh3GzW0X8x-jyo/d/IMG_6823.jpg" /></a></div><div><span face="" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: none; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span face="" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: none; text-align: justify;">Toys:</span></h4><div><span face="" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: none;">We pulled out the green and red bingo chips to use on this <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/19j3KJ0Ui_nZbiTKonbhys4DxS9X4u-SO/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">free mat.</a> We also used <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Learning-Resources-LER1023-Attribute-Apples/dp/B006SDC9VG/ref=sr_1_2?crid=384YW9A1IE8DV&dchild=1&keywords=apple+sorting&qid=1597752259&sprefix=apple+sorting%2Caps%2C183&sr=8-2" target="_blank">Learning Resources Attribute Apples</a> to describe and put into buckets as reinforcers for our articulation work.</span></div><div><span face="" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: none;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzaM-RaRcgbInEPS73ki8As8WTunUIn0xdig8ywzc8MJWrbeE01NrRunQUIHtOHEBSktAcHO4NvX3RXspFBzMUISClbgEOWGwj87GwbLWMijY_S_7uL8Sp1HhmotCXaLcp7Os4vYO5mr6n/s576/apple+activities.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="576" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzaM-RaRcgbInEPS73ki8As8WTunUIn0xdig8ywzc8MJWrbeE01NrRunQUIHtOHEBSktAcHO4NvX3RXspFBzMUISClbgEOWGwj87GwbLWMijY_S_7uL8Sp1HhmotCXaLcp7Os4vYO5mr6n/s0/apple+activities.jpg" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><h4 style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Speech and Language Resources:</h4><div>I love to use this <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Preschool-Language-Theme-Packet-for-Apples-3949142?utm_source=Speech%20Universe%20Blog&utm_campaign=paper%20prek%20kit" target="_blank">Preschool Language Theme Kit for Apples</a>. The books and activities were a big success. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Preschool-Language-Theme-Packet-for-Apples-3949142?utm_source=Speech%20Universe%20Blog&utm_campaign=apples%20preK%20language%20kit%20print" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="preschool language kit apples" border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisT2aYT5SGQUGEibxrjlljcgAfF-KP96XibNBF9C_FmrahhNmRaSb9gwBuEqybVYc8ikbv11q4KyGo946vyXJXDeKObN7YqsmWgakKrvRs6EgWkNrnpvsr06SQkhWIUGZLc_g4kDedR4_k/w640-h640/preschool+language+kit+apples+activities.png" title="preschool language kit apples" width="640" /></a></div></div><div>Sometimes you may need digital versions of activities with your students. So, I converted all of my Apple Interactive Books into interactive PDFs. These Apples <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/No-Print-Preschool-Language-Speech-Therapy-Kit-Apples-Distance-Learning-5927985?utm_source=Speech%20Universe%20Blog&utm_campaign=apples%20digital%20interactive%20books" target="_blank">No-Print Preschool Language Speech Therapy Kit</a> have been a hit with my students. They are great because they are no prep and are easy to transport from site to site.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg98XlEptyRBWwrhMzaHC_Ua2qS4Y46DW0Hai6lVL8rn8i0gYGRCVN6JG1yyPil0TX-pxpoal0A1skI6hqPTbVCQGJKZprdGkmh95Xmx4QoUD1OQXd4ilxgxWpAmxijBazX3ZPqRgfdg8oc/s768/Apple+No+Print+Books.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg98XlEptyRBWwrhMzaHC_Ua2qS4Y46DW0Hai6lVL8rn8i0gYGRCVN6JG1yyPil0TX-pxpoal0A1skI6hqPTbVCQGJKZprdGkmh95Xmx4QoUD1OQXd4ilxgxWpAmxijBazX3ZPqRgfdg8oc/w400-h400/Apple+No+Print+Books.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>My articulation students loved these <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Apple-Picking-Articulation-BOOM-Cards-Distance-Learning-5924624?utm_source=Speech%20Universe%20Blog&utm_campaign=apples%20articulation%20boom%20cards" target="_blank">Apple Picking Articulation BOOM Cards</a>. They love "picking" the apples and putting them in the basket. I love all of the opportunities for articulation practice!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6MXP6QpJuURY3L9vplbFOrA6SIxlVNKBRBdplrDYfWDNFZtR2_oETrhZACM2P-yNTJ0b80qhQwf-7C52EdUNENfOv-LFglyEvJbK7L-xlB03LEL68dQldeWWZf0NMFj1961uDWezCweUA/s768/Apple+Picking+Artic.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6MXP6QpJuURY3L9vplbFOrA6SIxlVNKBRBdplrDYfWDNFZtR2_oETrhZACM2P-yNTJ0b80qhQwf-7C52EdUNENfOv-LFglyEvJbK7L-xlB03LEL68dQldeWWZf0NMFj1961uDWezCweUA/w400-h400/Apple+Picking+Artic.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Things may continue to look different this year in your speech room, but you can still have fun with themes! Stick with me to see how I adapt all of my themes throughout this year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Have fun!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Jen</div></div><p></p>Jen Shambergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06644871229030584685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244800093921962689.post-11420103160134489102020-06-29T21:09:00.005-04:002020-07-10T09:00:21.108-04:00Ice Cream Articulation for Distance Learning and In-Person Speech Therapy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3mR5W4rQf38spsM3dUfPcTCIuN1laLXUN3ahcPrBzFFLrbJDqcAPcB5exXHSFLlFSi6jTxmo2hLhp8ZZH21sCbpw6v-ChQQSiQLI81K8-8bSsP8KYbPC8dewKks53SkaevWUlMHwpSynm/s560/Ice+Cream+Articulation+for+Distance+Learning.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Articulation activities for speech therapy in teletherapy using an ice cream theme" border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3mR5W4rQf38spsM3dUfPcTCIuN1laLXUN3ahcPrBzFFLrbJDqcAPcB5exXHSFLlFSi6jTxmo2hLhp8ZZH21sCbpw6v-ChQQSiQLI81K8-8bSsP8KYbPC8dewKks53SkaevWUlMHwpSynm/d/Ice+Cream+Articulation+for+Distance+Learning.png" title="Articulation activities for speech therapy in distance learning with an ice cream theme" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Are you looking for some fun activities that target articulation for distance learning this summer that your students will love? Well, who doesn't love a little ice cream?!?! My own kids have been loving ice cream this summer. They've definitely been eating more than I care to admit. Ok, I might be indulging a bit too. But, who doesn't love ice cream? I'll bet your speech therapy students do! Here are some ideas you can use to incorporate ice cream into your in-person or teletherapy speech sessions.</div><div><b>SONG</b></div><div>I love to start sessions with a song to get moving and get some wiggles out. This <a href="https://youtu.be/gcxkvh8wxbk" target="_blank">Ice Cream Song</a> by Bounce Patrol is a quick, fun song to get started with.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT7D4LxK6cU84BsM2t7smXOYYvZ7r5NegtU_cMWOLvYRwC26pYRwPbRpdVoCRGNpARwbUxxKWYyaj2xL3nm48Q_tkIGvfGkN9VyqIlZ9W5d5gBR-HVQllvdGVPVUYiU9dJ1mJIkzvKLu2j/s1280/ice+cream+song+Bounce+Patrol.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ice cream song for speech therapy" border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT7D4LxK6cU84BsM2t7smXOYYvZ7r5NegtU_cMWOLvYRwC26pYRwPbRpdVoCRGNpARwbUxxKWYyaj2xL3nm48Q_tkIGvfGkN9VyqIlZ9W5d5gBR-HVQllvdGVPVUYiU9dJ1mJIkzvKLu2j/w320-h180/ice+cream+song+Bounce+Patrol.jpg" title="ice cream song for speech therapy" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><b>GAME</b></div><div>Right before we ended in person therapy for the school year, I found this cute ice cream game. My 3-5 year old friends LOVED it! This <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Balancing-Stacking-Pretend-Scooper-Birthday/dp/B07C23373Z/ref=sr_1_9?dchild=1&keywords=Ice+Cream+Games&qid=1593461016&sr=8-9" target="_blank">Balancing Ice Cream Tower Game</a> was a huge hit. I used it as a reinforcer to target a variety of goals, including articulation. Students would say their target words and then get to pick a scoop. I was also able to use it to target some colors and prepositions. I loved that you could put the ice cream <i>on</i> the cone or <i>in </i>the cup. The scoops got a little wobbly on the cone, but my kids didn't care. They just put them in some bowls from our kitchen and were completely happy. I think the most we stacked was 6 scoops.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO5-VX9nQq_TLKAxNW-F3M3kYFrnHN6p_V4nS2CeGA-amIIWTCH8wUM68Ek9K6PeuHQ0ZTt91B0YlSHkqRlh0yu1ZE8uinT4VqsiRkGptYnzbIOJ9cnJXuHcHGUdhxHn3AdX-qzAw39dVg/s979/ice+cream+scoop+game.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ice cream articulation reinforcing activities" border="0" data-original-height="807" data-original-width="979" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO5-VX9nQq_TLKAxNW-F3M3kYFrnHN6p_V4nS2CeGA-amIIWTCH8wUM68Ek9K6PeuHQ0ZTt91B0YlSHkqRlh0yu1ZE8uinT4VqsiRkGptYnzbIOJ9cnJXuHcHGUdhxHn3AdX-qzAw39dVg/w320-h264/ice+cream+scoop+game.jpg" title="Ice cream articulation reinforcing activities" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><b>BOOK</b></div><div>I found this book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Just-More-Jennifer-Hansen-Rolli/dp/0670015636/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=Ice+Cream+book+more&qid=1593461379&sr=8-3">Just One More</a> by Jennifer Hansen Rolli when I was working with students on some core vocabulary words. This book is really cute and simple, making it easy to use in your speech therapy sessions. There are some great target words that have VC, CV, CVCV, and CVC combinations as well as some consonant blends.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRuXtBbEvn8dbj-Xb4p8x6ND8XA8WCCTsL9YxW0Qa8V11RLNvUbaOsfFnJT5OrcqHNedMWzw_hyx4mM52j2StYgSEKFmI4vLLFmtJsntmeUBQCTpTakZiq_EVo5RCVw4nRL1WawYh82eBw/s500/Just+one+more+book+with+ice+cream.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ice cream book using core word more" border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRuXtBbEvn8dbj-Xb4p8x6ND8XA8WCCTsL9YxW0Qa8V11RLNvUbaOsfFnJT5OrcqHNedMWzw_hyx4mM52j2StYgSEKFmI4vLLFmtJsntmeUBQCTpTakZiq_EVo5RCVw4nRL1WawYh82eBw/w320-h320/Just+one+more+book+with+ice+cream.jpg" title="ice cream book using core word more" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>DIGITAL ACTIVITY</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Late this spring during the time when I was doing teletherapy sessions, I decided to try to make a game that would simulate stacking the scoops of ice cream like we did in the game. From that idea, I created an interactive pdf called <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/No-Print-Ice-Cream-Articulation-BUNDLE-Distance-Learning-5508679" target="_blank">Ice Cream Articulation</a>. This set has all of the sounds you need to target in all positions of words in isolation. I also used the activity to target simple sentences just by having students state a sentence using a sentence starter or making up their own. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy9djabhFCJkMzATlQmwt2WlkCSTaQfsNZttyQMV1fbwvyeu7R--elS5BBtMS1XOBoC_Kiw1ZqpUCVCAb7HKw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You can grab this <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/No-Print-Ice-Cream-Articulation-Distance-Learning-5508099" target="_blank">FREE version here</a> to see how it works. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/No-Print-Ice-Cream-Articulation-BUNDLE-Distance-Learning-5508679" target="_blank">bundle version</a> contains the following sounds: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;"><font face="inherit">B- all positions</font></span></div><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><font face="inherit">Ch- all positions</font></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><font face="inherit">D- all positions</font></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><font face="inherit">F- all positions</font></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><font face="inherit">G- all positions</font></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><font face="inherit">H- initial position</font></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><font face="inherit">J- all positions</font></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><font face="inherit">K- all positions</font></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><font face="inherit">L- all positions</font></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><font face="inherit">L-Blends (bl, cl, fl, gl, pl, sl, mixed)</font></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><font face="inherit">M- all positions</font></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><font face="inherit">N- all positions</font></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><font face="inherit">P- all positions</font></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><font face="inherit">R- prevocalic and vocalic</font></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><font face="inherit">R- Blends (br, cr, dr, fr, gr, pr, tr, mixed)</font></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><font face="inherit">S- all positions</font></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><font face="inherit">S- Blends (sc/sk, sl, sm, sn, sp, st, sw, mixed)</font></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><font face="inherit">SH- all positions</font></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><font face="inherit">T- all positions</font></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><font face="inherit">Th- all positions</font></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><font face="inherit">V- all positions</font></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><font face="inherit">W- initial position</font></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><font face="inherit">Y- initial position</font></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><font face="inherit">Z- all positions</font></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/No-Print-Articulation-Ice-Cream-BUNDLE-Distance-Learning-5508679?utm_source=Blog%20Post&utm_campaign=Ice%20Cream%20Articulation%20Picture" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="No print articulation ice cream" border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidUoqTQPF1ppdD60VzPyLQhebSH4k2W6rXxriwkF3bRMVnLwbYAvvmn90UW9oVS2GqRwXz8cGFQEtqb9bmA5YmUjyazvhS2fCXkLQG5dB6WL4v3UYRE8MGE9H6I1e9hewbrhp-dHwGMhtf/w320-h320/No+Print+Articulation+Ice+Cream.png" title="no print articulation ice cream" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You can also grab one of 14 different individual sound sets that contain one or two different sounds.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There you go! Some quick, simple ways to incorporate ice cream into targeting articulation in your speech therapy sessions without all of the sugar or lactose! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">-Jen</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>Jen Shambergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06644871229030584685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244800093921962689.post-776201094230959512020-05-29T08:58:00.001-04:002021-02-17T21:46:14.457-05:00On the Farm in Speech Therapy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I don't know about you, but digital learning with my 3-5 year olds is making me tired! For the first few weeks, I felt like I was really scrambling, but now I've gotten into kind of a groove and decided to bring back something that I used in my in-person therapy- THEMES! I don't have any of my toys at home, so I've had to improvise and use more digital learning activities.<br />
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This week, we've been using a farm theme. Most everything I've done can be used in person or via teletherapy. Here's what we've been using:<br />
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<b>Song</b>: <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://youtu.be/ykmFyHJq6FY" target="_blank">All Around the Farm</a> by (my favorite) Jack Hartmann- </span>I've used the song for my students who have a case of the wiggles or are working on some prepositions.<br />
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<b>Book:</b> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Big-Barn-Margaret-Wise-Brown/dp/0694006246/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=big+red+barn&qid=1589326145&sr=8-1" target="_blank">Big Red Barn</a> by Margaret Wise Brown- this is a great book full of pictures of all of the animals you would expect to find on a farm. I've been recording myself reading these books to the students with lots of pauses for questions (I feel a bit like Dora the Explorer). I send these recordings home to all students once a week along with a one page book companion for them to work on with their parents. I don't know how I didn't know about this book before, but it is GREAT! So simple and clear. My students and their parents have loved this one!<br />
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<b>Apps: </b><a href="http://www.nightanddaystudios.com/apps" target="_blank">Peekaboo Barn</a> by Night & Day Studios available on iTunes and Android. My students love to listen to the sounds and guess who is in the barn. This app is great for working on expanding utterances, making requests, and naming animals.<br />
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<b>Interactive Books:</b> I've been really busy getting all of these activities ready for this week! I had the print versions done, printed, and put together actually before this shut down, but hadn't posted them on TpT yet. I realized that I really wanted a digital version that was similar to my Spring interactive books. So, I made a new set of <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/NO-PRINT-Preschool-Language-Kit-Farm-Distance-Learning-5590275" target="_blank">NO PRINT Interactive Preschool Language Books for the Farm</a> theme.<br />
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You can also find my print version of these interactive books in the bundle that is available. This is great for in person therapy, as well as pages to send home with families. <br />
You can find my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Preschool-Language-Kit-Farm-BUNDLE-Print-NO-Print-5590319" target="_blank">Preschool Language Kit: Farm BUNDLE (Print & NO Print)</a> at TpT.<br />
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<b>Articulation Activities: </b> I loved how my Ice Cream NO PRINT Articulation activity came out and wanted to do something similar for this farm theme. <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/NO-PRINT-On-the-Farm-Articulation-BUNDLE-Distance-Learning-5631011?utm_source=Speech%20Universe%20Blog&utm_campaign=No%20Print%20Farm%20Artic" target="_blank">NO PRINT On the Farm Articulation</a> is available at TpT. My students loved seeing where the animals ended up in the scene!<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMG6ZLOenVPUmwPGJnW0lRZq2szLCSQB_qliREm3kgtWIdQHl9ouEbHJ7EIgUy97psStkUX1TcPscKuxp5lnF_KoLyx_hsKgI96dFfB5hI4N6-rSJrLuTgyhOUUe1ss9j6_5XK0jSbYBBE//" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMG6ZLOenVPUmwPGJnW0lRZq2szLCSQB_qliREm3kgtWIdQHl9ouEbHJ7EIgUy97psStkUX1TcPscKuxp5lnF_KoLyx_hsKgI96dFfB5hI4N6-rSJrLuTgyhOUUe1ss9j6_5XK0jSbYBBE/s320/Slide2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggLP9GmGuMWa-17V34n7xsvkgtfwwjR0P6egXi1YTUSTwgnqOjwYfotXSFgvpliyTdsWuJ4ZX621kXf42xZHtuT0wCF4S0GhN4UHrWOrMF0T5W_STp5BcXkb6UY3d_o3uc9NmINmfwhYxY//" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggLP9GmGuMWa-17V34n7xsvkgtfwwjR0P6egXi1YTUSTwgnqOjwYfotXSFgvpliyTdsWuJ4ZX621kXf42xZHtuT0wCF4S0GhN4UHrWOrMF0T5W_STp5BcXkb6UY3d_o3uc9NmINmfwhYxY/s320/Slide9.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br />
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I also sent home some pages from my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Glue-and-Say-Articulation-On-the-Farm-5571969" target="_blank">Glue and Say Articulation: On the Farm</a> packet.<br />
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During this shut down, I give permission for you to send home pages to parents via email. Did you know you can send home just the pages you want? Simply select print and then instead of selecting a printer, select 'print to pdf.' You can select just the pages you want and rename the file so that you can save and send it.<br />
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<b>Auditory Memory:</b> This is an older activity packet of mine, but I still love using it. It is made for in person therapy, but can be adapted. <a href="https://www.myspeechuniverse.com/2012/12/auditory-farm.html" target="_blank">Auditory Farm</a> is full of sentences, riddles, and stories. These are better for your elementary students, but can be used with some of your older preschool students too.<br />
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Phew! That was a lot of activities! I forgot how much I loved using the farm theme, but man do I miss my toys! Hopefully the next time I work on this theme it will be in person! I hope you can use some of these activities and enjoy them with your students too.</div>Jen Shambergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06644871229030584685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244800093921962689.post-15041070278782597482020-02-02T09:56:00.001-05:002020-03-06T16:36:22.068-05:00Valentines Day in the PreK Speech Room<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Valentine's Day is coming! This is a great holiday to work on in your speech room. Everyone can use a little kindness and love, right? This week in my speech room, we'll be working on Valentine's Day related vocabulary and activities. Here's what we are up to:</div>
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28ctLAFY8MA" target="_blank">Valentine's Day Song</a> by Jack Hartmann</div>
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PA3ewtp3ng" target="_blank">Boom Chicka Boom Valentine's Song</a> by The Learning Station</div>
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Happy-Valentines-Mouse-Laura-Numeroff/dp/0545332141/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1580652093&sr=8-4" target="_blank">Happy Valentine's Day, Mouse!</a> by Laura Numeroff and Felicia Bond</div>
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Day-Rained-Hearts-Felicia-Bond/dp/0060731230/ref=pd_bxgy_img_3/138-5904351-7811117?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0060731230&pd_rd_r=e23fb563-f627-481a-b7a7-24c893711642&pd_rd_w=5x7Lb&pd_rd_wg=CQkkX&pf_rd_p=fd08095f-55ff-4a15-9b49-4a1a719225a9&pf_rd_r=098YKSC9Q18EV1KKJ4Q0&psc=1&refRID=098YKSC9Q18EV1KKJ4Q0" target="_blank">The Day it Rained Hearts</a> by Felicia Bond</div>
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<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Preschool-Language-Theme-Kit-Valentines-Day-5209068?utm_source=My%20Speech%20Universe&utm_campaign=Valentine%27s%20Kit" target="_blank">Preschool Language Theme Kit: Valentine's Day</a> </div>
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This kit has 5 different interactive books to target a variety of goals: actions, nouns, plurals, prepositions, and wh-questions.</div>
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There is a Valentine's Day picture sort.</div>
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There are four different Let's Talk About It pages that target a variety of wh-questions using real photographs.</div>
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There are two pages that focus on Valentine's Day riddles. There are 9 different pictures of Valentine's Day vocabulary words and cards that contain riddles to guess "what is it?"</div>
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There are two pages that you can send home to parents to carryover the Valentine's Day theme.</div>
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Last, there is a picture list of some Valentine's Day favorite books to use in your speech room.</div>
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<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Glue-and-Say-Articulation-Valentines-Day-4297039?utm_source=My%20Speech%20Universe&utm_campaign=Valentine%27s%20Articulation" target="_blank">Glue and Say Articulation: Valentine's Day</a></div>
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To work on articulation during Valentine's Day season, I have these articulation pages that are super easy to print and use for all of my student's articulation sounds. My student's LOVE using glue to put their words up onto the hearts. I usually cut the pictures out quickly before they start, but if your students are working on cutting and you have time, they could cut out the pictures too. These are also great to send home for homework.</div>
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<b>Valentine's Day Craft</b></div>
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I bought these heart "doilies" and am planning on having students glue them to red or pink paper and then glue some articulation words (from my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Glue-and-Say-Articulation-Valentines-Day-4297039?utm_source=My%20Speech%20Universe&utm_campaign=Valentine%27s%20Articulation" target="_blank">Glue and Say Articulation</a> packet) to the hearts. For students that don't have articulation words, we'll either glue vocabulary words (from my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Preschool-Language-Theme-Kit-Valentines-Day-5209068?utm_source=My%20Speech%20Universe&utm_campaign=Valentine%27s%20Kit" target="_blank">PreK Language Theme Kit</a>) or follow directions by decorating with stickers, crayons, stampers, and maybe some glitter glue. Have I mentioned that my kids LOVE to glue things? LOL!<br />
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**update! The craft turned out great! My students LOVED gluing everything onto the pages. Have I mentioned they love to glue things? LOL!!!<span style="text-align: justify;"> </span></div>
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Winter is such a fun time to use themes in your speech therapy room!<br />
Here are my plans to start working on winter over the next couple of weeks:<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf0uKmKwnKs" target="_blank">Penguin Dance</a> by Jack Hartmann<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBYNtMyN_6E" target="_blank">Winter Hokey Pokey</a> by The Kiboomers<br />
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sneezy-Snowman-Maureen-Wright/dp/1477810544" target="_blank">Sneezy the Snowman</a> by Maureen Wright and Stephen Gilpin</div>
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Snowy-Day-Ezra-Jack-Keats/dp/0140501827/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+snowy+day&qid=1578233368&s=books&sr=1-1" target="_blank">The Snowy Day</a> by Ezra Jack Keats</div>
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<a href="https://www.myspeechuniverse.com/2014/02/the-snowy-day.html" target="_blank">The Snowy Day Craft</a>- My students LOVED this craft. Many of my students don't get the opportunity to paint at home, so this is quite a treat for them. It's really not that messy and turns out really cute! You can also add a small picture of your students' faces to put on the snowsuit. Read more about this craft here: <a href="https://www.myspeechuniverse.com/2014/02/the-snowy-day.html" target="_blank">The Snowy Day</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Preschool-Language-Theme-Kit-Winter-4322712?utm_source=My%20Speech%20Universe%20Blog&utm_campaign=Winter" target="_blank">Preschool Language Theme Kit: Winter</a></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">1 Parent Handout page with ideas to send home for play, vocabulary, and discussion with a preschool student, all focusing on the Winter theme.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></li>
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<a href="https://www.myspeechuniverse.com/2018/02/using-snowmen-in-speech-and-language.html" target="_blank">Snowmen!</a> I'm sure I'll bring out the Floof this week with some of my older PreK students. They love to build snowmen in the speech room, and I get so many language opportunities with this activity. Check out this <a href="https://www.myspeechuniverse.com/2018/02/using-snowmen-in-speech-and-language.html" target="_blank">blog post on snowmen </a>for some more winter ideas.<br />
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That's what we'll be working on in my room for the next few weeks. If I find any other ideas while we are working, I'll add them here.</div>
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I've been working with preschoolers who are brought in to me for speech therapy for over a year now. When they arrive to my room we always play first, and then end our sessions with play. So, with an average of 60 kids on my caseload, I've seen a LOT of play! What I have found during this play time is that my students gravitate to a few of my toys most often. While you may not have all of these toys available, you may have something similar that would engage your preschoolers too.<br />
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Here is my list of 5 tried and true toys for preschool speech therapy:<br />
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So many of my kids gravitate towards the play kitchen. We have so many great "meals" cooked here! I'm waiting to get a cabinet that is on back-order so that I can organize my foods by category. I'm hoping this will help with learning how to categorize a bit in a real-life way. I love that all of my students whether they are boys or girls love to play in the pretend kitchen. It gives so many language and speech opportunities. We work on expanding utterance length, vocabulary, targeting articulation sounds, questions, and so much more! A great way that they utilize this is by creating restaurants and serving me my meals and charging me (usually highly exorbitant) prices. That leads me to my next favorite toy:</div>
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Using the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Learning-Resources-Pretend-Calculator-Register/dp/B00FNK6P2Y/ref=sr_1_3_sspa?crid=343PNN9L6FNHC&keywords=learning+resources+pretend+and+play+calculator+cash+register&qid=1571088110&s=toys-and-games&sprefix=learning+resources+pretend+and+play%2Ctoys-and-games%2C150&sr=1-3-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzRzRIQU5VVklWNFdVJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNjE5MjM0M0IyM1YxMk05SjVSRCZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwMzI3OTQzMjJRSDlZV0tRSENFSyZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=" target="_blank">Pretend and Play Cash Register</a> gives my students a way to charge me for all of the goodies they create in the kitchen. I love the cash register because it creates language opportunities by sorting, using questions, and using social skills with peers and adults. It takes a lot of skill to ask how much something costs and to exchange that money. My preschool friends love pushing the numbers and hearing the "ding" when the register opens. It's such a grown up thing to do.</div>
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As my own boys at home started to grow up, I started stashing away all of their <a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?k=playmobil+vehicles&i=toys-and-games&ref=nb_sb_noss_1" target="_blank">Playmobil vehicles</a>. I wasn't sure what I was going to do with them, but knew that one day they were going to serve a purpose. Well, my hoarding has paid off! I brought these toys into my preschool speech and language room last year, and wow are they a hit! There are lots of tiny pieces that come with some of these toys, so you really need to watch if you have little ones that put things in their mouth still, but those little pieces create a ton of language opportunities too. The kids love to move the people around and have them interact with the different objects. Of course I also have a few kids who love to stuff every possible item into the garbage truck or camper. Not sure what it is about that camper that makes my kids just want to pack it full!</div>
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This <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Melissa-Doug-Service-Station-Drive-Thru/dp/B012WE8YX6/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=melissa+and+doug+garage&qid=1571087947&s=toys-and-games&sr=1-3" target="_blank">garage toy by Melissa and Doug</a> is so simple and yet provides so much fun in my speech room. There are so many language opportunities to work on with this toy. The red and blue cars can go "up", "in", "down", and "through". They also have to "stop" at the end the ramp to pay. When the cars are "dirty" they get very "clean" in the car wash. They can also fill up the cars at the gas pump.</div>
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I found this toy zoo on a Facebook Swap site for $5!!! It was such a find!!! My students are constantly requesting this item. I place it on a shelf so they have to request me to get it down. They love moving all of the animals throughout the zoo. The hippos often end up in the trees, and my little friends think its so funny. Unfortunately this zoo from Fisher Price is no longer available (it is on Amazon for $289!!!!), but there are other zoo toys out there that would work just as well. I think the key is that the animals have things to do. The kids love putting them down the slide, in the next, and flipping them back in the secret tree. I'm thinking about getting this <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-Little-People-Caring-Animals/dp/B01N5O8QSA/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=fisher+price+barn&qid=1571087886&s=toys-and-games&sr=1-2" target="_blank">Fisher Price Barn</a> which has lots of things for the animals to do too.<br />
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You can see how I organize my room and toys in this post:<a href="https://www.myspeechuniverse.com/2019/01/how-i-structure-my-preschool-speech-and.html" target="_blank"> How I Structure My Preschool Speech and Language Room</a></div>
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Reading books with my preschool speech and language students has truly been the highlight of my year. Each week we have a new book that we read. Most are big hits with my little friends. I decided to start keeping track of our books in a very visual way- my bulletin board.<br />
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This honestly started out as a way to fill up a rather large board in my room, but has turned into so much more. I have students who come in each week and look up at the board to see if our book of the week is up there. They get so excited when they find it. When we first started, we weren't sure that we would be able to fill the whole board. We probably should have started the books in the middle of the board, but, live and learn! We'll definitely do that next year.<br />
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I started out with the simple words "Read With Me" in the middle of the board. Then, each week the paraprofessional in my room copied the cover of the book, placed it on a small frame of cardstock and stapled it on the board. At first we didn't think we would ever fill up the board, but with about 6 weeks left of school, we are almost there! Next year, we'll have a better idea of where to start our columns so that it's a little more balanced.<br />
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My students love to look at the board and talk about their favorite books that we have read and who their favorite characters are. I have several conversations per week about the board that are not initiated by me. They are initiated by the kids! I even let them take my long pointer and touch their favorites. It's like a little walk down memory lane every time we look at it.<br />
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I've started posting about some of my favorite books. Check out this post about one of our favorites so far: <a href="http://www.myspeechuniverse.com/2018/10/i-found-excellent-book-for-fall-prek.html">Let It Fall!</a><br />
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If you do a book a week like I do, I highly suggest finding a way to post all of your books. You will truly engage your students in talks about what they have read. Plus, it is colorful and FUN!!!Jen Shambergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06644871229030584685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244800093921962689.post-49176377102438629922019-03-16T07:45:00.005-04:002019-10-17T16:00:04.363-04:00Spring Articulation Ideas!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Spring is coming!!!! I don't know what it is about this winter, but I have never been more ready for spring before. I can't wait for warmer temperatures, the smell of rain and flowers, and some warm sun on my face. I also can't wait to use all of the cute ideas I have been starting to collect with my preschool articulation/phonological students!<br />
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I found these bunny ball poppers at The Dollar Tree. What a great find! $1 for ball poppers! Definitely going to keep this in mind throughout the year. Hopefully they will continue to put out more of these for my collection.<br />
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Another Dollar Tree find was this cute chick wind-up toy. My preschoolers have really been getting into my wind-up toys, so I thought I would try this one out with a simple activity. I laid out my articulation cards and wound up the chick. Whichever cards she touched I had the students say.<br />
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<b>Glue and Say Spring Articulation!</b><br />
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I have been working exclusively with preschool students for a little over five months now. I currently have a caseload of 57 preschool students age 3-5 with a variety of speech and language disorders. The students are brought in to me by their parents at an Early Childhood Center. I see a few students individually, but the majority are seen in small groups of 2-4 (I only have one group of 4 right now). I am lucky enough to have a wonderful paraprofessional helping out in my room too! With that many students and smallish groups, you can imagine that my scheduling is pretty tight. You would be right! About 50% of my students are seen in hour long groups, and the other 50% are seen in half hour chunks. I try to group my students as closely as I can with age and goals, but with parents schedules and preschool schedules to work around, the groups can get a bit mixed. Luckily, I have found a way to structure my room so that I can work on a variety of skills in any group. I am super lucky to have a full size classroom as my work space, and I have clearly defined it to move through our sessions.<br />
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When students arrive, they are able to play in my toy area for about 5-10 minutes (depending on length of their session). I am able to engage with them while we wait for anyone who is running late. It is so fun to see all of the language opportunities during these play times! I've been using a digital timer to warn students that play time is almost finished, and that has been working great. Once they get used to the warning and then the timer going off, transitions are easy for most. I do have some visual schedules too in case I have a student who isn't so keen on the auditory warnings.</div>
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After play, we usually go over to the smart board for some movement and songs. I have a couple of different boards for this, and right now we are using a board that contains different winter songs that I have found. The kids love getting to choose the song from my selections. The songs help get some wiggles out before we move on to more seated activities. Some of my favorites are on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVcQH8A634mauPrGbWs7QlQ">Jack Hartmann Kids Music Channel</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsbSeGiUNfQuj5SXcbj3sYg?view_as=subscriber">Dr. Jean</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/TheLearningStation">The Learning Station</a>, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/Bouncepatrolkidstv" target="_blank">Bounce Patrol</a>.<br />
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After our one or two songs, we move over to the book area. My students love to sit in these mini seats and pick their color. Amazingly, I have very few fights over the color chair. The paraprofessional in my room always copies the front cover of the book of the week so that we can display it a couple of different ways. We put one copy on the easel in the book area, and one copy on the bulletin board in our room. My students love looking at the board and talking about their favorite books that we have read. The board is really filling up!<br />
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Next, we move over to my work table. Who am I kidding, the students usually run (preschoolers don't walk) over so they can get their work done and play some more! Plus, they love that we usually have some sort of fun activity or game to go along with their goal work. I usually try to have a game or activity that allows me to focus on a variety of goals. These are usually pretty open ended games/activities such as Pop the Pig, using bingo chips, fishing games, and really any other open ended game/activity that doesn't require specific answers. I love that I can target both articulation/phonological processes and language skills during the same activity.<br />
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After our work is done, we usually try to play for another 5 minutes, and at this point I may go out and talk to parents while the paraprofessional plays with the students. I may give parents things to practice at home or just update them on what we did for the day.<br />
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This is how I have organized my longer sessions. For my shorter half hour sessions, the students are typically younger language students, and we spend more time on play. I also skip the book with some of my half hour articulation students.<br />
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I have to say that I have been loving how this has been working out, and I have been loving working with preschoolers! They definitely keep me on my toes!<br />
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When you come across a fall themed book that engages each and every preschool speech and language student that you work with, you just have to share! I found this book to use during my Fall theme with my preschool students. It's called "Let it Fall." It is a simple rhyming book without many words on each page, but it has beautiful illustrations that are super engaging! I bought it for less than $3 on <a href="http://scholastic.com/">Scholastic.com</a>!<br />
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This book follows a family of five and their dog on their adventures in the fall. They rake leaves, go apple picking, go to a fall carnival, and go for a hike. The book allows for lots of discussion because of all of the activities that the characters are engaged in. Check out this page for some examples:<br />
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On this page, I was able to help my language students expand their utterance length by stating what each person was doing. The dad and mom are both raking the leaves. The kids are jumping or laying in the leaves, and so is the dog.<br />
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My articulation/phonological kids had fun naming items on the page. Mom, Dad, boy, girl, baby, dog, leaf, rake. There were words for everyone!<br />
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This page is great too!<br />
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Some kids are having a pie eating contest, some people are going on a hay ride, there are two men playing music, people are dancing, people are listening, there is a sack race, there is a pumpkin contest with a big pumpkin, the dog is sitting on the pumpkins. Oh, my! So many things to describe!!!<br />
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Some of the words I used for my articulation/phonological students were: ton, pie, eat, sack, jump, hop, ride, (I have a lot of final consonant deleters) and really anything else we could find that fit their goals.<br />
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The rest of the book is just as great as the pages above, and led to a huge variety of discussions based on needs in my groups. I just wanted to share this cute book with you in case you were looking for something fun to share with your preschool friends too.<br />
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If you are looking for some activities that will use a lot of the words that are in this book, you could check out my Preschool Language Theme Packet for Fall. It is chock-full of activities to do with your Pre-K language students.<br />
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I bought a large bag of 200 trinkets from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/DinkyDoodads?ref=condensed_trust_header_title_reviews">Dinky Doodads on Etsy</a> last year, but never really organized them like I wanted to. I just couldn't make the decision of what to do with them. Well, the inspiration came to me last week. I was talking to an Early Childhood Special Education teacher at my school and she showed me a bag that she had filled with water beads and rubber fish that she was using for an aquatic animals unit. It was so fun to squish around to find all of the fish. This made me think of all of those little trinkets that I had sitting around, waiting for the perfect activity. I just had to organize them into their sounds.<br />
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I have a rare blood type that only 3% of the population has. I'm AB+. The Red Cross calls me often to donate my "rare blood." I put it on my to do list and schedule a time. Sometimes I can end up making it to the appointment and actually donating. I've had other times where I show up and there has been over an hour wait even with an appointment. I've had to leave and not donate because my life is in a crazy balancing act right now and I had to leave to get to the next items on my list. Then I feel guilty.<br />
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My typical to do list in the afternoon includes hockey, soccer, or baseball practice, hockey, soccer, or baseball games, school activities for my boys, orthodontist or doctor appointments for my boys, homework, making dinner that has some sort of nutritional value, and then maybe picking up a bit before going to bed and starting all over. Sometimes the dinner might not be that nutritional or my little people are late to an appointment, practice, or game. Then I feel guilty.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk76QcJ45caml9zO-t-WUgDUqdbVl6z-cih6pm3tQMR0HJ6BUPxhN_22xafqui2aYDRBmZYfDA0j5h3UkgWfuwIKN0n_8N2KEKJS8s-AcrnHlNTC4ZvAEn8VauWFTg6ZnspmiRUR19Siqq/s1600/dreamstime_xxl_76065872.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1458" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk76QcJ45caml9zO-t-WUgDUqdbVl6z-cih6pm3tQMR0HJ6BUPxhN_22xafqui2aYDRBmZYfDA0j5h3UkgWfuwIKN0n_8N2KEKJS8s-AcrnHlNTC4ZvAEn8VauWFTg6ZnspmiRUR19Siqq/s200/dreamstime_xxl_76065872.jpg" width="181" /></a>My work life is also a huge balancing act. I've got two schools this year and both schools have heavy schedules of students. At my private school I am in charge of setting up all of the service plan/IEP meetings, evaluation meetings, and other special education meetings. This is for students with some pretty complex needs. Setting up meetings has never been my strong suit, and this year has been a huge challenge for me. Coordinating the school psychologist, teacher consultant, resource room teacher, general education teacher, principal, and all ancillary staff is highly overwhelming at times. Sometimes someone is missed in the meeting scheduling, or an email is missed, I'm late for a meeting because of traveling, or I am missing students. Then I feel guilty.<br />
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Because of all of the stress with my work and home schedules, I decided that I needed to focus on my own health a bit more. So, on top of everything else, I have started waking up at the <strike>early</strike> <strike>awful </strike>ungodly hour of 4:40 in the morning so that I can make it to a 5:15 boot camp at least three days a week. When else am I going to go work out? There are mornings when my alarm goes off and I press snooze. 5 times. I miss my class. Then I feel guilty.<br />
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People talk about type A personalities and how they are ultra organized and motivated. I admire these people. I want to be these people. But, I feel like I'm more like my blood type: AB+. People compliment me on being organized but I know it is just a facade. My planner is super organized but a lot of times I don't feel like my brain matches that organization. I am just one missed glance at my schedule or planner away from everything toppling over.<br />
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Why am I telling you all of this? I'm telling you this because I want you to know that we all have a hard time balancing it all! Our Instagram or Facebook accounts may look like we have it all together. Perfect activities planned for each session. Perfectly organized materials and files. Materials personally made for each student. A lot of times it's a facade. I may post a picture that looks perfect, but know that behind the scenes there was a lot that was not perfect that day. I may have had the perfect activity that was made for a specific student, but the rest of my caseload played the memory game. Again.<br />
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I love my life that I have created. I love my family, my friends, my students, my job, even my 5:15 boot camp class! But I know that there has to be a balance. Finding that balance is tough, but I will keep trying. I also know that it is ok if some things fall out of balance.<br />
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There are two sets of calendars included in this packet...<br /><h4 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Articulation</span></b></h4><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvookQSynX7Nx5HIsHrLvPaTXZv48HsGmjpFJwL_sVaORuvKvaTYyi9VvoGqSgZ0oSIzaqc8VNinyAI0dOiC412Zl3izoVLJ5JEjdd8QWztoS5QsXBtoLR6fsfGth8xTTUGjvGsTu0mqhuzX_XxUYTKRG5sSSUSltP1GYsqRpJXu5HeH_Oh-cFvcsnnQ/s768/Slide8.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Summer Articulation Calendars" border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvookQSynX7Nx5HIsHrLvPaTXZv48HsGmjpFJwL_sVaORuvKvaTYyi9VvoGqSgZ0oSIzaqc8VNinyAI0dOiC412Zl3izoVLJ5JEjdd8QWztoS5QsXBtoLR6fsfGth8xTTUGjvGsTu0mqhuzX_XxUYTKRG5sSSUSltP1GYsqRpJXu5HeH_Oh-cFvcsnnQ/w320-h320/Slide8.PNG" title="Summer Articulation Calendars" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">These calendars come in black and white and color versions. There is an activity on each day, and a small icon for students to color in after they have completed an activity.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div>
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Is your caseload bursting with articulation students like mine is? It has been years since I have had this many articulation students, and frankly, I was getting a little sick of my activities that I had! You can only play memory or Go Fish so many times, you know? What my students don't get sick of is bingo dabbers and markers. I swear, I can pull out a pack of markers or dabbers and I am a superhero! Because of this, I decided to make a set of articulation pages for my students to color or dab. <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/St-Patricks-Day-Articulation-3667323?utm_source=My%20Speech%20Universe&utm_campaign=St.%20Patricks%20Day%20Articulation"> St. Patrick's Day Articulation </a>was born!<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This set of no-prep articulation pages includes the following sounds all in the initial position of words:<br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">B, Ch, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, L-Blends, M, N, P, R, R-Blends, S, S-Blends, Sh, T, Th, V, W, Y, and Z</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Students can use their marker or dabber to color in the Leprechaun's gold after they say their word a number of times. If you have your student say each word 5 times, you will get 70 productions from this one page. Imagine if you have them say it 10 times! </span></span><br />
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If you have some gold coins, you can also have students earn their gold by saying the words and then covering them up with the real coins.</div>
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Winter is in full swing here in Michigan! It has been cold and snowy and we are only a few weeks into winter. This has been my view on my way to work (not bad, right?):<br />
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My kids all love to build snowmen when they play in the snow, and I've found a few ways to incorporate snowmen into my speech and language therapy too!<br />
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1) <b>FLOOF!</b><br />
Over the winter break, I saw a new (to me) type of clay/sand called Floof. This is such a great product! I decided to purchase the snowman kit for my students to create and describe. It has been so much fun!!!<br />
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2) <b>Drawing</b><br />
A really easy way to incorporate snowmen is with a simple marker and piece of paper. I start with the three snowballs drawn out and copied. You can also have your students draw the snowballs and work on the concepts of <i>small, medium, large, top, bottom,</i> and <i> middle. </i>Then I give directions such as "give the snowman a red scarf before you give the snowman a pink hat." There are lots of directions that can be worked on in this activity.<br />
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3) <b>Snowmen Snowflakes</b><br />
Another way to use snowmen in therapy is with these cute snowmen snowflakes. They are actually super easy to make. We used them in articulation practice by writing the students speech words on each of the snowmen.<br />
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4)<b>Snowmen Books</b><br />
I have also used a few snowmen books in therapy. My favorites are <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Snowmen-Night-Storytown-Library-Grade/dp/0153524855/ref=sr_1_1_twi_pap_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1519480786&sr=1-1&keywords=snowmen+at+night">Snowmen at Night</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sneezy-Snowman-Maureen-Wright/dp/1477810544/ref=sr_1_1_twi_pap_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1519480704&sr=8-1&keywords=sneezy+snowman">Sneezy the Snowman</a>, and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Biggest-Best-Snowman-Margery-Cuyler/dp/0590134930/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1519480831&sr=1-1&keywords=The+biggest+best+snowman">The Biggest, Best Snowman</a>.<br />
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Are you looking for an easy way to send home activities for your speech and language students to practice their skills? I have been using these <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Speech-and-Language-Homework-Calendars-BUNDLE-1046791?utm_source=My%20Speech%20Universe&utm_campaign=Speech%20and%20Language%20Calendars">calendars</a> for years now, and have had great responses from my students and their parents! I have a set of articulation calendars and a set of language calendars. Both sets are updated every calendar year as well as at back to school time. There are color versions of the calendars as well as black and white for a low ink option. If you have access to color printing at your school, I suggest using the color versions- they are bright and fun! The black and white versions are fun too, and students can color the pages themselves.<br />
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<b><br /></b>In the articulation calendars, students are asked to find a variety words that start with their sound and use their sound in connected speech in a variety of activities. Here are some examples of daily activities included on the articulation calendars:<br />
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Each day on the calendar has a small icon in the corner that students can color in when they complete the task.<br />
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In the language calendars, students are asked to answer questions that focus on categorization, describing, story telling, analogies, idioms, synonyms, antonyms, plural nouns, past tense verbs, auditory comprehension for sentences, auditory memory, calendar vocabulary (yesterday, today, tomorrow, etc.). Here are some examples of activities in the language calendars:<br />
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In each set of calendars, there is also a parent letter and communication log that can be sent home. The parent letter describes how to use the calendars. The communication log gives parents a chance to let you know what went well and what the student needed help with.<br />
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Now that you are all settled into your new speech and language room, you'll have to find out who you are supposed to be seeing with all of those <a href="https://www.myspeechuniverse.com/2017/09/organizing-materials-in-school-speech.html">well-organized materials</a>.<br />
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The first thing you'll need to do is either print off a caseload list from whatever your caseload manager/IEP program is on your computer or maybe your special services department will print one for you. Either way, you need to get your hands on this information. Once you have your list, you are ready to go!<br />
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Here are the steps for organizing those students:<br />
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1. <b>Find their files. </b> The previous SLP should have left you all of the files for your students. This should contain at least the latest IEP. It may contain previous testing and testing protocols as well as notes on the student. I like to organize these files using recycled pieces of paper from the teacher workroom. I fold the paper in half so that the white side is facing out. Then, I place the reports/IEPs/other information into that folded half-sheet. On the folded edge of the paper, I write the information about what is contained in that section.<br />
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2. <b>Make a hanging file for each student.</b> I love to use those sticky file tabs from Post-It. Use your caseload checklist to make sure you have every student's file accounted for. Place your student files into each slot. This drawer will be so organized that you will want to show it off!<br />
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3. <b>Make a working file for each student.</b> This file is completely separate from your file with all of the IEPs and testing. This is what you will use on a daily basis with your students. In my daily file folders, I like to keep a copy of the goal sheet and a data sheet. The goal sheet on the left makes it super easy to reference goals while I am working with students to make sure we are on the right track during sessions. I write the name of the student on the file tab in pencil so I can easily change it if I find out that the student goes by a different name than their legal name (ie., Nick instead of Nicholas). I also use this space to indicate which day (or days) of the week I see the student. I write this in pencil with a simple M T W Th F next to the student's name. I use pencil so that I can easily use this file for a couple years and just change the day of the week each year.<br />
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4. <b>Make a separate hanging file holder</b> to store your daily working files. I like to have a hanging file for each day of the week. Then, after my schedule is made, I place the daily folder into the hanging file for the day of the week that I see the student (don't worry, you'll get to your scheduling soon).<br />
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Now you are ready to schedule those students. Hope you can use some of my tips for organizing those files!<br />
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I love working on describing with my language students. It is a great way to help organize their language. My go-to for working on describing is the <a href="https://www.expandingexpression.com/">Expanding Expression Tool (EET)</a>. It is an awesome visual representation to use with my students. One of the parts of this tool that my students always get stuck on though is composition- what is it made of. This just doesn't seem to be something that is in their prior knowledge. I wanted to make a little activity to help my students with this, and came up with a sorting and describing activity.<br />
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This packet contains 8 different materials mats with 24 clipart items and 24 real photograph items to sort. </div>
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One thing that my students who are working on describing have is formulating a complete sentence to describe items. I created a sentence starter mat to help formulate these sentences. You can use the item cards from the mats to create the sentences.<br />
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I have had some good results with my students using this activity. They are able to see that there are many different materials that an item could be made of. I hope you and your students will enjoy this activity too!</div>
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I am always looking for fun auditory activities for my students. I love it when a theme can be fit into it too. Halloween is a perfect theme to target auditory activities! My students love anything Halloween related.<br />
I created this packet well over two years ago but never wrote about it. I want to share more about it with you now. This has been a hit with my language students and I hope yours will love the activities too!<br />
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<b>Auditory Memory for Sentences</b>: In this activity, students are asked to repeat a sentence exactly as it is read to them. Sentences are 10-14 syllables long. If the students get the sentence correct, they can move a game piece on the game board provided.<br />
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<b>Haunted House Riddles: </b>In this activity, you read the clues out loud, and the students guess what the Halloween item is. If they get it correct, they can put their card in their "haunted house." My students love guessing the items and then getting to hold onto the cards.<br />
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<b>Auditory Memory for Halloween Stories: </b>There are 12 stories included in this packet. Each story is 2-3 sentences in length. There are three comprehension questions following each story. There is also a simple picture for each story.<br />
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<b>Halloween Story Retelling:</b> In this activity, a short story is read to students and they are asked to retell the story. There are no picture cues for these stories, they are purely auditory. There is a rubric provided for scoring the story retell.<br />
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So, now you have found your new room at your new school. It may look like this:<br />
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Ok, so maybe you won't have 20 boxes of items sitting around, but you may have 20 boxes of things to go through in your cupboards! Depending on who was in your room before you, there may be a treasure trove of items to find. I inherited my first speech room from an SLP who was there for over 30 years. At the same school. 30 years! Needless to say, she had a LOT of materials that she didn't take with her when she retired. Some of these items were great, while some left something to be desired. I didn't really need a set of dittos (you know, the purple looking mimeographed papers) from 1975. I'm not saying that something from that time frame might not be useable, but the pictures are sometimes really hard to decipher for my students, and sometimes inappropriate too.<br />
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1)<b> Sort materials.</b> Go through your cabinets, bookshelves, boxes, etc. and make piles of items. I like to organize by topic. Put all of your articulation items in a pile. WH question materials in another pile. Vocabulary items in another pile. You get the picture. It will take some time, but trust me, you will appreciate it later. This will not only organize you, but you will get a better picture of what is actually in your new speech room.<br />
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2)<b> Purge.</b> (a bit) What I mean by this is go through and throw away those old dittos that you know you will never use. As a new SLP, I wouldn't throw away all materials though. Just because it is old doesn't mean it may not be of use to you. If you question whether you may use something. Keep it. Next year you can do this again and get rid of anything you truly never touched.<br />
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3) <b>Make a donate box.</b> Sometimes when I am going through my items I find duplicates of things that I either already have or things that there are just duplicates of. I put these items in a box to share with my fellow SLPs in my department. You could also try to share with any SLP groups you are a part of. Make sure you have permission from your district if you are trying to sell any materials. If you sell the items you could use the money to purchase new therapy materials. Again, just make sure you have permission to do this, it may be district property.<br />
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4) <b>Organize materials on your shelves.</b> Now you are at a place where you can take all of those lovely piles of therapy materials and place them on your shelves, in cabinets, drawers, or pretty much wherever you can find a spot. I like to label my cabinets with my trusty label maker when I move to a new place just so I can find everything easily.<br />
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I organize my shelves by topic. Now that I have organized my items on the tables, all I have to do is place them on the shelves and label the category.<br />
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I like to keep all of my games handy. This year I used the top of a file cabinet next to my kidney shaped table to house all of my games. This makes them easy to reach when I am pulling materials. <br />
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I also like to keep all of my articulation cards close at hand. Unfortunately, when I moved in, I wasn't really left with a lot of those. I left all of my old cards at my last office because they were purchased for that particular school. I loved those cards, and I'll have to replace them soon.<br />
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Now you should have all of your materials in place, and you can move on to figuring out your caseload. You can check out this post about <a href="https://www.myspeechuniverse.com/2017/11/organizing-your-speech-and-language.html">how to organize your student files</a> with some tips to get you started.<br />
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<b>1. Make Contact- </b>The first thing you can do is contact your new principal to introduce yourself by email. You can leave your cell phone number in the email, and let them know you would be excited to talk with them before the school year starts. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglLiz-dQ55gy1DMf6gwvnk0JUpoK9YzfG_CVd993SqGNptg0Z3fRi00fgIDtm_CDclB099F7VJlhFP9u6PBqAP0J3mv6OO5xjsBw1P0KJfWPN-rbBwMoEuzhZD0pE0l98Zz6kwv4xPTDnL/s1200/send+an+email.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Make contact by sending an email" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglLiz-dQ55gy1DMf6gwvnk0JUpoK9YzfG_CVd993SqGNptg0Z3fRi00fgIDtm_CDclB099F7VJlhFP9u6PBqAP0J3mv6OO5xjsBw1P0KJfWPN-rbBwMoEuzhZD0pE0l98Zz6kwv4xPTDnL/w320-h213/send+an+email.png" title="Make contact by sending an email" width="320" /></a></div><div><b>2. Find the New School</b>- This may seem like a no-brainer, but figure out where your new school is so that you know where you are going! You'll want to look at the traffic patterns in the morning so you can know exactly how long it will typically take you to get there. Best to not be late when you set up a time to meet with your new principal or other staff.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKXLY2inDd06jJ_h0-THUEdKPCh16BThY1FF2QqeDi5KNdSgH2YIUu3Tmj2E5yJI4CO-E1z4kGLMXLPyYnd08w48X2yjpLbWe8Eki1zp5HKhMJftWmucKg9s7UluTcaaNEXvO0mYllL0E4/s1200/find+new+school.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Find your new school" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKXLY2inDd06jJ_h0-THUEdKPCh16BThY1FF2QqeDi5KNdSgH2YIUu3Tmj2E5yJI4CO-E1z4kGLMXLPyYnd08w48X2yjpLbWe8Eki1zp5HKhMJftWmucKg9s7UluTcaaNEXvO0mYllL0E4/w320-h213/find+new+school.png" title="Find your new school" width="320" /></a></div><div><br />
<b>3. Set Up a Time to Meet- </b>It is a good idea to contact your new principal to set up a time to meet them and get a tour of the school. This is a great opportunity to meet the secretaries or other office staff as well as possibly some other teachers setting up their rooms and the very important custodians. All of these people will be instrumental in helping you to feel comfortable in your new space.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJGzjTc-9hUAPOEPlmThzyN0sNwJxbkasIJJ_soxlb4vPPrnKRfQuymMsk2pPBfZ5QkrCig7o9OmZEpFEQTQqsIslwR0WfmGH74KUSR3ULFjkTuMDetGml3XGQCrV9jWKW7qMDc-x9sXte/s1200/Plan+a+meeting+time.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Plan a meeting time" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJGzjTc-9hUAPOEPlmThzyN0sNwJxbkasIJJ_soxlb4vPPrnKRfQuymMsk2pPBfZ5QkrCig7o9OmZEpFEQTQqsIslwR0WfmGH74KUSR3ULFjkTuMDetGml3XGQCrV9jWKW7qMDc-x9sXte/w320-h213/Plan+a+meeting+time.png" title="Plan a meeting time" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><div><b>4. Shop For Supplies-</b> Ok, so this one isn't really necessary at this point, but who can resist the great sales before the school year starts? 50 cents for a 24 pack of Crayolas? That's awesome! I like to grab all of my basic speech room supplies before they get too picked over. I always grab crayons, markers, glue sticks, pencils, pens, sharpies, and colored folders before the school year begins. These staples always seem to go up in price after the school year starts. Plus, if you are a crayon/materials snob like me (hello, Crayola!!) you can grab the brands and colors that you like and not have to rely on your school for these items. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIg573wJhxaecuGLWC2kvz6G4b7kOx5o-RkSviY7JkvwPKry96p1j3Ff-dDk4lpGpkSWSnw0qlPjbZecJ0VMzPxMT-K5f661dOf9uqPlfzQ1hiJQIoRZAktunWhdVdQy8hr5jNZsQ_6_2E/s1200/shop+for+supplies.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIg573wJhxaecuGLWC2kvz6G4b7kOx5o-RkSviY7JkvwPKry96p1j3Ff-dDk4lpGpkSWSnw0qlPjbZecJ0VMzPxMT-K5f661dOf9uqPlfzQ1hiJQIoRZAktunWhdVdQy8hr5jNZsQ_6_2E/s320/shop+for+supplies.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>These four items should get you started, and then you can move on to <a href="https://www.myspeechuniverse.com/2017/09/organizing-materials-in-school-speech.html">organizing your materials in your new room!</a> If you are moving into a preschool speech and language position, you may also be interested in learning about <a href="https://www.myspeechuniverse.com/2019/01/how-i-structure-my-preschool-speech-and.html">how to structure your preschool speech and language space.<br /></a>
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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.<br />
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1. <b>Puppets</b><br />
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!<br />
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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.<br />
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2. <b>Describe It To Me</b><br />
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 (<a href="https://www.expandingexpression.com/" target="_blank">EET</a>) 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.<br />
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3. <b>What is in the bag?</b><br />
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.</div>
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4. <b>Categories</b><br />
Place pictures of categories on the bag and collect items or pictures to place in each category. I used pictures from my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Category-Sorting-437492" target="_blank">Category Sorting</a> 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.<br />
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5. <b>Collect in a bag</b><br />
Put any kind of card into the bag. My students love to decorate a bag and then collect their cards.<br />
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6. <b>Paper bag books</b><br />
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.<br />
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I have also made these <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Articulation-Paper-Bag-Books-BUNDLE-1361032?utm_source=My%20Speech%20Universe%20Blog&utm_campaign=Ways%20to%20use%20paper%20bags" target="_blank">Articulation Paper Bag Books</a>. These are so fun to make with students and send home!<br />
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Here is a link to a freebie that contains blank frames to use on your paper bags, as well as labels for <a href="http://bit.ly/2h5V5Q6" target="_blank">What is in the bag? and Describe It To Me.</a><br />
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