What do you think of when you see a wall of eggs this time of year? Most people think of egg hunts and baskets. What do we see? A wall of endless prop possibilities for thematic units! Eggs are most definitely not just for Easter anymore! For the last few years, stores like Dollar Tree, Meijer and Walmart have really… Read More
Christmas Fun in Virtual Therapy Sessions
We are all used to creating fun and engaging therapy sessions for our in person speech therapy sessions! However, when our sessions quickly shifted to virtual, we felt like we were starting at ground zero with our creativity and planning. Trying to think about how to engage students through a computer screen seemed like an impossible task. Although we have… Read More
5 Fun St. Patrick’s Day Ideas for Speech Therapy
5 Fun St. Patrick’s Day Ideas for Speech Therapy That tricky leprechaun keeps things exciting in our speech room! We have 5 fun St. Patrick’s Day speech therapy activities that are perfect for mixed primary groups as well our preschool friends. 1. Decorate! Changing up the decor in our therapy room adds to the homey and comfortable feel that we… Read More
There was an Old Lady…
Ahhhh the Old Lady series… who doesn’t love the old lady books? We all reach for for an old lady book whenever we set up a new thematic unit. Why? because kids love it!! We know using an Old Lady book makes it easy to work on many, many skills! What do the kids love about the old lady? Feeding… Read More
Bring the Snow Inside!
SNOW SNOW SNOW!!! Snow came early to the Midwest this year! So what did we do? We scrapped the Fall and Leaves themed activities we had planned for the day and grabbed some snow! We take full advantage of the four seasons where we live although sometimes we get the extreme weather both hot and cold. But when snow comes… Read More
Veteran’s Day Writing in Speech Therapy
In our therapy room this fall, the students had two different opportunities to express themselves in writing. For Veteran’s Day, the children were able to color a picture and give it to a Veteran they know or they were able to complete a writing prompt, which was then sent to an active United States Army Soldier who is stationed in… Read More
We are Thankful!
As we wrapped up the Thanksgiving season and are looking forward to the Christmas season, we are so incredibly thankful for the people in our lives that mean the most to us. Our families are our world and we wouldn’t be the people we are today without their love and support! We wanted to show you a quick photo of… Read More
All-In-One Token Reinforcement Boards
We firmly believe in shaping behaviors with positive reinforcement. While we are cautious to include visual prompts in our therapy when they are not needed, we do realize that for some kiddos, visual prompts ARE needed to sustain joint attention, build a positive work ethic and increase work productivity. Effective reinforcement strategies are critical for some of our kiddos to… Read More
5 Ways to Make Your Apple Unit Fun!
We just love this time of year! Apples, leaves, pumpkins, scarecrows, Halloween and Thanksgiving give us TONS of vocabulary. Here are 5 ideas to make learning apple vocabulary interactive and fun: 1. Presentation It’s amazing how excited the kids can be to learn just by creatively arranging materials. When little ones came in and saw this basket filled with… Read More
8 Reasons to use Play Dough in Therapy!
As we all know, children love all things Play Dough! Any time the word Play Dough is mentioned, the excitement on their faces and in their voices says it all! Because Play Dough is such a highly preferred activity for the children, we have jumped on board with using it in therapy and find it to be an activity that… Read More