Ready to try some fun games with plastic eggs in your next speech therapy session? If you have a stash of those colorful plastic Easter eggs, the week before Easter is prime time to use them. These games to play with plastic eggs are not just for Easter Grabyour plastic Easter eggs throughout the year whenever you want to add extra fun and motivation to practice speech skills. Your students will be excited to play with them any time of year, pinky swear. And not just your preschoolers. Bigger kids love them too. Your eggs will go perfectly with several of your themes. Try them in your spring ..read more

Ready to find some great St. Patrick’s Day books for preschoolers? Preschool kiddos love the idea of mischievous leprechauns, gold, and rainbows, making it an extra fun theme for your March sessions. Including a fun Saint Patty’s Day book in plans for your preschool speech therapy is a wonderful way to introduce this Irish-themed holiday with some new vocabulary and of course, an emphasis on the color green! Check out this list of children’s books about St. Patrick’s Day that your little ones will love. I’ve included links to St. Patrick’s Day read-alouds on YouTube so you can check them out ..read more

Amazingly amusing articulation activities for speech therapy. See what I did there? You can make articulation sentences more fun with alliteration. What is alliteration? Alliteration is when a series of words begin with the same sound. To build your amazing alliteration sentences, string the words together with no more than one other word in between. But… you can cheat a bit for elementary, just tell your children the words with the same sound need to be close together. Guess what? That means you’ll be creating sound-loaded sentences. Sounds like a perfect articulation activity for speech th ..read more

Are you an SLP looking for free speech pathology CEUS online? Earning continuing education hours (CEUs) is essential to stay up-to-date with the latest research in our field and evidence-based therapy approaches. I especially love courses that also teach practical tips and therapy techniques to help you serve your students and clients. The best professional development helps you grow your skill set, stay informed and gets you inspired to get back to your therapy room and implement what you’ve learned! SLPs know that professional development hours are required to maintain your ASHA Certificate ..read more

Need ideas for Earth Day activities in your speech therapy room? I’ve rounded up simple Earth Day ideas that you’ll love to “recycle” year after year. I’ve got Earth Day activities that require little to no-prep for you and are fun and engaging for your students from preschool through elementary. Read on to find some fun ideas just right for your students, including: Earth Day read-alouds Earth day songs Simple Earth Day crafts Print-and-go worksheets and activities But first…. Earth Day is when? What is it? Earth Day is celebrated on April 22nd each year. After Americans became increasing ..read more

Did you know that Pancake Day is celebrated in the United Kingdom? I think we need to bring that to the U.S. too. Yum! Pancake Day is a perfect theme for preschool speech therapy and beyond! Pancake Day (also known as Shrove Tuesday) is a delicious tradition and a fantastic theme for planning speech therapy activities. What is Pancake Day all about? It’s said that long ago, around 600 AD, Pope St. Gregory told Christians they weren’t allowed to eat rich foods during Lent. People didn’t want their food to go to waste, so the day before Lent began, they used up their butter, eggs, and milk by ma ..read more

Games are a great alternative when articulation drills get, well… boring. But can articulation games for speech therapy be effective as drill work? Absolutely! You know it’s important to get plenty of repetitions when practicing the r sound in articulation therapy, and sometimes a few minutes of pure drills can be appropriate. But kids get tired of drills. You get tired of drills. Yawn. So we try games to spice things up a bit. Play increases participation and focus if done right. So how do you get in the mass r sound practice you need with a game? The secret is to play games that don’t requi ..read more

A pretty organized file cabinet makeover The best speech therapy room ideas save you time and stress by helping you get organized. You need easy access to the files you need throughout your workflow. Try this pretty organized file cabinet makeover DIY idea and you’ll be able to see what you need to do at a glance! Bonus… it’s so bright and cheerful to look at, it’ll make you smile when you open your file cabinet. And that’s quite a trick, right? Speech therapy room organization for your files in 30 minutes or less! The key to doing this quickly is to remember that this is not the time to cull ..read more

If you need ideas for career day at school or your community helpers theme that work great in both classrooms and speech therapy, keep reading! Your school may have lined up some great speakers and demonstrations and your kids may be over the moon that they get to dress up on Career Day as their favorite occupation. Kids really relate to the topic of careers and community helpers, because they can connect their real-world experiences to it. So why not build on the fun ahead of time, expand your student’s vocabulary, language skills, and knowledge and really help that learning stick! Here are ..read more

Children who stutter are more likely to be bullied than other children, but SLPs can help. SLPs are in a unique position to help children who stutter deal with and manage bullying, yet many of us have not had any training in how to help. In a study conducted by Patchin and Hinduja, 2020, 57% of tweens between the ages of 9 and 12 years old reported they had been bullied in one environment or another. Stopbullying.gov reported that about 20% of students nationwide ages 12-18 experienced bullying. Children who stutter are at an even higher risk of being the victims of bullying. NOTE: Be sure to ..read more