updated 1/23 Looking for ways to merge a Valentine’s day theme into therapy with your older students? Read on! I’ve got activity ideas and freebies for hassle-free planning! Valentine’s Day Activities – Compare and Contrast Emotions and Character Traits! A great vocabulary activity for Valentine’s day. Here’s a list of emotions and character traits you can compare (beyond the typical… Read More
Hanukkah, Kwanzaa & Christmas Vocabulary Activities
Looking for vocabulary and language activities for speech therapy AND to facilitate understanding of multicultural traditions, including Hanukkah and Kwanzaa? Exploring these holidays is an activity rich in vocabulary! If you are working in a school district that still supports the “month-long Christmas-curriculum” in December, it might be time to make a change! If you need language activities for older… Read More
Test-taking Vocabulary Interventions!
Do you work on test-taking vocabulary with middle and high school students? Do you have middle or high school students that don’t do well on formal tests and assignments with open-ended questions? Are you spinning your wheels when working on academic or high stakes vocabulary? One way to have your interventions make a cross curricular impact is to work on… Read More
Interactive Notebooks: Preschoolers with Language Delays!
updated 1/2023 Do you use interactive notebooks with preschoolers with language delays? Your early intervention families will love this strategy! I use it with students with language delays in the home setting by incorporating an interactive notebook with my version of the “plan-do-review” approach. Parents and SLPs write target vocabulary words and images in the notebook and periodically review… Read More