New Years Activities for Middle and High School Students! Updated 12/22 Looking for some new years activities to use during speech therapy with older students? Upon returning to school after a break, is the perfect time to have students reflect upon challenges and accomplishments of the prior year. Since many of them may have watched or participated in a new… 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
Vocabulary of Social Skills Instruction
updated 1/23 Do you teach the vocabulary of social skills in your speech therapy or social communication lessons? There has been focus on emotional literacy and social skills groups (check out this post on Social Skills Activities with Vocabulary Components!) SLPs and teachers are teaching the language of emotions. Just as we teach the vocabulary behind academics and emotions, we… Read More
Top Ten Spring Idioms for Speech Therapy!
updated 1/2023 Spring idioms lessons are engaging ways to teach figurative language! (If you are looking for Valentine’s Day activities for older students, check here!) The first day of spring will be upon us before we know it and there’s nothing like a lesson on spring idioms to kick off the season! Students with autism and language disorders or… Read More