Confession: I used to avoid sensory bins like the plague. They honestly just grossed me out. One day, I decided to load up on some hand sanitizer and just go for it. There’s no going back now! My students and I are obsessed. It just feels so good sinking your hands into a container full of dry beans and squeezing…. View Post
“After the Fall” by Dan Santat has become one of my absolute FAVORITE books to use in speech therapy! It has such a positive message and a CRAZY twist at the end that you won’t see coming! It will seriously blow you away. We’ve been doing lots of character-building activities in our therapy room while using this story. The main… View Post
When I first started working as an SLP in the schools, I hated worksheets. I felt like they were all boring and dated. I wanted to use “REAL” materials that WOWed my students and coworkers. I was working myself to the bone trying to find all of these materials, adapt them, purchase lots of these items myself, plan the activities,… View Post
. . Who doesn’t love speech and language activities that are fun, interactive, inexpensive, and easy to set up? I know I do! My students love this mess-free, stress-free shaving cream activity. The only materials you need are sealed gallon bags, shaving cream, and written materials (e.g., flash cards, worksheets, reading passages, construction paper with words written on it, etc.)…. View Post
. Who doesn’t love a good party? I know I’ll find any excuse possible to celebrate big and small victories. “Graduating” from speech therapy is a big deal to a lot of students. It shows them that all of their hard work has paid off! In order to acknowledge and celebrate this big moment, my students and I like to… View Post