Do you use New Year's themed resources in your speech room? I typically do not use them since I tend to use seasonal themes. However, 2020 has been a difficult year and looking forward to the future sounds like a wonderful idea! I have spent a lot of this time thinking about what I look forward to and what I want to work towards. Therefore, I feel like this may also give our students a chance for a "fresh start" too.  Check out these five New Year's freebies that I found.    New Year's Resolutions Worksheet by Kayla SLP - This great freebie is perfect for helping students look ..read more

Is it quickly moving from Autumn to Winter where you live?  It is here!  It is cold, wet, frosty, and has me dreaming of cuddling up to the fireplace with hot cocoa while my daughter plays out in the snow!  I think that is why I am already pulling out the Winter resources to get a jump start on planning therapy for the season.  Have you started planning out therapy for Winter?  Check out these ten Winter (seasonal) freebies that I found.    No Print Winter Pronouns and Verbs by Allison Fors- Targets pronouns (he, she, they) receptively and expressively. It ..read more

When I think of Thanksgiving, I think of time with family, things I am grateful for, parades, football, and yummy food. Check out these ten Thanksgiving freebies that I found. Gobbling Up Multiple Meaning Words by Big Hair Speech Therapy - Three levels of difficulty for thanksgiving themed multiple meaning words. Thanksgiving Turkey Prepositions by WhitneySLP - Cute preposition cards searching for the turkey. Targets on, under, in, behind, between, in front, and next to prepositions. Thanksgiving Problem Solving and Social Skills Cards by Step by Step Solutions- Sixteen problem solving card ..read more

In my opinion, books are one of the easiest ways to target a variety of speech and language skills with mixed groups.  I also feel that it is one of the best ways to encourage and facilitate a love for literature with kids.  Here are a few of my favorite Autumn books and a short-list of targeted goals that you can cover with them. There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves  by Lucille Colandro SOUND SYSTEMS: Target velars, fricatives, glides, and consonant clusters easily with this repetitive story!  Students can even practice carryover of their sounds (k, g, s, sh ..read more

There are so many fun activities that families can engage in that can build speech and language skills! The Autumn season provides many inexpensive and fun family opportunities to help children build and generalize their speech and language skills.  GO FOR A HIKE IN NATURE- Many towns and cities have areas with hiking trails. Going on a hike as a family, can provide inexpensive fun and a wonderful way to engage kids in communication. Bring this FREE Scavenger List.  receptive identification expressive labeling discuss weather and clothing options, cloud formations adjectives to d ..read more

Halloween is seriously my favorite holiday!  I am not huge on dressing up now.  However, I love to see the kids dress up and I enjoy the magic of imagination! Check out ten MORE Halloween freebies that I found. You can find the original 10 freebies (and links to other Halloween Round-ups HERE. 5 Little Pumpkins Sitting on a Gate by My Teletherapy Room - This cute boom card set is perfect for Halloween with your Pre-K and early special education classrooms! Halloween Costumes with Negation by Very Visual SLPs - This boom card set is great for students working on who questions and n ..read more

Are you always looking for something new to use with your students? I personally love using resources related to seasons, holidays, and themes. I want to help you be prepared whether you are on-site or providing services via teletherapy.  Check out these ten Autumn freebies that I found. Build a Virtual Scarecrow - Reinforcement Fun by Tech 'n Talk SLPs - This is a great little no print reinforcer for groups or individuals! Building Fall Sentences by Angie S - Perfect for our students working on basic sentence formulation and increasing MLU. Fall Word Searches for Articulation by S ..read more

I have always enjoyed 'Talk like a Pirate Day' in speech therapy!  I think I have as much fun as the kids do by pulling out my pirate patch and hook and spending the day pretending I am on a search for treasure!  Check out these ten Pirate freebies that I found. WH Pirate Questions by Speech Therapy with Courtney Gragg- This packet includes who, what, where, when, why, and how questions all with a pirate theme! I'm excited to use this! Fun for a Pirate by Activity Tailor- These open ended drill pages are engaging.  You can easily use dice with these pages or a spinner. Pirate ..read more

I am currently going on my fourth year as a Speech-Language Pathologist providing services via teletherapy. In all that time, I have played around a little with changing my background scene using the Zoom platform.  I didn't attempt my hand at using the Green Screen features on Zoom until the Covid-19 pandemic hit. To say that I was a Green Screen Hot Mess is being very generous to myself. There are some of us out there that are amazing and creative in making the green screen work for them.  If you are one of them, I salute you! I, too, wanted to join the green screen SLP community ..read more

We are about to start a new school year and so much is still unknown for so many of us. I want to help you be prepared whether you are on-site or providing services via teletherapy.  Check out these ten Back to School freebies that I found. Back to School Ice Breakers and Activities by Speech Me Maybe- This great freebie includes ice breakers, session reminders, and goal setting pages. Getting to Know You Worksheets by Fun in Speech- Check out these free All About Me worksheets and ice breakers!  Back to School Editable Letter to Parents by Stacy Crouse- Free editable No Print ..read more