Using Nursery Rhymes for Teaching the Preposition “Over”
January 3, 2016
Working with preschoolers, I try to use nursery rhymes as much as possible in therapy. I use them for a couple of reasons. They are
Transitions Ideas to Help in the Classroom and at Home
December 11, 2015
Transitions, moving from one activity to another, can be very tricky for many children with language delays. It can be a time of stress and
7 Reasons to Use Songs in Therapy or in Your Special Education Classroom
November 29, 2015
At work, the staff and I sing all the time. It’s to the point were we joke that we are professional singers. Now I will
Using Boxes to Teach Spatial Concepts
November 1, 2015
In my family it’s common to hear, “One of the best toys to give children is a box.” Some of my favourite memories as a
Teaching Upside Down: Great for Halloween or Bat Theme Language Therapy
October 26, 2015
I want to thank the Frenzied SLPs and Doyle Speech Works for hosting this linky party. Halloween in the preschool classes, I work in, means a
Using Animal Figurines in Speech Therapy
September 27, 2015
Being an SLP, I have a lot of toys and games. I have already talked about how much I love Orchard Toys to work on
Those Crazy Pronouns: Working on He, She and They in Therapy
September 8, 2015
Pronouns can be very very tricky for children with language delays. Every year a good portion of the children I work with end up with pronouns
Considerations for Assessing Bilingual Children or English Language Learners
August 13, 2015
So you have identified a child you are going to assesses as either bilingual or does not speak English at home. Now what do you do?
We Want to Speak Two Languages in the Home. What Do We Do?
August 2, 2015
This is another in a series on language delays and bilingualism/English Language Learners. Last week, I talked about my thoughts on recommendations for speaking only
Language Delays and Speaking a Second Language
July 29, 2015
At the beginning of the school year, one of the most frequent question parents ask me is “We don’t speak English at home, what language
