Therapy Ideas Archives

How do SLPs play? Toy Selection

October 14, 2016

Last week, I talked about “Why SLPs play?” This week I’m going to describe a little about how SLPs play, specifically how do we choose

Why do SLPs play?

October 11, 2016

I had an interesting question the other day from a friend of mine, “Why do SLPs play?” She is not an SLP and heard me talking

5 Reasons I Like to Change it Up and Use Flubber

September 11, 2016

There are lots of posts about using play dough in therapy so I thought I would write about using flubber instead. You can use flubber

Why I like to use cooperative games in therapy

August 21, 2016

I frequently use cooperative games when working with 4, 5, 6 and 7 year olds. Here is why I find them valuable. They reduce the

Using Child Directed Art In Speech Therapy

March 21, 2016

Lots of us SLPs do some form of arts and crafts during therapy. If you look on Teachers Pay Teachers or on the different social

Bring Children’s Lit into Speech and Language Therapy with “Dear Zoo”

March 1, 2016

I love using books in therapy. Reading books and using them in therapy helps develop important pre-reading skills. Books can be highly engaging and most

10 Articulation Activities for the Gym or Outside

February 21, 2016

I love getting out of the classroom/therapy room to work on speech and language skills. Two of my favourite places are the gym or outside on

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

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