Elf on the Shelf is quite popular in families with young children. Each day I go into an "elf" home for speech therapy, the kids cannot wait to tell me where the elf was or what it was doing. We talk about their names and how many elves are in the house...yes several houses have… Continue reading Enhance Speech and Language Skills with Elf on the Shelf Fun
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Creative Speech Therapy Activities in Great Smoky Mountains
Our "stop" in the Great Smoky Mountains was a fun one. For our previous stops, we pretended to be a park ranger. For this one, the kids pretended to be a black bear searching for food in the mountains! I love speech therapy sessions when the kids can move around! Getting Started To get into… Continue reading Creative Speech Therapy Activities in Great Smoky Mountains
Engaging Speech Therapy: Crafting in Big Bend National Park
National Parks can be an interesting theme for speech therapy. This summer I chose 10 parks scattered throughout the country to take my clients to...virtually of course! One of our stops was right here in our home state of Texas-Big Bend National Park. Our "day" in Big Bend this year happened to fall during July… Continue reading Engaging Speech Therapy: Crafting in Big Bend National Park
Engaging Speech Activities Inspired by Florida National Parks
**DISCLAIMER: This blog post does contain affilate links. If you purchase from on the links, it does not cost you extra. I earn a small portion from the sales.** "Where are we going today?" is my favorite question to hear during summer speech therapy. My clients have absolutely loved our pretend vacation. We've already created… Continue reading Engaging Speech Activities Inspired by Florida National Parks
Top 10 National Parks Books for Speech Therapy Sessions
Confession time: I LOVE TO USE BOOKS IN MY SPEECH THERAPY SESSIONS. Any books. All books. The prettier the illustrations, the better. The more heartwarming the story is, the more I need it on my shelf. So, I had to have some books to go along with our virtual roadtrip around the National Parks this… Continue reading Top 10 National Parks Books for Speech Therapy Sessions
Transform Speech Therapy: Adventures in National Parks
For the past few summers, I have changed up our speech therapy sessions from the usual book themed sessions to VACATIONS! That's right VIRTUAL VACATIONS! After the first summer at Disney, I knew I had to change up some things for the older kids (elementary age) to make it more engaging for them. Many of… Continue reading Transform Speech Therapy: Adventures in National Parks
5 Fun Tips to Engage Toddlers with Books
Working with toddlers and preschoolers over 20 years as a speech therapist, I understand why parents tell me, "They don't sit long enough to listen to books," and "They don't like books." One truth and one falsie😉 No, they may not sit long enough but do they really dislike books?? Kids are busy little humans.… Continue reading 5 Fun Tips to Engage Toddlers with Books
Back to School Articulation
Those first speech therapy sessions at the beginning of the school year always seem to be hardest for some speech language pathologists. Especially SLPs new to their district or new to the field in general. Do you immediately start in goal work? Do you break out a game or another icebreaker? Or maybe you pull… Continue reading Back to School Articulation
Virtual Disney Vacation in Speech Therapy (Part 1)
This summer I tried out something a little different in my speech therapy sessions. I had several clients going to Disney this summer, so I thought "Why not take a virtual trip with everyone?" You'll notice in the title it reads "PART 1" so be expecting a few more posts with each one detailing our… Continue reading Virtual Disney Vacation in Speech Therapy (Part 1)
Book Based Speech Therapy: “Little Owl’s Snow”
January is the perfect time to talk about snow in speech therapy. Really, you could drag it all the way into February. Especially in Texas, since we like to do it big in February...you know, rolling blackouts, roads frozen over, grocery stores depleted of all milk, bread and eggs, and let's not forget the ever… Continue reading Book Based Speech Therapy: “Little Owl’s Snow”
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