I found this simple and cute song recently in a book, The Encyclopedia of Infant and Toddler Activities, that parents can sing to their infants and toddlers, (and SLPs can sing to their students), to help teach body parts. The song is called Baby’s Little Nose and was contributed by Karyn Everham. I sang it […]
Wednesday Freebie: Speech Therapy Progress Notes Sheet
Today is a Wednesday quicky 😉 Because my Wednesdays are dedicated to grocery shopping and meal planning! Just a quick one for my fellow SLPs. In grad school someone gave us this cool monthly progress notes sheet to use with our clients…I cannot remember where I got it but I generally liked it. Then the […]
There Was an old Lady Who Swallowed a…BAT!
I’m sure you remember the book from your childhood, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly? You know, that fat old lady that was ingesting cows and horses and flies? Well the chick just can’t get enough because that story has sparked the creation of several like books…and in this one she prefers […]
Speech Therapy Activities: Fall and Halloween
Though I am writing this post to share my favorite therapy activities with fellow SLPs, I think many parents will find this post informative as well…parents can use some of these activities at home with their children to have fun bringing in the season! It seems at the beginning of every school year, we SLPs […]
Five Little Pumpkins Activities
In my last post, I talked about 10 Fun Fall and Halloween Songs and Fingerplays that you can do with your child/client/students. I mentioned at the end of my post that the fingerplay Five Little Pumpkins has an array of activities that can go along with it, and I would just love to share some […]
The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything: Language Building Activities
My ALL TIME most FAVORITE fall book is (Affiliate link->) The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams. As a speech pathologist, I use this book with my preschool students up through about first or second grade to work on listening, answering “wh” questions, sequencing, etc. As a parent, I […]
Tips for Reading Aloud to Your Young Child (and Infant!)
I was recently asked by a friend of mine how to, well, physically, read to her nine month old. You know, at that age babies can be super grabby (I have one of those grabby nine month old’s myself…). My friend said that her daughter is constantly trying to grab the book from her which […]
World Arthritis Day 2011
Just under 11 months ago my daughter E who was not yet two, started limping. 5 weeks later she was diagnosed with this silent disease called Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. As we approach the one year mark of the beginning of her symptoms, we “celebrate” World Arthritis Day. I sent E to school today in her […]
12 Fall & Halloween Books for Young Children
Ahhhhhhh. Fall. How I love Fall. From the cool, crisp weather to the changing leaves to the Pumpkin Spice Latte’s (darn you Starbucks…). I love everything about Fall! Even the sounds of Football that fill our home every Saturday and Sunday. I also LOVE the rain, as does my little E. Last weekend she sat […]
What is Babbling?
“Babababababa, dadadadadada, gagagagaga” We are hearing this a LOT around our house lately! My son, Ev, is 9 months old and is quite the “talker.” But he isn’t really talking, right? What he is doing, is babbling. What is babbling? Babbling is referred to as a prelinguistic skill: meaning a skill that happens prior to […]