This month for the Virtual Book Club for Kids, we are spotlighting Julia Donaldson. Julia is a British author whose books include The Gruffalo, The Gruffalo’s Child and one of our favorite books around here, Room on the Broom. Although she is best-known for her picture books, Julia also writes longer novels, plays and songs. When […]
Speech & Language Activities for Easter!
I am very very very slowly unpacking our new home. It is getting there but I am looking forward to getting back into blogging! Today, I wanted to share with you a few Speech & Language Activities for Easter! Just click on the image below to take you to the post! I’m currently […]
How to Use “My Book About Me” to Expand Speech Skills
Welcome to the February Virtual Book Club! This month our spotlight author is the great Dr. Seuss! I went back and forth on which book to use, so we went to the bookstore and I came across a book I had been wanting to try with my own daughter. As we started reading and filling […]
The Wild Christmas Reindeer {Jan Brett Virtual Book Club}
As some of you know, I am taking part in the Virtual Book Club for Kids this year with several other fantastic bloggers. You can see my posts from September and October for more Virtual Book Club Fun. (Things got crazy in November with Holidays and Birthdays and I wasn’t able to participate but you […]
Fun with Abby & Alyssa: An Introduction to Sign Language {A Review & Giveaway}
I became familiar with these books several months ago when my friend ( and fellow SLP) Kristy reviewed them on her blog Hear My Hands. I was thrilled when the author of these books Don, who goes by Grandpa Don, and I had the chance to talk via Facebook and he offered to let me […]
Building Speech & Language with Chopsticks {Amy Krouse Rosenthal Virtual Book Club}
It’s time for the Virtual Book Club for Kids! This month our author is Amy Krouse Rosenthal. This was a new author to me until last month and let me tell you, her books are AWESOME! We have read Duck! Rabbit!, The OK Book, Little Oink, and Chopsticks. And I didn’t realize it, but she […]
Building Speech & Language with Leaf Man {Lois Ehlert Virtual Book Club}
Welcome to another post for our Virtual Book Club for Kids! Today is also the day of our blog-hop launch so you can check out (or link up) all sorts of great activities by our spotlight author, Lois Ehlert. Last Week I shared about Building Speech and Language with Top Cat and today it’s all […]
Building Speech & Language with Top Cat {Lois Ehlert Virtual Book Club}
If you missed my post recently I am joining up with a bunch of awesome other bloggers and taking part in the Virtual Book Club for Kids this year! Our spotlight author for September is Lois Ehlert and I checked out a few of her books from the library this month and used them both […]
Join Us! Virtual Book Club For Kids 2012-2013
Well it is September..which means it is approaching my most favorite time of year…FALL! I am feeling quite refreshed after a little blogging/computer break (more on that later) but I wanted to stop in for a quick announcement that I am SO excited about! I am joining several other bloggers and am taking part in […]
Finding the Humor in Therapy: The Importance of Figurative Language
What is figurative language? Who may have a hard time understanding it and why is it such an important thing for our kids to understand? Finally, what kinds of activities can promote skills in this area of language? Ms. Sohan from Let’s Talk Speech and Language brings us an EXCELLENT post today which will answer […]