Today’s post by Lorie is a fun one. If you’ve been following along a while, you know I love to use books in my therapy sessions. I have been known to have my little ones write their own stories as well. Read on for tips on how to help your preschooler be an author! ~Katie […]
Working on Literacy in Speech Therapy
As SLPs, we are often sneaking in mini side lessons into our sessions. Many of the children we work with are at risk for having delays in literacy skills. Hanna shares with us some ideas she is learning in graduate school to become a speech pathologist. Enjoy! ~Katie As a speech-language pathologist, you might not […]
Rainbow Fish Torn Paper Craft {Activity Tuesday}
It’s summer…which means heat, beaches, vacations…so we have been reading books and doing crafts that revolve around the ocean and it’s life! This month we are loving The Rainbow Fish and have been doing some fun activities to go along with it. First up? A simple (but fun) torn-paper craft. I did this one with […]
Guest Post: Activities for Phonological Awareness
I am thrilled to share this guest post by Jodie from Growing Book by Book all about activities to help promote phonological awareness skills in our children and students! Phonological awareness is the ability to hear differences in the ways words sound. Just as young children need to hear language before they can talk, they […]
Freebie Friday: Feed The Old Lady Who Swallowed a Chick
Like I mentioned on Tuesday, my freebies that went along with the Old Lady Who Swallowed a Clover book were quite a hit, so I wanted to offer up some for the Chick Book. In the post I shared a story telling necklace as well as a barrier game (that can be used with or […]
The Old Lady Who Swallowed a Chick Activities
Well my recent posts where I shared activities to go along with There Was An old Lady Who Swallowed a Clover were some of my most popular posts in the past 6 months that I have been blogging (go HERE to check them out)! I have received a lot of positive feed back about them in […]
The Night Before St. Patrick’s Day: Make a Leprechaun Trap!
Recently I had some time to myself (which was AWESOME but a rarity) so I headed to the bookstore to check out some St. Patrick’s Day and Easter Books. I looked through several that were too much for my kids, and some that were just, well, lame. But then I came across The Night Before […]
Old Lady Who Swallowed a Clover Story Telling Necklace
OK I seriously had SO MUCH FUN with this book and the clip art I purchased at Scrappin Doodles! I had to make just one more activity to go along with this book! (If you didn’t already see them, I also made a barrier game and a fun feed-the-old-lady activity also). Jenna over at Speech […]
Freebie Friday: FEED The Old Lady Who Swallowed the Clover
This week I provided a bonus freebie: A barrier game based on the book There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Clover (check out the post HERE). Today I have another activity to go with this book! Feed the Old Lady! You glue the Old Lady’s head (after cutting out a hole in her […]
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Clover {Barrier Game}
St. Patrick’s day is less than two weeks away and I have a few FREE activities lined up so I thought I would give you one today! It’s another barrier game, this time to go along with a super fun book  There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Clover. I LOVE all the There […]