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15 Kids Games I Can’t Live Without

April 2, 2012 by Katie Filed Under: Games, Therapy Materials and Product Recomendations 8 Comments

For my little clients and students, I use games a LOT in therapy. Why? Because they are motivating, fun, and can be tweaked to work on SO MANY goals and objectives (and the kids don’t even realize they are learning!) I either use them alone, or pair them with cards/word lists/other games depending on the […]

15 Great Blogs to Get FREE Therapy Materials and Inspiration {+ 25 more!}

March 12, 2012 by Katie Filed Under: Therapy Materials and Product Recomendations, Where to get FREE Speech Materials 21 Comments

Last week I posted 12 places online to get FREE therapy materials. In that post, I only talked about websites, and not BLOGS. Today I am going to tell you about some of my favorite blogs to get materials and/or inspiration. Inspirational Blogs- Inspiring to ditch the worksheets and flashcards I am not a huge […]

12 Sites Where I Get FREE Therapy Materials!

March 5, 2012 by Katie Filed Under: Therapy Ideas and Activities, Therapy Materials and Product Recomendations, Where to get FREE Speech Materials 14 Comments

Recently I wrote about 12 Places where I get therapy materials…however number 12 was actually FREE online materials. I promised I would come back and tell you some of the places that I get free materials. So here it goes. #1, #2 & #3: My number one place I have been using the last several […]

Top Toys & How They Can Support Speech & Language Development (Part Four)

February 28, 2012 by Katie Filed Under: How to Help Your Child Talk, Language Enrichment Activities for Parents, Play, Therapy Ideas and Activities, Therapy Materials and Product Recomendations, Toys and Language Learning 5 Comments

Welcome to the final of my Top Toys series! To read more about why I am doing this series, please check out Part One HERE. You can also check out part two HERE and part three HERE. I am writing these posts to help parents pick good, quality toys for their infants, toddlers and preschoolers […]

12 Places I Get Therapy Materials and Toys

February 22, 2012 by Katie Filed Under: Therapy Materials and Product Recomendations 4 Comments

When I first graduated from Graduate school and scored my first position as a Speech Pathologist (In my Clinical Fellowship Year) I was working with the severely handicapped population through a county program. I had NO therapy materials, no money (um I had JUST graduated!) and my employer was only giving me a few hundred […]

Top Toys & How They Can Support Speech & Language Development (Part Three)

February 21, 2012 by Katie Filed Under: How to Help Your Child Talk, Language Enrichment Activities for Parents, Play, Therapy Ideas and Activities, Therapy Materials and Product Recomendations, Toys and Language Learning 3 Comments

Welcome to part three of four of my Top Toys series! To read more about why I am doing this series, please check out Part One HERE. You can also check out part two HERE. I am writing these posts to help parents pick good, quality toys for their infants, toddlers and preschoolers that can […]

Top Toys & How They Can Support Speech & Language Development (Part Two)

February 14, 2012 by Katie Filed Under: How to Help Your Child Talk, Language Enrichment Activities for Parents, Play, Therapy Ideas and Activities, Therapy Materials and Product Recomendations, Toys and Language Learning 21 Comments

Welcome to part two of four of my Top Toys series! To read more about why I am doing this series, please check out Part One Here. I am writing these posts to help parents pick good, quality toys for their infants, toddlers and preschoolers that can be used to help support speech and language […]

Top Toys & How They Can Support Speech & Language Development (Part One)

February 7, 2012 by Katie Filed Under: How to Help Your Child Talk, Language Enrichment Activities for Parents, Play, Therapy Ideas and Activities, Therapy Materials and Product Recomendations, Toys and Language Learning 32 Comments

I have been working with children in a professional capacity for nearly 20 years and have had the pleasure of working with children of all abilities in a wide variety of settings (preschools, elementary schools, middle and high schools, child care programs, recreation programs, homes, etc.) My professional experience paired with my role as a […]

Speech Therapy Activities: Fall and Halloween

October 17, 2011 by Katie Filed Under: Therapy Ideas and Activities, Therapy Materials and Product Recomendations 7 Comments

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 […]

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