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Speech Language Pathologist bringing you useful, effective materials you can use now with your whole caseload.

It’s the holiday season and we’re all EXHAUSTE

It’s the holiday season and we’re all EXHAUSTED! Save time and energy by using no prep, cut and glue, winter themed craft worksheets for 7 of your most common language goals!

And it’s 25% off today for the #TpTCybermondaySale! Use code CYBER23 today and tomorrow! Comment ⛄️ if you want the link!🔗
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It’s a good thing we’re all still stuffed from

It’s a good thing we’re all still stuffed from Thanksgiving…

Shop.SpeechLanguagePirates.com to find everything 25% off!!!
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#Squaregles are magnetic blocks that come in theme

#Squaregles are magnetic blocks that come in themed sets. The blocks included are more than just flat squares, rectangles, and triangles, so there’s more vocabulary, concepts, and imagination possible than other magnetic sets.

Here are my thoughts:
👍🏻Pros:
•Sooooooo many opportunities for seeing abstract concepts in action, like across, through, etc. Way more than a static picture card could ever illustrate!
•Very unique pieces!
•It includes balls/heads and bodies that can serve a variety of functions for play and imagination
•Comes with suggested story and question prompts to elicit language
•Clips make your builds stronger so the pieces are less likely to separate during play

👎🏻Cons:
•The heads are not magnetic to attach to the bodies. You NEED to use the hat/helmet and the ball doesn’t stay situated within its “holder” so the eyes don’t always align. This frustrated my 5yo.
•The intricate pieces aren’t magnetic until they’re snapped into the clear, square frames. Getting them in was a bit tough for me. I could see this as a struggle for some students with fine motor difficulties or low muscle tone. I could also envision them being broken by some of our *less gentle* friends.
•Even with the addition of the clips, the builds still came apart fairly easily during play - especially when I utilized the stairs in this set.
•I think using two sets together, so there are plenty of square frames available for support would be the best (most sturdy/least frustrating) way to play.
•The square frames are larger than most other magnetic blocks sets, so you can’t use them in conjunction with each other.
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Just some of the many ways I incorporate movement

Just some of the many ways I incorporate movement into a session using Twister. The board is basically one big bunch of visual cues! 🙌🏻

I’m using speech sound cues and cluster cues decks from @bjoremspeech
Adding movement, such as jumping or dragging your feet to connect the sounds in the cluster is just 👩‍🍳💋
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Today is the #Nov2023HalfOffSpeech sale and my Fal

Today is the #Nov2023HalfOffSpeech sale and my Fall dot pages are 50% off!
✅The cheapest you’ll find them.
✅No prep
✅A huge variety of goals & themes
✅Use with markers, stickers, mini objects, and more!

🔗Let me know if you need the link! 🤗
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My favorite part of this activity? Most kids can’t do it! (My 5 yo struggled and my 7 go’s attempt wasn’t super “strong”.)

That means they need to request help from you/engage with you to make it happen.

Win-win 🙌🏻

Some words/phrases for common artic/phono/apraxia goals:
🍫pop/pop it
🍫go
🍫wow/whoa
🍫close/closed

You can also place mini objects inside to target whatever goals you need!
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Does your Sunday include a trip to a home improvem

Does your Sunday include a trip to a home improvement store? (Seems like most do these days😏)

If yes, don’t forget to grab some green paint samples to make these adorable and simple Frankensteins! They’re the perfect simple craft for Monday and Tuesday and require very little prep work. (I.e. just cutting!)

Read more about them on my blog, which includes a link to the freebie I use. Comment if you’d like me to send you the link!

My all time favorite sensory bin! Those neon color

My all time favorite sensory bin! Those neon colors just can’t be beat 😍

❓Have you ever incorporated the wire mesh stuff from the dollar store into a sensory bin???

It’s the coolest stuff and something kids probably haven’t experienced before. Definitely a fun addition to any sensory bin!
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Last week I said that attaching a stick to story p

Last week I said that attaching a stick to story props was the best. But what about HATS?!

You can turn any little people toy into a witch and teach them how to fly on these adorable brooms!

Then use the brooms in a sensory bin, for sweeping in a doll house, to make cool imprints in play Doh, and more!

🧙🏼‍♀️Let me know if you’d like the link to these accessories that pair perfectly with the book!
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When another book in the “Turkey Trouble” seri

When another book in the “Turkey Trouble” series comes out, you know I’ve got to grab it!

My latest book companion has all of the costumes you’ll need to dress up Turkey, plus activities for articulation, early phrases, vocab, yes/no and wh- questions, categories, comparing/contrasting, and tons of no prep options!

It’s still 40% off for the rest of the day. Let me know if you’d like the link!🦃
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Ok, so it’s not peer-reviewed data. But all of m

Fun fact: I wore stilettos or really high heeled b

Fun fact: I wore stilettos or really high heeled boots at almost every day of my first school job, for the first 4 ish years. I was notorious for going after the FAST eloper in super high heels.

One friend liked to break glass/ceramic. He ran into the room next to mine and I got to him as he held that teacher’s mug of pens with this look on his face: 👀

Another time I had to kick open a set of double doors because my colleague and I both had our hands (literally) full with a self-injurious child.

Ahhh, to be young again 😆

Now, thankfully, sneakers are trendy.👟

❓Have you ever worn heels to school? Or am I just crazy?🤣
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Let your AAC users participate in a fun trick or t

Let your AAC users participate in a fun trick or treating activity while hearing tons of core vocab, as well as working on inferencing, who questions, expanding utterances, and more!

This interactive book also comes with a Boom version and is perfect for mixed groups.

It’s half off today only, as part of the #Oct2023HalfOffSpeech sale!

🍭🍫🍬Comment CANDY if you want the link!
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By the fourth “wiggle wiggle”, I’m 😴 *Th

By the fourth “wiggle wiggle”, I’m 😴

*This is, however, my favorite October book. It’s not too Halloween if you can’t do holidays. Let me know if you’d like the link to this book companion!
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Wondering what to do with all of those extra craft

Wondering what to do with all of those extra craft pieces? If you’re like me, you do the same crafts every year. I always cut a bunch of extras, because I like the kids to have choices…

🧹When I make scarecrows, the kids choose what color every article of clothing will be. This helps them pair colors with nouns to make phrases (e.g. orange hat).
🧌When we make the monsters, I cut a bunch of facial features. They tell me if their monster should have 1, 2, or 3 eyes, etc.
🎃When we make square pumpkins there are many options for speech and language targets for insides, or extra green and brown paper from cutting leaves and stems.

Cutting so many options leaves me with extras each year, even after everyone has made theirs. This is how I store them!

Each craft gets all of the pieces placed in a sheet protector. I store them all in a big binder, in the order in which they’re usually completed - September through June.

These are the 3 crafts I do in October! Let me know if you’d like a link to any of these! One is a freebie template in my store🤗
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I’m the type of person that just can’t stop so

I’m the type of person that just can’t stop something when I’m on a roll. So, I stayed up until 12:30 last night updating the graphics on all of the artic targets for my square pumpkin craft resource.

➕I also added two new targets: multisyllabic words & shaped pumpkins.

⬇️ If you already own this, go redownload!
🔗 If you need the link, comment 🎃
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My favorite crafts of the year are always fall rel

My favorite crafts of the year are always fall related!🎃

If you’re not ready to embrace the spooky vibes yet, or if you can’t do specifically Halloween in your room, this square pumpkin is PERFECT!👌🏻

📙Pair it with the book and you’ve got a week’s worth of plans!

✅ Simple
✅ Low prep
✅ Covers all your goals
✅ Can reuse it to target goals after you’ve completed it
✅ Use to decorate your room/hallway
✅ Send home for carryover 🙌🏻

🗣️Comment PUMPKIN if you want the link!
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You can never go wrong with a sensory bin! The add

You can never go wrong with a sensory bin! The addition of the 🐿️ tweezers is just 👌🏻

I love using my #flisattable with two smaller bins: one for the sensory bin and one for my visuals. Here, my visuals are @bjoremspeech cluster cues!

Inside the @learningresources acorns are mini objects with the target sounds.

❓What’s your favorite fall sensory bin filler?
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Are you set for Talk Like a Pirate Day on Tuesday?

Are you set for Talk Like a Pirate Day on Tuesday???

If you’ve got nothing planned, this will work for you. All you need for the craft is brown and yellow paper and glue! (You could use glitter to make it fun. Plus, a circle punch makes cutting the coins quick.)

These are SO cute to hang on your door or on a bulletin board.

Comment TREASURE if you need the link!🏴‍☠️
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Don’t forget that Tuesday, September 19 is Talk

Don’t forget that Tuesday, September 19 is Talk Like a Pirate Day!🏴‍☠️

To celebrate I created a quick, no prep, one page pirate-themed activity for increasing MLU. You can grab it FREE if you join my email list!

The link is in my bio! Or comment here if you want it and I can DM it to you!
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