Compare & Contrast Castles
The ability to compare and contrast items verbally and in writing is an important skill for all students. I find myself working on this skill a lot, so I tried to come up with a slightly different (and fun) way…
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Conversation Comics
As SLPs, we work on social skills A LOT! I’m always trying to come up with new and exciting ideas to accomplish these goals. Hopefully, some of you will benefit from my latest idea: Conversation Comics!! First,…
Expressive Fiesta
Just finished a new expressive language activity using the same “fiesta” clipart as the Formulating Questions Fiesta! I call this new activity Expressive Fiesta and it targets older students. While it’s labeled as an expressive activity, it can also be…
Pick A Pocket Auditory Memory
Auditory memory is a skill that several students on my caseload seem to have difficulty with. After seeing some “pocket” clipart from Ashley Hughes, I decided to create an activity based on auditory memory of words AND sentences called…
Predicting with Pies
I knew I wanted to do an activity featuring prediction skills. I found some cute pie clipart at www.mycutegraphics.com and decided it would be perfect for this activity! This activity features 3 different types of predicting: Cherry…
Don’t Say It Game – A Different Vocabulary/Language Activity!
I love the idea of adapting commercially available games to use in therapy. I based my new activity off the games “Catch Phrase (TM)” and “Taboo (TM)” to get: Don’t Say It – Describing Dash. It’s a vocabulary building/expressive language…
Syntax Slip-Ups
I found some clipart from Graphics From the Pond that featured kids holding up their “work.” I immediately knew that I had to do something with it because it was so cute! I brainstormed for awhile before finally deciding to…
Get Your Key (words)!
I’ve had many a student struggle with identifying the main idea in a passage let alone a sentence. Upon closer examination, I usually find that students have difficulty identifying the main idea BECAUSE they have difficulty deciding what the key…
Catch the Categories
I decided to create an activity involving categories, knowing that it’s an area that most SLPs target on a regular basis. See what I came up with: There are 10 category sheets that can be printed out and laminated…