Speech Timeline

Many of my students are working on goals that target concepts, prepositions, auditory memory, and following directions. One of the main components of these types of goals are TIME. For some of my kiddos, everything happened yesterday, or will happen next week. Also, their birthday is always tomorrow. To address the need for concept development, I came up with the idea of a Timeline.

I have a giant scrapbook addiction stash that includes these calendar pages. I added some sticker letters for each month and hung them at the beginning of the year. On the laminated paper hanging on my cabinets, I used a dry-erase marker to write as many concepts related to time as I could think of. These are used to help student find the word for what they are describing.

The Common Core State Standard is also included so we all know what we are working on. I got the set here. 

After we concluded our therapy themes for September and October, I created a photo collage from Costco. Now, when we start a therapy session, students with concepts/prepositions/memory/directions/time goals describe what has happened so far in speech this year.

My personal goal this year is to make sure I keep taking lots of pictures so we can continue to work on this!

Free Turkey!

 

Now that it is November, I am ready to start being thankful and giving. So, I have a freebie for you. My Turkey Synonyms worksheet is great for homework or a quick therapy activity. Get it now here. It is also part of the Thanksgiving Therapy Pack in my TPT store, an entire set of speech and language activities for just $3. Check it out.

Now that is something to be thankful for. Happy Thanksgiving!

Halloween in Speech

It is already October and I have changed my bulletin boards! I am keeping up the momentum from the beginning of the year to make things fresh for my students. They walked in on Monday exited to see what was new. I have a variety of activities planned that will enhance the bulletin boards, but for now I will show you the "before."

I make a haunted house every year for a following directions activity using ghosts. Not real one, sticker ones. 

This is my biggest house yet. All the spooky details are pictured below.

I also have the plan for the week on the board. I will blog soon about each activity. 

By the way, don't you love these chevron letters?!? They are magnetic! A dream come true for a girl with white boards for walls.

Above the sticker chart is the candy corn corner. Over the next few weeks, the artic kids will make a candy corn to add to the bulletin board. Pretty cute, right?

You know what I really can't stand?

Candy Corn. 

Even the smell makes me gag. I thought about bringing in some candy corn for the kids to have as a treat when they finished their paper version. But I just can't. I'm nice, but not that nice. Luckily, these  ones are fake, so I won't heave on the table during therapy.

If you are looking for a fun activity to do right now with your language kids, check out this game in my TPT store. It is super spooky and targets vocabulary. It is called Spooky Semantics, and it is just 3-bucks!

Have a great week in therapy, see you soon with some new ideas for October!