SLP Resources: 2012

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Holiday-themed, Thanksgiving

Blogger post with list of various Thanksgiving printables:

http://totallytots.blogspot.com/2012/11/mommy-made-printables-thanksgiving.html

http://creativelearningfun.blogspot.com/2012/11/free-thanksgiving-pack.html

Animals & Literacy, P for Pig

http://totallytots.blogspot.com/2012/07/now-i-know-my-abcs-letter-p.html

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

ADHD, iPad/iPhone Apps

http://www.myspecialneedsnetwork.com/profiles/blogs/best-organizational-apps-for-adhd

Saturday, July 21, 2012

Language, Antonyms - Synonyms, Word Lists

http://freelanguagestuff.com/antonyms-and-synonyms/

Literacy Resources

Printout, free visuals, etc..:

http://www.thelessoncloud.com/

Language, Adjectives - Prepositions - Pronouns, Bingo

http://freelanguagestuff.com/category/bingos/

Articulation, Intervention Strategies

Articulation Interventions- http://cityview.mpls.k12.mn.us/Articulation_Interventions.html
Intervention Central: Your Site for Response To Intervention Resources http://www.interventioncentral.org/
Intervene- pages and links that suggest intervention strategies for home and school http://members.tripod.com/crokebeck/intervene.html

Language, Intervention Strategies

Language Interventions- http://cityview.mpls.k12.mn.us/Language_Interventions.html

Intervention Central: Your Site for Response To Intervention Resources http://www.interventioncentral.org/
Intervene- pages and links that suggest intervention strategies for home and school http://members.tripod.com/crokebeck/intervene.html

Fluency, Intervention Strategies

Stuttering Interventions- http://cityview.mpls.k12.mn.us/Fluency_Interventions.html

Intervention Central: Your Site for Response To Intervention Resources http://www.interventioncentral.org/

Intervene- pages and links that suggest intervention strategies for home and school http://members.tripod.com/crokebeck/intervene.html

Voice Disorders, Intervention Strategies

Voice Interventions- http://cityview.mpls.k12.mn.us/Voice_Interventions.html

Intervention Central: Your Site for Response To Intervention Resources http://www.interventioncentral.org/
Intervene- pages and links that suggest intervention strategies for home and school http://members.tripod.com/crokebeck/intervene.html

Articulation, Intervention Srategies

Intervention suggestions

Articulation Interventions http://www.communicationconnects.com/articles/InterventionIdeas.pdf
Intervention Central: Your Site for Response To Intervention Resources http://www.interventioncentral.org/
Intervene- pages and links that suggest intervention strategies for home and school http://members.tripod.com/crokebeck/intervene.html

Dr. Seuss Theme, Games & Crafts

Dr. Seuss PRINTABLES and ACTIVITIES:
http://www.seussville.com/Educators/educatorClassroomResources.php?id=printables

Dr. Seuss Online Games:
http://www.seussville.com/#games

Dr. Seuss Printables organized by book:
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/dr-seuss-birthday/printables/

Social Thinking, by Cindi Meester

Social Thinking (4 of 4) – VIDEOS

Don’t forget to look under the other three Social Thinking titles.
! SUGGESTION ! It is always wise to preview any video prior to using it in a lesson.
12/2010 Geico commercials I love these! I can see using them in social thinking groups and talking about what unthinkable they are.
i-movies -ASD students using a webquest http://www.edina.k12.mn.us/concord/services/specialed/anderson/webquest/introwq.htm
4/8/10- Videos from England to help children deal with doctor visits and other anxieties http://www.animalagentz.com/home.aspx
3/26/10-Check out Arthur on PBS- Arthur and his pals will make a new friend, Carl, who has Asperger Syndrome. Another great way to teach kids about awareness and compassion! New season begins on April 5th. Here is a preview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0TyHLWEhII
3/26/10- Video about a high school that caters specifically to kids with Asperger’s. http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/assignment_7&id=7349100

Check out this great Superflex video created by 4th grade students in Virgina: http://www.chesterfield.k12.va.us/Schools/Greenfield_ES/home.html

I have used the Cars movie to work on social thinking skills for friendship, bullies, etc. Here is a clip from YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntqlqgiPwuw
2/28/10- Once in a while you run across commercials or YouTube videos that just make you laugh or if you are a SLP you find ways to use them as an activity lesson! Here are some I’ve found

Double Check Commercials (State Farm): Great for talking about reading messages through non-verbal expressions. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyPx40OGZB4
Great commercial about Mr. & Mrs. Potato Head which can be used for a variety of social thinking lessons: emotions, non-verbal language, perspective taking, etc. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV–ISqrMLs

Mr. Bean- I have often used the Mr. Bean DVDs for lessons. He is a great resource to use for working on: body language, what is he thinking and expected vs unexpected. You can find many episodes on YouTube here is one- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4cmrMJul1g
Wallace and Gromit- I  have often used the Wallace and Gromit DVDs for lessons too for the same reasons as listed under Mr. Bean. Try a search on YouTube for Wallace and Gromit movies and you will find many options. Here is one clip on YouTube : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f26RyV8F0U
3rd Rock from the Sun- STRONG SUGGESTION: You NEED to preview before using any clips in lessons due to some adult content or innuendoes. This sitcom is about a group of extraterrestrials on an expedition of what they consider to be the least important planet, Earth (the 3rd Rock from the Sun), while posing as a human family of four, to observe human beings.  This one I have not used at the elementary level due to content and limited availability but now YouTube has it on their site. Here is one : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugKcTAuCcyg
Wall-E  is a movie that has very little talking. I have used this movie to work on non-verbal language.
Be sure to check out Jill Kuzma’s site for other videos- http://jillkuzma.wordpress.com/youtube-video-links-for-social-skills/

Social Thinking, SUPERFLEX by Cindi Meester

Social Thinking (3 of 4)- SUPERFLEX

** This symbolizes materials I created- Enjoy! Don’t forget to look under the other three Social Thinking titles.
12/2010: **Brainstorming pages to use with Superflex- (More will be added in the upcoming weeks)

Directions

Check out this great Superflex video created by 4th grade students in Virgina: http://www.chesterfield.k12.va.us/Schools/Greenfield_ES/home.html
Expected/Unexpected

Expected/Unexpected- http://englishrussia.com/images/daily_07/10.jpg
Expected/Unexpected – flat tire picture http://www.thedigeratilife.com/images/flat-tire.jpg
Expected/Unexpected -leaf on head http://englishrussia.com/images/daily_07/11.jpg
Expected/Unexpected – tree in house http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/rje0085l.jpg
Expected/Unexpected – You tube- dog, cat, rat http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D85yrIgA4Nk&feature=related
Expected/Unexpected – You tube- Animal Odd Couple http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBtFTF2ii7U
2/26/10- Ok this is just silly but might be a fun way to talk about expected and unexpected actions for a chicken www.subservientchicken.com
4/15/10- This is cute & unexpected – see how you can work it into a lesson on expectec/unexpected- http://www.raincitystory.com/flash/screenclean.swf

Glassman-

**I created this visual (which is based on he Incredible 5-Point Scale Buron and Curtis)l to use when learning about Glassman and the size of a problem. size-scale
I use these pictures to talk about “what is the problem” the size of problem” and how to react or determine solutions.Pictures for size of the problem
Video from SpeechTechie

Grump Grumpaniny http://www.kiddyhouse.com/Teachers/Literature/grouch.html
Mean Jean http://www.pacer.org/bullying/bpaw/toolkit.asp
Space Invader

Space Invader http://www.amazon.com/Personal-Space-Camp-Childrens-Skills/dp/1934073059
Space Invader http://www.worsleyschool.net/socialarts/personal/space.html
Space Invader http://scaffimd.blogspot.com/2009/03/personal-space-social-story.html

Topic Twister Meister

Topic Twister Meister http://www.snotr.com/video/2630
Topic Twister Meister-Brainstorm times when students needed to interrupt someone http://www.cccoe.net/social/SWPinterrupting.htm
Topic Twister Meister-Interrupt Rule and other activities http://fun.familyeducation.com/toddler/behavior-modification/36892.html
Topic Twister Meister- Learning not to interrupt when adults are talking http://www.goodcharacterpress.com/id88.html
Topic Twister Meister- My Mouth is a Volcano Activity – Great visuals to help to teach about interrupting http://jillkuzma.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/interrupting-blurting-out.pdf
Topic Twister Meister – Video lesson http://www.cielz.ca/lesson_interrupting_politely.php

UnWonderer Video
Wasfunnyonce

Wasfunnyonce http://www.edutopia.org/clowning-around
Wasfunnyonce http://www.wikihow.com/Be-a-Class-Clown

Worry Wall

Worry Wall http://facstaff.unca.edu/sidelnic/worry_dolls.htm
Worry Wall http://www.fearexhibit.org/
Worry Wall https://mis.spps.org/counselors/k_worry_less1.html
Worry Wall http://teachers.net/lessonplans/posts/790.html
Worry Wall- make a not to worry doll http://www.siue.edu/SIPDC/Library/lesson%20plan/famlit2.pdf
Worry Wall http://www.lessons4living.com/wmaz_week168.htm

Social Thinking, Materials from Meester

Social Thinking (2 of 4) – MATERIALS**

from http://meesterc.wordpress.com/social-thinking-materials/

3/26/10- Use these pictures for an activity about “What am I thinking?” Use the thinking bubble found in the panda activity. Panda – thinking egg pictures bunny and animal pictures
3/4/10 Thinking With Your Eyes Activity**
3/3/10 Use these materials to work on Tone of Voice- Have students pick a sentence and a tone card- read the sentence in that tone of voice. sentences 1** sentences 2** sentences 3** tone of voice**
2/26/10- These are activities to use for Cooperation and Perspective taking skills.

Noodle Activities** Some fun activities using swim noodles.
Cooperation-maze directions Cooperation-maze I looked but could not locate this game on the website tht I intially used. So here is a copy of it. The first task I did with students was to have them look at the title and find what was wrong or missing and add the missing letters. It was in color but the missing letters were yellow and didn’t copy- just another opportunity to use as a lesson!

Smart and Wacky Guesses:

The smart/wacky are the terms used by Michelle Garcia Winner. http://www.socialthinking.com/articles/treatment-teaching-social-thinking-and-related-skills-is-different-from-teaching-social-skills.html
**I created these visuals to use when teaching these concepts. GUESS visual- wacky ** guess visual- smart**

1/22/10- I am using these as our group expectations (rules)**. These are similiar to the Behavior Mapping strategy from Michelle Garcia Winner. Use these larger ones to teach or post as your rules/expecations: group rules C group rules B group rules A Use this one to problem solve what each expectation would look like for different situations. group expectation sheet

Use these for a perspective taking activity:
Panda – thinking I have this also posted under Bulletin board ideas
1/11/10- people photos these were taken from a copyright free site- use the thinking bubble from the panda activity

The following materials were put together with two of my fantastic co-workers during a summer writing task. There are some extra items that I created at the bottom of this page.
Table of Contents

Extra items

Below are blank thinking & talking bubbles. I had some 6th grade students create the sentences. Laminate all items and cut apart the sentence strips. Talk about which bubble the sentence belongs in and why. Talk about what would happen if you put the sentence in the other bubble and why. This discussion might also bring up the intonation or tone of voice used for the sentences and how it might change the intended meaning.
bubble- words**
bubble- talking**
Bubbles- thinking**

Gesture Game- Print and laminate all pages. Use a dice or spinner with the game board. Act out the gesture you land on and explain what it means and where you might see/use it. Some of the hand gestures can be presented in different positions by turning your hand in a different direction. You can use the small gesture cards alone or as a bigger visual during the game. gesture game board**

A visual to help with processing information: finish the loop**

Social Thinking, Resources

Social Thinking (1 of 4)- LINKS, etc.

from http://meesterc.wordpress.com/social-thinking-skills/

Don’t forget to look under the other three Social Thinking titles.
Fantastic —Michelle Garcia Winner’s website http://www.socialthinking.com/
Fantastic —– Social Thinking Materials & Resources by Jill Kuzma http://jillkuzma.wordpress.com/
3/3/10- The Social Times is by Kari Dunn Buron. I have used this with my social thinking groups this year and love it! http://www.asperger.net/social_times/index.htm Her other materials, like the 5 Point Scale can be found here: http://www.5pointscale.com/
Ways to practice conversations in advance- http://www.socialanimals.com/
Responsibility film and discussion guide- http://www.responsibilityproject.com/films/landing/tony/?src=B155&dfaid=1
West Metro Learning Connections, Inc. Minnesota Centers for Autism and Asperger http://www.wmlearningconnections.com/
Teaching Children Manners http://www.sandbox-learning.com/Default.asp?Page=157
Books for social thinking http://sdocspeech.wikispaces.com/file/view/~+Book+List+for+therapy.doc
Books for kids about emotions/feelings – http://www.vanderbilt.edu/csefel/documents/booklist.pdf
Boring Moment lesson http://www.wikihow.com/Be-Interested-in-a-Boring-School-Lesson
Boys Town http://www.boystownpress.org/Scripts/default.asp
Bullying- Three Experts Answer Your Questions About Bullying http://www.highlightsparents.com/parenting_perspectives/three_experts_answer_your_questions_about_bullying.html
Emotion and Social Cognition Laboratory http://emotion.caltech.edu/
CHAMPS- These icons can help provide visuals in the teaching of your expectations http://remc11.k12.mi.us/bcisd/PD_CHAMPS.htm
Character Education – Free Resources, Materials, Lesson Plans http://www.goodcharacter.com/
Circle or Lunch Bunch Groups- http://www.sbceo.k12.ca.us/~impact2/pdf/pkts2006/Lions%20Lunch%20Bunch.pdf
Conversation Questions http://iteslj.org/questions/
Conversation Starters http://www.angelfire.com/pa5/as/socialskills.html
Conversation: Social Scripts http://www.lburkhart.com/chat_ideas.htm
Creating Compassionate, Safe, Respectful Environments – Operation Respect http://www.dontlaugh.org/
Center on Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning http://www.vanderbilt.edu/csefel/
Daily Dilemma http://www.goodcharacter.com/dilemma/dilemma.html
Dr Scott Bellinni http://www.isdd.indiana.edu/irca/Staff/DrScottBellinni.html
Facial Expressions http://www.dotolearn.com/games/facialexpressions/face.htm
Feeling wheel http://www.dotolearn.com/organizationtools/EmotionsColorWheel/index.htm
Free printable activities including facial expression http://www.senteacher.org/
Hidden Curriculum http://www.autismnetwork.org/modules/social/hidden/index.html
I Do Dog Tricks http://www.idodogtricks.com/index_flash.html
Manners and Etiquette Theme Page http://www.teacherplanet.com/resource/manners.php
Nonverbal language- talking with our hands http://www.globaled.org/myself/talkingwith.html
Peterkin Papers- The Peterkin family takes small problems and turns them into big ones. Good for problemsolving & inference http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/hale/papers/papers.html
Sandbox Learning – Special Education Tools http://sandbox-learning.com/
Social Skills and Board Games http://www.autismteachingtools.com/page/bbbbgt/bbbbgz
Social Skills Lesson Plans for Middle School http://www.cccoe.net/social/skillslist.htm
Social Skills Training Videos::Autism::Aspergers::Developmental Delays http://www.modelmekids.com/
SPD Intervention http://www.geocities.com/denisev2/intervention.html
Student Activities to Learn Social Skills http://www.cccoe.net/social/SAdirectory.htm
TD Social Skills Home-Videos for social thinking skills http://www.fittinginhavingfun.com/
Timothy P. Kowalski, M.A.,C.C.C. http://web.mac.com/socialpragmatics/Site/Welcome.html
Teach 2 Talk http://www.teach2talk.com/
Watching videos can help children with autism learn social skills: IU News Room http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/5254.html

Direct Behavior Rating Scales Resource

http://www.directbehaviorratings.com/cms/

Activities, Homemade Thumball

Speech Room News: Homemade Thumball: Have you seen the Thumball's? They are a great idea for working on language while getting the kids up and moving. I really wanted one, but a...

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Vocabulary, Curriculum Sets

Vocabulary Sets according to Curriculum:

http://freelanguagestuff.com/category/vocabulary/

Thursday, July 12, 2012

Resources, File Folder Games

GREAT site with free materials for making file folders:

http://www.filefolderheaven.com/

Animals, Frog Theme

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Free Printable Frog Activities

Here are two sheets of free printable frog cut outs ( one with numbers and one without) to use as decorations, bookmarks, in folder games, or what ever you please. Click the image to enlarge. Right click and save. These are big images, so they might take a little time to download. Enjoy!

Here’s a short and sweet link list for free printable frog activities:

Check out these awesome cute little frog cut outs from SparkleBox.
Enjoy some frog coloring pages from The Coloring Spot.
Have fun winding through this frog maze from Print Activities
Fun frog inspired party games can be found at The Executive Homemaker, but you’ll need to register for a free account to download the images.
Learn about the life cycle of frogs with this worksheet from TeacherVision.
Not enough? Create and entire lesson plan about frogs for school aged children with the resources from Every Day Teaching.
For preschool aged children a ton of great printable frog activities can be found at Learning Treasures. This is a 5 Star collection of projects, games, and crafts. Even frog jigsaw puzzles!
And of course, here's a short cut to the froggy goodness from FreePrintableFun! Preposition game, name tags, stationery, and more.

Train Theme

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Printable Train Activities for Kindergartners

Cars, trains, boats, and planes are always amongst the top favorite toys of small children. With their beautiful colors and moving parts its no wonder that children of both genders enjoy playing with them. Children’s television programs like Bob the Builder and Thomas the Tank Engine help to reinforce children’s affinity for vehicles. Trains in particular capture the imaginations of young children. The best way to promote learning is to engage a child’s interest. There are many free printable train activities for Kindergartners available online that can be used to accelerate learning and make it fun and rewarding for children.

Coloring is a staple activity for small children. Free Coloring Pages has a wide selection of free printable train coloring pages and other transportation themed coloring pages. Their images are wonderful for preschool and kindergarten children as they have big bold lines and easily identified shapes with little extraneous shading.

Free Printable Train Activities for Kindergarten Level Coloring: http://www.free-coloring-pages.com/trains.html

First School offers a wonderful collection of printable activities for small children. They even have a few printable train activities. Printable math exercises are available here: http://www.first-school.ws/theme/printables/number-worksheet-train.htm . Printable writing exercises are available here: http://www.first-school.ws/theme/printables/alphabet-train.htm . There are other transportation themed pintables on their site as well.

Kindergarten students will also enjoy creating a special Father’s day card for the daddies in their lives. Mom’s Break offers an excellent download that can easily be printed, cut out with safety scissors, and glued onto card stock. If color ink costs are prohibitive the image can be printed in black and white and copied at 50% light to create a picture that children can color themselves.
Free Printable Train Father’s Day Card for Kindergartens: http://fathersday.momsbreak.com/printable-fathersday-card.html

Another great free printable train craft is located at DLTK. This printable train is wonderful and comes in both color and black and white. The printable is a fun activity as it stands, but for slightly older children the same printable train parts can be used to embellish any square container, such as an empty milk carton, by readjusting the size of the image to coincide with the size of the container. Children feel a sense of involvement and responsibility by collecting rectangular and square containers from home. Free Printable Train Activities For Kindergarten Crafts: http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/transportation/mtrain.html

Printable train activities aren’t just for classrooms. These activities can be used by after school programs, childcare professionals, and parents. They make the perfect rainy day activity to keep little minds and little fingers entertained.

Printable Train Activities for Kindergartners

Cars, trains, boats, and planes are always amongst the top favorite toys of small children. With their beautiful colors and moving parts its no wonder that children of both genders enjoy playing with them. Children’s television programs like Bob the Builder and Thomas the Tank Engine help to reinforce children’s affinity for vehicles. Trains in particular capture the imaginations of young children. The best way to promote learning is to engage a child’s interest. There are many free printable train activities for Kindergartners available online that can be used to accelerate learning and make it fun and rewarding for children.

Coloring is a staple activity for small children. Free Coloring Pages has a wide selection of free printable train coloring pages and other transportation themed coloring pages. Their images are wonderful for preschool and kindergarten children as they have big bold lines and easily identified shapes with little extraneous shading.
Free Printable Train Activities for Kindergarten Level Coloring: http://www.free-coloring-pages.com/trains.html

First School offers a wonderful collection of printable activities for small children. They even have a few printable train activities. Printable math exercises are available here: http://www.first-school.ws/theme/printables/number-worksheet-train.htm . Printable writing exercises are available here: http://www.first-school.ws/theme/printables/alphabet-train.htm . There are other transportation themed pintables on their site as well.

Kindergarten students will also enjoy creating a special Father’s day card for the daddies in their lives. Mom’s Break offers an excellent download that can easily be printed, cut out with safety scissors, and glued onto card stock. If color ink costs are prohibitive the image can be printed in black and white and copied at 50% light to create a picture that children can color themselves.
Free Printable Train Father’s Day Card for Kindergartens: http://fathersday.momsbreak.com/printable-fathersday-card.html

Another great free printable train craft is located at DLTK. This printable train is wonderful and comes in both color and black and white. The printable is a fun activity as it stands, but for slightly older children the same printable train parts can be used to embellish any square container, such as an empty milk carton, by readjusting the size of the image to coincide with the size of the container. Children feel a sense of involvement and responsibility by collecting rectangular and square containers from home. Free Printable Train Activities For Kindergarten Crafts: http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/transportation/mtrain.html

Printable train activities aren’t just for classrooms. These activities can be used by after school programs, childcare professionals, and parents. They make the perfect rainy day activity to keep little minds and little fingers entertained.

Easy Train Paper Craft:
http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/transportation/mtrain.html

Free Printable Train Activities

So I’ve decided that we need to have a Train Day at our house. Since I’m looking for things for my son and me to do together I might as well share what I find with you. You can consider this a supplement to my post on Printable Train Activities for Kindergartners.

We might color this cute train coloring page from My Activity Maker. Or we might talk about the letter T and practice our handwriting with this printable from About.com. About.com also has adorable train stationery, train vocabulary building worksheets, train puzzle and more. We will write a letter to the grandparents about trains today using the stationery! We might do this printable alphabet train from FirstSchool.

Family Fun has a great paper craft train that we can cut out and build. It is complete with engine, passenger, and freight cars. There are even little road and traffic signs! Or for a vintage feel I could make this French paper craft train that I found on Flickr. That might be a fun toy for me to make for my collection. If you download a copy make sure to thank the person who took the time to scan and post the images. They are wonderfully whimsical!

Here is a nice page with links to train facts and lore. There are some great sites listed here that have lots of interesting train information. MeddyBemps also has some fun learning activities and games involving trains. Not many are printable, but there’s a lot of good stuff for mouse practice.

I’m thinking about making some train cut outs or something similar later down the road. I'll keep you posted.

*Edited to add* Click the picture above to enlarge it. Laminate (clear contact paper is cheap and works well if you print on card stock) and punch holes around the edge. Use a shoe lace or piece of yarn with tape around one end to practice lacing.

Literacy, Numbers & Words

http://www.first-school.ws/theme/numbers_preschool_printables.htm

Use print button or click on image to open in a new window and print

	Calendars Printable monthly calendars featuring U.S. and some international holidays and events, or blank. Handprint your own activities and/or simple chores for young children. Children can learn numerals (1-31), days of the week, months of the year and about the seasons and holidays. Use for chore charts
	Dot-to-Dots Connect the Dots
	Domino Math Printable dominoes and addition worksheets
	Flash cards Print twice for memory, matching, concentration games
	Letter C Caterpillar Circles, Colors and Numbers 1-9
	Letter C Centipede Circles, Colors and Numbers 1-9
	Clown with six balloons Count the circles inside the balloons representing the numbers, trace inside the number and color the clown. Six clowns with numbers and shapes Count, identify and color the shapes in the clowns' outfit representing the numbers in the hat, trace inside the number and color the clowns. Idea: use a different color for each clown's shapes and number. Related theme: Clowns Theme
	Five Fish in a Bowl Numbers 1 to 5 and Colors Related themes: Pets \| Fish
	Helicopter Activity Worksheet (Numbers 1 to 4 practice) Skills: pre-writing skills (pencil control) - tracing curved, straight and zigzag lines - identify, count, match the shapes & number, trace numbers 1 to 4, coloring Related themes: Aviation \|Air Transportation \| Helicopter
	Ice Cream Cone Numbers 1-10 and Colors Related themes: Colors \| Ice Cream \| Nutrition \| Summer
	Numbers Handwriting Worksheets Number worksheets to practice writing numbers, number words, counting small objects or coins and addition
	Patterns Activity Worksheets
	Snowflakes 1 - 10 and Tree Activity Related themes: Winter > Weather \| Snow \| Trees
	The Twelve Days of Christmas Various printable activities to learn cardinal and ordinal numbers 1 to 12
	Writing Paper for Preschool and Kindergarten Selection of lined writing paper to practice numerals, number words, emergency 911, and telephone number. Available in portrait and landscape orientation.

December themes, December

Christmas printables/activities:

http://www.first-school.ws/theme/printables/holidays/christmas.htm

December Calendar
Christmas Day is December 25. Practice days of the week. Circle or color day 25. Color in or use stickers for an Advent or Christmas Day countdown.

Coloring Pages
Includes alphabet theme printable activities and writing worksheets

Colors and Shapes

Colors and Shapes Santa Claus Wreath

Related activities: Colors | Santa Claus | Shapes

Colors and Shapes Christmas Tree

Related activities: Christmas Trees | Colors | Shapes

Connect-the-Dots
Various skills will be addressed.

Mazes

Santa Claus - St. Nicholas
Start at the arrow, reach the star. Related activities: Santa Claus

Christmas Tree Maze
Start at the arrow, reach the star. Count the ornaments.
Related activities: Christmas Trees

Patterns
Easy coloring and many crafty ideas.

Train Theme
Ties in with The Polar Express Theme
Alphabet Express Worksheets
Trace letters A-Z in standard block and D'Nealian
Related activities: Alphabet | Land Transportation
Numbers Express Worksheets
Trace numbers 1 to 20
Related activities: Land Transportation | Numbers

The Twelve Days of Christmas
Printable Activities
Related activities: Numbers

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Articulation & Phonology, Word lists & Activities

Kindergarden Word lists, Carryover activities, Rhyming activities:

http://members.tripod.com/Freida_vanStaden/SLPresources.htm

Resources, Teaching Phonics

http://education.illinois.edu/YLP/97-98/phonics_web_sites.htm

Friday, July 6, 2012

Pirate Theme

Preschool Pirates:

http://www.speechroomnews.blogspot.com/2012/03/preschool-pirates.html

May Themes, Easter

ALL Information credited to www.speechroomnews.blogspot.com

More tips from the Easter Bunny

The old Easter Bunny has been visiting The Speech Room and wanted me to share these ideas with you!

I used these foam eggs to write positional concepts. The kids had to find the matches and then use them to demonstrate the concept.

I used these eggs that I got last year after easter for 25 cents. Who can pass up that deal.

In the past, I have stuffed them with boardmaker pictures for grammar and other goals. This year, I just couldn't get into putting that much work into these eggs in between groups. So I found these little Easter erasers at Target. There are bunnies, eggs, and carrots. I put them in about 8 of the eggs and I let the kids pull eggs. The kiddo with the most mini items at the end was the 'winner.'

Ok next up - I had to upgrade my puny Boardmaker symbols for 'There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Chick" when I saw Katie's amazing printables. I ditched my boring pictures and used hers! Aren't they great? Go visit her site and then come right back!

I used the pieces with my Granny during circle time, but then I wanted to make some type of follow up game. I used library pockets (got mine from Lakeshore), with each piece of the story on the front. You can laminate them and then re-cut them open with a knife.

For most of my kids, we talked about vocab and then did some following directions activities. I hid these little jumping bunnies inside and we listened for clues (identifying functions!) to decide which bunny they could pull (ie: What can you eat?). Then we played with our hopping bunny describing who went near/far, under/over and fast/slow!

Just another little Easter Bonus from a SRN follower: Emily Meagher. Thanks for sending in your ideas Emily!

You can grab this Easter Egg game for irregular plurals and an Easter basket. It's based off of my 'Pocket Monster" Games.

Emily also found these cute Easter Character Cups. They would be easy to work in for many of your groups! She already came up with some great comprehension question that you can grab here!

Oh and P.S. - I added a 'Donate' button to my side bar after a suggestion from a follower! Creating free printables and blogging about therapy ideas is really something I enjoy doing! That being said - it really does take a lot of work to take the time to blog it for you all, so if you want to donate a little something that would be great (and help me pay for the clipart!) I'm so thankful for all of you being followers! You rock!

What are you doing for Easter?

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Speech-ster Egg Hunt

With just a few weeks until Easter, the shelves are filled with chicks, ducks and Easter grass! My friend Tiffany Smith, MA CCC-SLP is sharing a fun activity with us today! Tiffany is fellow Ohio University Bobcat (you might have seen us in the Sweet 16!) and now lives in Charleston, WV.

Since spring break and Easter are approaching quickly, we are having Speech-ster Egg Hunts during therapy. The goal for the students is to find the eggs with their targets on them and make up words that correspond with their target sounds or language goals.

I created Easter eggs that have articulation and language targets on them. The labels listed initial, medial, and final [target sound] as well as past, present, future; antonym, synonym; and rhymes with. I color coded the labels so that my students who recognize their target letters can determine the sound placement even if they cannot read the words initial, medial, and final. I put stickers in the eggs as well as a reward for participating.

I hid the eggs around my room and gave the students several minutes to find them. I varied the time based upon the grade level and number of students. Students collected eggs with their targets in baskets and brought them to the table. Each student was given a printable and a pencil (or for the younger students, I wrote their answer). They took turns thinking of spring-related target words with their target sounds or language goals. If they could not think of one, we brainstormed as a group. Next they put each word into an Easter or spring related sentence. After they completed a sentence, the students were able to open up an egg to see if there was a prize inside. After we completed the worksheet, the students re-hid their eggs so they were ready for the next group and put the worksheet in their speech folder.

Egg Hunt Synonym Worksheet

Egg Hunt Verbs Worksheet

Egg Hunt Artic Worksheet

Egg Hunt Labels 1

Egg Hunt Labels 2

Such a great idea to use labels Tiffany! I know the kids will enjoy getting up and moving while their working on their skills with this activity! Thanks for sharing!