Cozy chats about speech, language and learning
Sometimes the best materials are ones that are inexpensive, readily available and easy to use. I am someone who is never without her cup filled with water and a straw. I have straws stored at home, in the car and at school so I always have…
Auditory Bombardment is an evidenced-based approach for articulation therapy. Having the child hear the sound said correctly assists them. Articulation Treatment Ear training or speech perception training is one research-based treatment or Evidenced-Based Practice (EBP) that is recommended to help the child acquire a perceptual representation…
This semester at Providence College we tried a flip class in the Communication Disorders Class with readings and PowerPoints happening outside of class and during class, we did activities that would support language development. Besides for the reading and response to blog entries students were…
Okay, true confession, I am a terrible speller. I went to parochial school and we had weekly spelling bees and tests. I consistently was the first one out in the spelling bee. The nuns would try to teach me and I remember one of them proclaiming ”…
How do you take an old favorite and incorporate all the common core standards that you need to cover in your class? Â Can you still do a read aloud and still be able to get what you need to get done for the curriculum? YES,…
In honor of Autism Acceptance month, I am sharing a fun lesson I do with my students AND giving you a chance to enter a raffle for a ten dollar TPT card ( April 2017). I love using themes in my lessons. It helps students…
 The internet has allowed us as clinicians to have research-based resources at our fingertips but sometimes finding these resources can take a treasure map. Here are some great resources: Reading Comprehension: Readworks The nonprofit ReadWorks provides K-12 teachers with what to teach and how…
Learning vocabulary is a more complex skill than just remembering the definition of a word, you need to have an understanding of the concept being taught. Â One way to teach concepts then is to give examples and non-examples of the words. When one gives an…
My students love this game! You have been invited to a Potluck dinner What are you bringing to the potluck? Can we guess what it might be? This is a receptive/expressive language activity that can be played multiple ways. I was trying to have my…
Besides learning to break the phonetic code and sounding out words knowing sight words is crucial to being a reader. Sight word recognition is one of the important building blocks in a child learning to read. If a child is successful with sight words they will…