5 Favorite Children’s Thanksgiving books for Speech Therapy I know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie Repetitive in nature, there are great words for repetitive practice including “pie” and “cider.” (Tip: I change the “perhaps she’ll die” part to “I don’t know why.”) Activities: Book Companion Pack on my SLP Mommy of Apraxia TpT store. Find it here. 2. 10 Fat Turkeys by Tony Johnston Kids love this book about
Neurodiversity and learning disability were never in my vocabulary before I had my daughter. I had never been exposed to learning disabilities of any kind really, and I had no idea the extraordinary gifts those who are neurodiverse had to offer this world. No, when I was in second grade, I was in my egocentric world and our teacher had us write “a book.” It was a short story and
It’s Halloween, 2018. You are a freshly turned nine-year old. You are 9 years old. My mind immediately repeats a phrase from my dad, “Mr. Baskall, here’s your little baby girl.” I remember I would roll my eyes and scoff at him. “Ugh dad!” I would lament as he looked at me with eyes brimming with pride. I don’t have any words to describe or memorialize your entrance into this
Enough with the 30 million word gap. It doesn’t mean crap when your kid has an actual language disorder.
When I was younger and learned to read, I remember I was taught phonics. I remember the phonics workbooks I had, and would read the rules at the bottom of the page for spelling. It was all very systematic. Little did I know at the time, phonics was just one part of the five components of reading that can contribute to reading disorders. Today, a concept called whole language dominates
This weekend I was the guest speaker at the Nevada Walk for Apraxia and stayed with the walk coordinator Alyssa Hampson and her family. I flew in the day before the walk, and her house looked very typical of any other walk coordinator. It was bursting with items such as goody bags for the kids, prizes for the silent auction, food and beverages for breakfast, signage, T-shirts, and so much