1612, 2014

What exactly is CAS?

What is Childhood Apraxia of Speech? Definition and characteristics Childhood Apraxia of Speech is a speech disorder that results from difficulty with programming, planning and sequencing the precise movements needed for clear speech. The American Speech/Language Hearing Association (ASHA), denotes three main characteristics that must be present for a diagnosis of CAS. Inconsistent production on consonant and/or vowels in repeated productions of syllables and words. An example of the word

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The Gingerbread Man Speech/Language Activity/Companion Pack
1212, 2014

The Gingerbread Man Speech/Language Activity/Companion Pack

The Gingerbread Man is a classic story that all my kid’s love.  It is a repetitive style book, and as you know, I love using repetitive books in therapy!  The first page has some pictures to cut out and use while reading the story as props.  You can even glue them onto popsicle sticks if you’re so inclined!       Next, if you’ve bought any of book companions, you

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0812, 2014

Speech with simple magnet clips

      If your child has a speech delay, your SLP will most likely tell you that you need to create opportunities so your child HAS to communicate to you what he/she wants. I found these cheap magnet clips for the fridge at the dollar store!  You can take pictures of items in your fridge, and then clip them to the outside.  Depending on your child’s level, you can

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0412, 2014

Winter holiday themed Dauber games for repetitive practice

My kiddos love using BINGO daubers to for any activity.  The ones at Michael’s are the best as they are washable!   It’s great for getting repetitive practice for speech targets! Then we roll the dice and practice saying our target words the number of times on the dice while dobbing the board.  Give a board to each player, and whomever fills it up first wins!          

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2111, 2014

Friday Freebies Thanksgiving subject pronoun/verb agreement

Pronoun subject/verb agreement FREEBIE     I needed an activity to work on subject pronouns and has/have this week with a few kids, so I made these activity sheets to go along with the Thanksgiving theme.   Visit my TpT store now to get it free, and please leave a comment or rating!  Also, don’t forget to follow me so you can get notified first thing of any sales, other

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The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything: SLP activity pack
1310, 2014

The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything: SLP activity pack

I made my first companion pack today to go along with the book, The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything, by Linda Williams.  This book is awesome for speech.  I use it for elementary school children, but also read it to my young kids and they are spellbound.  The pack includes a sequencing, describing and following directions activity related to the book. The book is a repetitive

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