Jenga and other fun games!

Jenga and other fun games in the speech room!

Jenga is a brilliant game that can be used in so many ways!  Do you have students working on the /s/ sound or adjectives?  How about students working on listening or following directions?  This one game can target all of those goals and more!  I have seen many teachers/SLPs write vocabulary words, articulation words, and more directly on the Jenga blocks.  I personally do not do that.  Instead, I choose a card deck according to my groups’ goals and spread the cards out around the Jenga game. 

For example, if a group of students are working on the /th/ sound, I choose a set of flashcards and spread the cards around the Jenga “tower”.  Before each student pulls a block from the tower, he/she chooses a card and either states the word or puts it in a sentence. 

The picture below was for a group working on identifying similarities and differences using my Monster Semantic cards.

My students don’t mind choosing cards and working on their goals, because the FUN and reward (pulling blocks in the game) are instant!

Here are some other fun games my students enjoy playing in the speech room:

What’s in Ned’s Head?

This game can go either way…your students will either love it or they will think it’s gross!  Each student is given a card with a picture on it (i.e. rat, tooth, etc.).  They take turns reaching in to either Ned’s ear or mouth and try to find the object pictured on their cards.  I add a little twist to this game by timing each round.  The first round I give each student 20 seconds, second round 30 seconds, and so on. 

Apples to Apples Jr.

Personally, I love this game and have played the regular version multiple times.  The junior version is for ages 7 and up.   There are red and green cards.  The red apple cards have words that name a person, place, thing, or event.  The green apple cards have descriptive words. Each student gets 5 red apple cards while 1 green card is placed in the middle.  Students place a card of their choice face down in the center that they believe best fits with the green card.  Depending on the age of my students, either I am the judge or the students in the group take turns being the judge.

Hope you all enjoy this post!

Kristine

Live Love Speech

Activities I grabbed during the BIG TpT Sale!

Hey everyone!  Who watched the Super Bowl?!  I know I did while shopping the TpT sale (and some eating in between as well) lol.  I wanted to share with all of you ALL of the purchases I made yesterday.  In case you missed the sale yesterday, EVERYTHING in my TpT Store is STILL 20% OFF!!!  Head over now to grab some more activities!!  

Now here are the activities I purchased yesterday.....

The Great Race by CC (If I Only Had Super Powers)

K-5 Common Core Standards Supporting IEP Goals by Nicole Allison (Allison's Speech Peeps)

Speech-a-gories by Carissa Ten Hoeve (HomeSweetSpeechRoom)

Articulation Carnival by SLP Gone Wild (Jenn Alcorn @ Crazy Speech World)

In Your Shoes by Jenna Rayburn (Speech Room News)

Language Pops by SLP Gone Wild

Abracadabra Problem Solving by Ms. Jocelyn Speech

What Planet Are You On? Social Skills Pack by Thedabblingspeechie

Rock Climbing: /s/, /s/ blends, /z/, /r/, /r/ blends & Listening Comprehension by Missie Wagoner

Flying Pigs Figurative Language Pack by SLP Gone Wild

Penguin Listening Comprehension by Lindsey Karol (Wordnerdspeechteach)

Hope you all enjoy!!!

Kristine

Live Love Speech

HUGE Teacher/SLP GIVEAWAY!!!

Hello all my wonderful followers and friends!!  As most of you know, recently there has been a huge expansion of speech blogs, TpT stores, Facebook pages, and more.  I love working closely with teachers, SLPs, and other professionals.  It is the best feeling in the world to share ideas and stories.  With that said, I have some BIG, EXCITING NEWS to share with all of you….I am currently participating in a HUGE giveaway with fellow teachers and SLPs!!  You won’t believe the incredible prizes you all have the chance to win.  Keep reading to learn more!!

This amazing SLP/Teacher giveaway features a first prize of $100 in vouchers and your choice of our educational products (see below)!!!

We would like to thank our Giveaway Sponsor, Heidi from Unique Teaching Resources. On Unique Teaching Resources, you will find fun projects that will engage your students in learning and lesson plans ideas that will save you valuable time.

Heidi is contributing two Amazon gift certificates (worth a total of $100) and a $50 gift certificate of free products from her website.

I also want to personally thank Kathyrn from http://www.kids-games-for-speech-therapy.com for giving me the opportunity to participate in this amazing giveaway!!

Competition Details

The Grand Prize Winner Will receive:

·  An Amazon gift certificate worth $75

·  TPT Vouchers worth $25

·  Unique Teaching Resources gift certificate worth $50

·  Your choice of 5 downloadable products from this selection.

The Second Prize Winner Will receive:

·  An Amazon gift certificate worth $25

·  TPT Vouchers worth $25

·  Your choice of 5 downloadable products from this selection.

The participating bloggers were not compensated for this post. We are not associated with any of the companies in this giveaway. No purchase is necessary to enter. Void where prohibited by law. The odds of winning are based on the number of entries received. This promotion is no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook, and is compliant with Facebook TOS. We hereby release Facebook of any liability. To qualify to win, you must fill out the Rafflecopter entry. Must be aged 18+ to enter and win. See Rafflecopter for complete eligibility requirements. 

This is the selection of the great products available from the participating bloggers.

Head over to http://www.kids-games-for-speech-therapy.com/teaching-giveaway1.html and click on the images to see more details about the materials YOU could choose as a winner of this giveaway.

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Easy and Fun Valentine's Day Booklet/Carryover Activities!

Happy Thursday everyone!!!  I wanted to share my quick, simple, and fun Valentine's Day booklet and carryover activities that I will be using in my speech room next week.  I came up with the ideas to use with my articulation students.  I'm not sure about all of you, but my caseload is 50% ESLS students.  I get very bored with the same board games and activities, so I am constantly trying to come up with new ideas! I will be posting many more pictures next week once I use the activities with my students.  So here we go....

Valentine's Day Articulation Booklet

Each student will get the worksheet with blank hearts, a piece of construction paper (color of his/her choice of course!), and a word/picture list (depending on which speech sound he/she is working on).  I have a lot of craft supplies in my room including markers, crayons, colored pencils, stickers, glitter pens, tissue paper, paint, and more!  

Students will write words from their own articulation lists onto the blank hearts.  They can then color in all the hearts and be creative as they would like!  Next, they will cut out all of the hearts and glue them onto the front, inside, and/or back of their booklet.  As you can see in the picture above, I just labeled my sample booklet as "My Valentine's Speech Booklet".  I will have my students write their names and add their speech goal as well to the front of the booklet.

The best part about this Valentine's Day booklet is it can be taken home to use as practice/homework!  SLPs know how important it is for students to practice, practice, practice!!  

Hope you all enjoy this post and cute idea!  I will be posting more pictures and updates next week once my students make their booklets!

New activities for Articulation and Naming Attributes!!!

I am so excited to show all of you my THREE newest activities!  Each one focuses on either Vocalic /r/, /th/ and /s/ PLUS naming attributes.  That's articulation and language goals all rolled into one!  Each activity is listed separately in my TpT store in hopes that it is easier for all of you to grab what you need.   Check out details and pictures below...

Each activity includes: 

A Poster explaining what an attribute is

Hint cards with examples of attributes

3 Sets: Numbers 1 through 5

24 Wild Cards

Vocalic R 

Included:
96 cards: /er/, /ar/, /air/, /ear/, /ire/, and /or/

/S/

Included: 

84 Cards: /S/ in the initial, medial, and final positions

/TH/

Included:

48 cards: /TH/ in the initial, medial, and final positions

How to play:

Shuffle and spread the “shield” number cards face down on the table. Place the R, S, or TH cards face down in a pile within reach of all students. Students take turns choosing the top articulation card from the pile and choosing a number card from the table. The students will name the specified number of attributes according to the number card chosen. Example: If a student chooses “tooth” and the number 3, he/she must name 3 attributes that describes a tooth. Once the student has successfully named the chosen number of attributes, he/she keeps the card. If chosen, follow the directions on the included wild cards. The student with the most cards wins!
CHALLENGE: 
Have students formulate sentences using the targeted R, S, or TH word and one of the named attributes.

Hope you all enjoy these activities!!!! Please leave feedback and/or comments! 

SLP <3

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Using Bubbles in Speech/Language Therapy

I don't know about all of you but one of my students' (past and present) favorite activities is blowing bubbles!  It's a low tech, inexpensive, and fascinating therapy activity.  I have even taken it a step further and had my students create "bubble prints".  There are so many of these ideas on pinterest, blogs, websites, etc.  Here is how I had my PreK students create their very own bubble prints (while working on language/speech development)!

Here is what I used: 5 bottles of bubbles, food coloring, small plastic cups, card stock cut in half, and disposable tin trays.

Preparing and creating bubble prints:  I added drops of food coloring into the bottles of bubbles to create, red, blue, green, purple, and orange.  Each student got a piece of card stock with his/her name on it and a tin tray (to eliminate your table being a mess!).  Students were able to be creative and choose whatever colored bubbles they wanted to make their print.  Before they started we practiced lip rounding, taking deep breaths, and how to blow in order to create a bubble.  Finally, the fun part, blowing the colorful bubbles onto the paper! I allowed the prints to dry over night and then each student was able to his/her home!

I think they came out adorable and look so awesome!

There are so many ideas and ways to use bubbles in therapy (just do a google search!).  I personally have used bubbles with students/children working on /b/ and /p/, lip rounding, and turn taking!  

Heidi at http://mommyspeechtherapy.com explains the use of bubbles to improve language development!  Here are her 10 ways to use bubbles:

1. Use bubbles to promote eye contact.
Engage your child in a fun bubble blowing activity. Watch for the anticipation of more bubbles. Wait for eye contact before you blow more bubbles.

2. Use bubbles to stimulate your child to make a request.
This may be as simple as blowing the bubbles, screwing the lid on tight, and giving them back to your child. Wait to see what they do. If after trying to open the bubbles themselves unsuccessfully, they hand them back to you for help, they have just made a request.

3. Use bubbles to teach a sign.
When your child hands the bubbles back to you to open you can use this opportunity to teach the sign for open.  Or while blowing bubbles for your child you might pause to see if he asks for more. If not, teach the sign for more. You may also teach the signs for again, want, please, and all done.

4. Use bubbles to teach a sound.
When your child requests for more bubbles with a sign or gesture try modeling the sound /m/ for more, /b/ for bubbles, or /p/ for pop (pop bubbles).

5. Use bubbles to teach a word.
Use bubble blowing to teach the words, bubbles, more, again, want, pop, all done, fun, please, and whatever else you can work into the activity.

6. Use bubbles to teach turn taking.
Bubbles are a fun way to teach my turn, your turn. Basic turn taking routines teach kids the skills for conversational turn taking. You may also teach the signs for my turn, your turn during this activity.

7. Use bubbles to teach lip rounding for the sounds /w/, oo, and /o/.
When your child blows bubbles through a wand watch the shape of their lips. If they are round, great! If they are more on the flat side try squeezing their cheeks forward to get their lips in the right position. If this doesn’t work try having them wrap their lips around a wide straw (McDonald’s straws work great) that has been cut to about 2″ in length, then with their lips around the straw have them blow the bubbles through the wand. The straw positions their lips into the correct posture for blowing.

8. Use bubbles to position and strengthen the tongue correctly for the /k/, /g/, and ng sounds.
Blowing exercises such as blowing bubbles position and strengthen the tongue for sounds produced in the back of the mouth.

9. Use bubbles to strengthen abdominal muscles for sustained speech.
Strong abdominal muscles can help increase sentence length. Work with your child to blow consistently longer streams of bubbles each time you practice.

10. Use bubbles because they are fun and kids love them!!!

The article above regarding ways to develop language using bubbles was written by Heidi at http://mommyspeechtherapy.com/?p=38.  

I hope you all enjoyed this post!!

Kristine

{FREEBIE} Shamrock Articulation for R, S, and L

Hope you all enjoy this St. Patrick's Day themed activity!  Head over to my TpT store to download.  PLEASE leave FEEDBACK!!!!  Thank you!

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FREEBIE-Shamrock-Articulation-for-R-S-and-L

Included:
2 identical pages for each targeted sound, R, S, and L
Total of 24 cards for each sound
8 wild cards

Preparing:
Print and laminate all cards.

How to play:
This game was created to be played like “memory”. Students take turns choosing cards and say the word or phrase. When two identical cards are chosen, the student keeps the pair of cards. The student to make the most matches wins the game! If students choose a wild card, they earn an extra turn!

Thank you for the continued support!!!!!

Kristine
Live Love Speech