Three Ways to Use Jenga In Therapy

As a speech therapist, I rely a lot on games and other creative ways to provide an interactive and engaging environment for my students. Jenga targets a variety of skills and that’s why it is one of my favorites!…

No Prep, Speech Therapy Coin Toss Activity

No prep speech therapy materials are a must have for me. They are perfect for the days full of evaluations, meetings and paperwork. I particularly love this no prep activity because it’s interactive for the students! Plus, I usually…

Drawing On The Table In Speech Therapy

We always tell our students not to draw on the table, but what if we let them for a special speech therapy activity? I will tell you what will happen, because I have done it before. The students will…

3 Reasons Why I Started to Plan My Therapy Sessions

We used to plan our speech therapy sessions in grad school, but as soon as I graduated, I stopped planning. I had too many other responsibilities, so I didn’t plan for 7 years. Then, I came up with 3…

3 Ways To Use Legos in Speech Therapy

Legos As Motivational Tools Therapists have always found it easier to keep children engaged by using some type of motivational tool. For me, and many therapists, one of the most useful tools has been Legos.  These building blocks don’t…

5 Ways to Use The Hallway in Speech Therapy

The time it takes to walk to and from the speech therapy room can take away from our actual therapy time with students. While in the hallway, students are exposed to people, images, directions and more. As an SLP,…

Planning a Halloween Speech Party For Your Students

Students are always up for a Halloween speech party! A couple of years ago, I thought about how I could incorporate therapy goals into a party. After having various speech parties, I noticed that my students always had a…

10 SLP Summer Activities

Summer is an SLP’s time to not only relax and rejuvenate, but get a head start on the next school year. No this doesn’t mean planning therapy or getting a head start on reports. Instead, we can do these…

End of the Year Speech Therapy Checklists

The school year is almost over! Like me, you are probably scrambling last minute to plan group therapy activities, trying to finish your data collection and finalize all of your IEP paperwork. That’s why I use these end of…