HUGE 28% Off Teachers Pay Teachers Sale!

It's time for the HUGE Teacher's Pay Teacher's sale tomorrow!  All of my products will be 20% PLUS enter 'Heroes' into the promotion code and save an additional 10%.  I have linked up with Speech Room News to tell you what's in my TPT cart and recommend some materials that I love. 

Click on the picture to see what other speech therapists are buying and recommending!

Here's what I recommend:

1) NO PREP Color, Cut & Paste Articulation PLUS Progress Monitoring BUNDLE

This HUGE bundle contains 420 pages of no prep worksheets for articulation therapy and progress monitoring.  This bundle addresses 13 sounds (K, G, F, V, S, Z, L, R, SH, CH, S-Blends, R-Blends, L-Blends) in the initial, medial and final positions.  Throughout the year, use the worksheet that corresponds with the current month and monitor how your student is progressing!

2)  Interactive Social Skills Journal

This journal packet will help students learn about social skills in many different ways. Each social skill topic in this packet contains 10 days of journal topics (2 school weeks worth). Each day, the student will learn a word and definition associated with the topic, write about the topic, solve a problem dealing with the topic and have to do an activity involving the topic.  This pack contains 18 topics plus 2 review packets.  That's 200 days of journal pages!

3) Organize Your Speech Files

This packet includes so many great organization pages and forms! Keep yourself organized throughout the entire year with the following: Speech Schedule, Caseload Information Form, Time Log, RTI List, Homework Forms, Parent Contact Form, 4 Speech Goal Folder Covers, Birthday List and MORE!  63 pages of organization!
Constantly updated, so you will never need to purchase another file organization packet.

What's in my TPT cart?

I am excited to purchase so many things!  Currently, this is what is on my wish list and in my cart.

1) Common Core Checklist by Ms. Jocelyn

Common Core Checklists for Language, Listening, & Speaking is a great tool for identifying speech and language abilities by grade level and aligning IEP goals. A great tool for screening and RTI purposes.

2) Lucky Leprechaun Glittery St. Patrick's Day Clip Art by Glitter Meets Glue Designs

This set comes with black and white designs.  92 images in total!

3) Verb Grammar Packet - activities for regular and irregular verb use by Kiwi Speech

This fantastic Verb Grammar Packet addresses multiple verb-related grammar goals including:
-regular verbs
-irregular past tense verbs
-subject/verb agreement
-sentence generation
-understanding and use of past, present, future, and present progressive tenses

I hope you find what you are looking for tomorrow!  Remember, enter the promotion code 'Heroes' when checking out and you will save an addition 10% off of anyone's product.  With this promotion PLUS my 20% off sale tomorrow, you will save 28% off!  Have fun shopping! 

Valentine's FREEBIE!

Happy Valentine's Day! Please download my FREE gift today because it will only be available until midnight!! It is part of a larger bundle that will be coming out in the next week. This download not only contains 27 NO PREP color, cut and paste worksheets, but it also contains progress monitoring sheets! Just print this packet and target /k/ in all positions, in words, phrases and sentences! If you like it, I would love to get your comments below or on my FB page!

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Valentine's Day TPT Follower Appreciation!

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!  In celebration of Valentine's Day, my entire TPT store will be on sale this Saturday and Sunday!  In addition to the sale, all of my TPT followers will be receiving a special message within the next 2 days with a special FREEBIE note inside! If you are not a follower yet, just visit my TPT store and click 'Follow Me' at the top of the page.  Then, email me at speechtherapyfun1@gmail.com or comment on this post with your email address.  I will send you the special follower message that contains the FREEBIE note!  I hope everyone has a wonderful Valentine's Day!

Valentine's Day Activity

Need a last minute activity for Valentine's day?  Well, hopefully this will be a fun activity to do with your students this week.  I just bye two boxes of Valentine's day cards for about $1.50 each.  I buy one 'girl' and one 'boy' box.  For example, I just recently bought a princess and a superheroes box of cards.  Besides the box of cards, you will just need crayons or markers, construction paper, glue and some stickers if you would like.  Once in therapy, have your students pick out one or two cards to glue onto their paper.  Once glued, start doing your therapy by asking questions, having them describe it or compare and contrast the pictures.  Here is how I address each goal.

'WH' Questions - Ask the students different questions about the card they picked.  Have them write their answers around the card and then decorate the paper.  Questions could include, 'Why did you pick this card?', 'What is the person doing?', 'Where else can you see this character?', etc.

Describe - Have the students glue a card in the middle of the paper.  Have them decorate around the card with descriptive words.  You can prompt the students by asking them questions or make it harder and don't give them any prompts.

Comparing - Have the students pick 2 cards and glue them next to each other.  Make 2 columns and label one 'Similar' and one 'Different'.  Have the students write down (or name if they can't write) 5 different similarities and differences under each column.  Then, have the students decorate their papers.

I hope you have fun with these Valentine's project ideas!

Super Bowl Giveaway!

I will be giving away 2 of my Organize Your Speech Files packs.  This packet includes

Speech Schedule
Caseload Information Form
Time Log
Student Goal Sheet
IEP At A Glance
2 Different To Do Forms
Articulation Screening
Language Screening
Parent Introduction Letter
Parent Evaluation Letter
Teacher Introduction Letter
4 Sticker Charts
2 Different Homework Holder Pages (Glue onto the front of a folder pocket to collect homework sheets)
12 Different Monthly Calendar Designs (Including holiday colors)
Binder Cover, Binder Dividers (7 Different Designs)
Biweekly Schedule (7 Different Designs)

To enter the giveaway, just
1) Visit my Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/speechtherapyfun
2) Like the Super Bowl Giveaway post
3) Comment with who you think will win (Patriots or Seahawks)

I will pick 2 winners from the list of people who picked the winning football team.  Good Luck!

FREE App Review - Palace Pets

Students these days love to play apps on an ipad or iPhone. I have found that it is a good idea to use apps in therapy every so often. My students get really excited to 'play' and never want to leave the therapy room! There are so many apps out there and many tend to be either expensive or free and useless. At least once per month, I will post about an app that I use in therapy and how it is useful to my students.

Today, I have picked the Disney Princess Palace Pets app. It is free, but you can buy certain upgrades. I haven't bought any upgrades and it has still proved to be very useful in therapy. When you open the app, you will see a 'palace pet' named Blossom. If you click on Blossom, a short story about her will automatically begin. If the sound is on, the story will be read to you.

After the story is read, I ask the students yes/no or 'wh' questions for reading comprehension. These questions can be as easy as, 'Was the story about Blossom?' or as hard as, 'What does Blossom love more than eating?'.

Once all of the questions are answered, click on the heart in the upper right hand corner. This will take you to a salon! Students can wash Blossom's fur, dry it, brush it, cut it or add accessories to it. They can also feed blossom and finally see what she looks like at the end. In order to do all of these things, just click on the different circles at the bottom. You can also swipe along the bottom to do different things in the salon. When the students are doing blossoms hair, I work on many different goals. Some of the following goals are below.

Following Directions - I give students 1-2 step directions, such as put soap on Blossom's head and then wash it off. There are so many direction that can be given with this app!
Prepositions - I tell students where to do things. Some examples would be, 'Place a bow on top of Blossom's head' or 'Put a necklace in front of Blossom's neck'.
Antonyms - You can address antonyms by talking about what the students are doing. For example, if the student turns the water on, you can say, 'You turned the water on. What's the opposite of on?'. Antonyms I was able to use include on/off, above/below, small/big, lot/little, wet/dry, cold/hot.
Complete Phrases/Sentences - Have the students narrate what they are doing.
Answering Questions - Ask them about what they are doing.

If you want a different animal, click the heart on the upper left. It will take you back to Blossom. Swipe to the right to find more animals and stories. Any of the animals who are 'awake' are free!

I hope this app review helped!

Hungry For Speech!

Need a fun game to play in therapy?  Try Hungry Hungry Hippos or a cheaper version of this game. I bought Feeding Frenzy from 5 Below which is a dollar store by me.  So, how do I incorporate speech and language into this game?  First, I just play a round of the game which usually only takes a minute or two.  Once all of the balls are 'eaten', I have the kids start their work.

Articulation - If my students are working on articulation, they have to say their sounds a certain amount of time depending on the colors of the balls in their trays.
Red Ball = Say sound in syllables 5X per red ball
Green Ball = Say sound in words 4X per green ball
Blue Ball = Say sound in phrases 3X per blue ball
Yellow Ball = Say sound in sentences 2X per yellow ball

Language - If my students are working on language, they have to say answer a question, name a category, etc. for each different color ball.
Red Ball = Answer 2 'wh' questions
Blue Ball = Name 2 items in a category
Green Ball = Answer a question using a complete sentence
Yellow Ball = Follow 2 different 1-2 step directions
You can address any goals you want!  It's a fun way to interact with your students and keep them excited to learn.