New Blog, New Followers, Exciting Beginnings

Thank you again for everyone who participated and visited our Newbie Blog Hop!  It was a great experience for me.  I met so many amazing SLPs and teachers.  As a thank you to everyone, I have a giveaway that starts tonight at midnight!  It will go on for an entire week.  At the end of the week, one winner will get a $10 TPT gift certificate and $10 to use at my TPT store.  Simply enter below and I will contact you if you win! 


**Great news!  I decided to pick two winners instead of just one!  First place received a $10 TPT gift certificate and $10 worth of products from my store.  Second place received $10 worth of products from my store.  And the winners are...
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Welcome To The Newbie Blog Hop

Welcome to Speech Therapy Fun!  Thank you for participating in our Newbie Blog Hop.  This blog hop includes 14 SLP bloggers who have been blogging for a year or less. I hope you enjoy visiting all of our blogs and find our free products useful. 
 

WHO AM I?

My name is Jennifer Bradley and I currently am a part time SLP who works with preschoolers and first graders.  I love being creative and enjoy seeing how the students react to the projects, games or ideas that I come up with.  I currently work 3 days a week and spend the rest of the time at home with my 4 month old son, 3 year old daughter and amazing husband.  

BLOGGING LIFE

I have been blogging for 3 months now and I love it!  Blogging has allowed me to meet and collaborate with so many great SLPs and educators. 

 

TEACHERS PAY TEACHERS

I started my TPT store in June 2014 and have been addicted to it!   I have so many ideas and projects that are written down on paper or stuck in my head.  I just need more time in my day to create them!  Over the summer, I plan to create a HUGE variety of materials to add to my TPT store. 

GIVEAWAY NEXT WEEK

To further celebrate spring, I will be having an exciting giveaway starting next week.  Check back on Monday, March 24th to see what the giveaway will be.  You won't want to miss it!

MY BEST TPT PRODUCTS

I am proud of all of my products that I post on TPT, but here are the ones that I am most proud of. 

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 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 packet includes 18 different social topics plus 2 review sets. Each social topic includes 10 daily journal topics/pages. That’s 200 days of journaling!

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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, Student Goal Sheet, IEP At A Glance

 and so much more!

 

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Articulation practice PLUS Progress Monitoring HUGE BUNDLE!

Save over 20% off when you buy this bundle!This bundle comes with 13 sound packets! Each sound packet consists of 18-27 NO PREP worksheets to address the sound in the initial, medial and final positions. There are themed worksheets for each month of the school year.

 

BLOG HOP FREEBIES

Do your students need to work on categories?  Do you and your students love color by number?  Well, then this is the perfect freebie for you!  This product includes 7 different color by category pictures and 6 different difficulty levels.  Just color each circle with the corresponding category color.  I hope you love it!

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Here's something new that I have never tried before, but I am so excited about it!  It is a NO PRINT Interactive Pronoun Game! 

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I also create some FUN fonts, so what better way to start the spring season than with a new FUN Spring Butterfly Font?!

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Ready for some more materials? Click below to hop to SLP Chelsea's Blog.

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Hopping Into Spring: NEWBIE BLOG HOP

The first day of spring is Friday, March 20th and what better way to start off spring than with 14 FREEBIES?  Visit my blog this Friday to get 14 FREE speech and language materials!  Fourteen SLP bloggers are participating.  Don't miss out on these great FREEBIES!

 

Spring & Easter Fun

Spring is almost here!  Need some ideas or things to do in therapy? Here are some fun ideas to keep kids engaged in your speech sessions. 

Build A Peep A Home

Items Needed: Graham Crackers, Royal Icing (Icing to stick things together), Peeps, Easter Grass, Chocolate Eggs or Jelly Beans

This project can address sequencing, prepositions and following directions. 

Sequencing & Following Directions - While creating the house, use sequencing words such as first, second and last. Give the student 1-2 step directions on how to make the house.

Prepositions - After building the house, give the student directions on where to place the peep and/or eggs.  For example, tell the student to put the peep 'inside' the house and the egg 'next to' the house.

Place all items in a basket or box.  Discuss each item with the student and have him/her describe the items.  When giving directions, tell the students what to take 'out' of the box and when to take them.

Use the icing to put the house together.  Place the grass inside the house. 

Give the student directions on where to place the peep(s) and/or the chocolate eggs. 

Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt

Items Needed: Easter Eggs, Easter Grass, Clue Print Outs, Candy if wanted

This scavenger hunt can address following directions, prepositions, recalling information and problem solving. 

Print out the clue tags (download below).  Write in your directions and place the directions in the eggs.  Make sure you place the tags in the correct order, so that the scavenger hunt is able to be completed.  Hide the eggs in the corresponding spots.  For the scavenger hunt, you can read the clues and help the student or have the student complete it by himself/herself.  

Click Here to download the Scavenger Hunt tags.  

Liebster Award!

I am so excited and honored that SLP Chelsea nominated me for the Leibster Award.  The Leibster Award is for new bloggers who have less than 200 followers.  It is a way for current bloggers to nominate new bloggers and welcome them into the blogging world.  All I have to do is answer 11 questions that SLP Chelsea asked me and then nominate another new blogger.  Here are my answers to Chelsea's questions.

1. Why and how long ago did you start blogging?

I started my blog just a few months ago and I have enjoyed every minute of it!  I never thought that I would start a blog because I don't consider myself the greatest writer.  I actually get nervous about being judged by people and that became the reason that I decided to start a blog.  I figured what better way to get over my fear than to face it.  So, I began my blog.  Nervous, afraid, anxious and self conscious were just a few of my feelings when I picked the name Speech Therapy Fun and typed my first post.  What would people think?  Well, I am pleased to say that I have been welcomed into the SLP blogging world with open arms!  It didn't take me long to realize that the only person judging me was myself and that blogging is truly a great experience.

2. What is your work experience?

I graduated from Michigan State University's Bachelor's program in 2008 and from Wayne State University's Master's program in 2010.  Right out of the gate, I started working at a post secondary school for severely impaired 18-26 year olds.  When I became pregnant with my first child, I began contracting out to the school system so that I could stay home part time with my baby.  Ever since then, I have worked with 2 year olds to 18 year olds in all different settings.  It has been a great experience that has allowed me to become flexible and learn so much more!

3. What is your favorite social media outlet (Instagram, Facebook, Blogging, Pinterest) and why?

I love Instagram!  It is so fun to see the lives of fellow bloggers and SLPs.  It makes me feel as though I know them personally.

4. What is your favorite pastime other than blogging? 

Besides spending time with my wonderful and supportive husband, beautiful 3 year old daughter and adorable 4 month old son, I love making products for TPT.  Yes, it is kind of nerdy, but making products and then seeing them being used to help kids all over the world is an indescribable experience. 

5. How many hours per week do you dedicate to TpT? To your blog?

I dedicate about 4-5 hours per week on products for TPT and about 1-2 hours for blogging.  I would love to spend more time on these sites, but I try to balance work, TPT, blogging and most importantly, my family. 

6. What age range is your favorite to work with?

I really enjoy working with 3 to 5 year old kids.  It's fun to see the excitement on their faces when I bring out a new product or they achieve one of their goals.  They have pure joy on their faces when they do something well or when they get any words of encouragement. 

7. Who are your favorite SLP bloggers to follow?

I really enjoy following new bloggers such as SLPChelsea and MySpeechParty.  It's fun to see what up and coming SLPs are writing about and what they are doing in their therapy sessions.  SLP Chelsea has new and innovative ideas and Keri from My Speech Party provides wonderful material to parents of children with speech and language impairments. 

8. What post have you written that you are most proud of? 

Even though it's so short and doesn't contain any speech information, I am most proud of my first blog post.  It was just a few sentences to welcome any new followers to my blog and to say, 'Hey, I'm here!'  That post is meaningful to me because it was about facing my fear of being judged and writing for the whole world to read.  I was very proud of myself after that first post!

9. Is there any post that you have been planning to do but keep postponing? 

I have a lot of ideas and most of them are just in my head right now.  I try to post once per week, so hopefully I will be able to post my ideas eventually.  However, the more I write, the more ideas I come up with.   Hopefully, I won't run out of ideas any time soon!

10. What is your favorite aspect of blogging? 

Even though I might be writing purely for myself, it's kind of therapeutic in a way.  I write about things that are on my mind or things that I have learned.  Hopefully, it will help someone who reads it, but if not, it has helped me face my fear and that is what has been important to me.

11. What are 11 facts about yourself?

1. I married my high school sweet heart

2. I am lucky enough to have a wonderful and very large family

3. I am a Spartan

4. I took math through Calculus 3 and love playing with numbers (I could sit for hours and work on Microsoft Excel).

5. I was Ms. Malta of the Dearborn Maltese club in Michigan and won a trip to Malta.  Malta is a small country South of Italy.

6. I have two sisters, one older and one younger, that were both adopted from Korea.  Sometimes, we forget that we don't look alike and laugh when people are confused when we introduce each other as sisters.

7. I was a cheerleader for 8 years where I went to State Finals and placed 4th.  I was also a cheerleading coach for 10  years.

8. My favorite video game is Mario Brothers and Sonic The Hedgehog...the old school ones.

9. My husband and I secretly love Disney World and everything Disney.  We have already been there twice since my daughter was born and she is only three.  We use her as our 'reason' for going.

10. My husband is a way better cook than me.

11. Skydiving, paragliding and riding in a hot air balloon are on my bucket list.

I now nominate Keri, from MySpeechParty.com for the Liebster Award.  Check out her blog to see her answers!