Speech Therapy

Speech Sound Scrapbooks- Fun, Easy and Free!

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I’m sure we all have those days… the days where we haven’t had time to plan for therapy and we have a child (or group) working on speech sounds due any minute. We start frantically searching for some worksheets or games that we can use to fill the session while we practice our sounds.  Well, […]

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Picture of a blue drawstring bag with toys coming out of it. The text reads "what's in the bag?" an Engaging early language activity.

‘What’s in the Bag?’- A Fun Activity for Language Development

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One of my favourite activities to use in play-based therapy is a “What’s in the Bag?” activity. My “feely bag” is full of toys and everyday objects which can all be used to elicit language from young children. Over the years I have found the “What’s in the bag?” activity to be a fun and

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Comprehension Difficulties in the Classroom and How YOU Can Help!

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“He disturbs others while I’m talking!”, “She never listens!”, “He always does things wrong… but he can do it when I show him!” Do those statements remind you of a child in your class?? In the UK, it is estimated that around 10% of school age children have some form of Speech, Language and Communication

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Practising Sounds in Isolation- How to get 100 Trials or More!

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As a Speech and Language Therapist, I spend most of my days assessing children with speech sound difficulties and providing therapy to address any speech sound errors.  When I begin working with a child I initially work on sounds that they can already produce and then we progress to sounds that are more difficult.  After

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Easter Fun in the Speech Room!

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I really enjoy celebrating Easter and Spring in my Speech and Language Therapy sessions! I often find that kids get quite excited about Easter and I think there’s something so lovely about the turn of a season! I wanted to share a few of my favourite activities and games which I do in my Speech

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Using Blocks to Support Speech and Language Skills

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As a kid I always loved playing with blocks and bricks.  I would build structures for hours and really enjoyed playing with my siblings and friends with them too.  Now as I’ve got older, the sets have become even more awesome and thanks to my amazing job, I get to use Duplo all the time!

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