Guest Posting over at Twin Sister Speech and Language Therapy

Today, I am guest posting over at Twin Sister Speech and Language Therapy about one of my favorite therapy items: Word Flips!

Head on over here to check it out:

Enjoy!

Plan of the Day Posters {freebie}

One of the big pushes happening at my school right now is metacognition.   According to Merriam Webster, metacognition is the awareness or analysis of one's own learning or thinking processes.  For us, that means talking about our plan for our sessions and then reviewing what we have done at the end of our sessions.  We do this ALL of the time with our students who benefit from visual schedules.  When we forget about it is with those students who do not need visual schedules.

So this prompted me to create Plan of the Day posters for myself and my students to use.  I placed it in a sheet protector, which allows me to erase it between sessions.  It has worked very well so far!! Sometimes, the students want to write on it themselves. I love when they get involved.

I hope this is something you can use for yourself and your students in your speech room, so I've created a freebie for you!  There are two sets of wording, based on your preference/ age level of students.  I've also included three border options.

If you think this would be helpful to you, please head over to my TpT store to download it!! You can find it here.  Feedback is always appreciated!

Hope this is helpful!

New Design {giveaway}

When I started this blog a little over a year ago, I put together a design myself with a little help from my web developer fiance.  I have been thinking about a re-design for months now, but never had time to do it.  But with the first draft of my thesis submitted, the big parts of my wedding planned, and job applications completed, I had some time to concentrate on this project!  

I hope you like it!!   In honor of this big project, I'm throwing a giveaway! Enter the rafflecopter below:

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Speechy Feedback: March {linky party}

We are halfway through March already...WOW! Can you believe that???   Well, because it's a new month, it's time for another feedback linky party hosted by Nicole over at Allison's Speech Peeps!   Head on over to her blog to see all of the participating bloggers and the rules!

This month, we're thanking TWO people who left feedback--one on a paid item and one on a free item.

First up, the paid item.  I was SO excited to hear this feedback about one of the products I'm most proud of--my EBP Binder.  Let me tell you why I love this feedback.  I love it because she is willing to help me improve it!  I'm so happy you like it, Keryn, and cannot wait to hear how I can add to it.

And then on to the free product.  I absolutely love to hear that these Vocalic R cards are being used for more than just traditional speech therapy.  You're absolutely right- it is hard to qualify for speech, so I'm glad these can be used in other ways!

Keryn and Seeds for Your Learning Garden, email me at homesweetspeechroom@gmail.com with your choice of non-bundled product from my TpT store.

Thanks everyone!  Keep leaving great feedback!

Tricks of the Trade Blog Hop

Welcome to your next stop on the Tricks of the Trade Blog Hop!!

My trick: Incorporating in sensory to our sessions

If there is one thing I learned from my medical placement this semester, it was to incorporate in sensory tricks.  Working with an OT taught me a lot of different ways to add it in my session.  You may be thinking- "Um I'm not an OT. Why I am addressing this?" Here's why it's important that we dot:

-If sensory needs are met, the kids will enjoy the sessions more and will do more work! Of course this isn't guaranteed, but they will be much more productive than if their needs are not met.
-Some of our kiddos have a lot of sensory needs and need to work on them as much as possible.
-For an area like AAC, sensory needs not being met could affect their access method, which in turn limits their ability to communicate.

There are many many more that OTs can list off.

Here are some ideas for you:
-Use a weighted blanket
-Tie some Therabands around the bottom of the chairs.  Students can kick them during the session.
-Have the student push against the wall to try and make the room bigger.
-Apply deep pressure on joints, hands, or back as needed.
-Have student push around a car and stop at each of their cards.
-Have them crawl through a tunnel and say their words at the end of the tunnel each time.
-Do army crawls or crab walks.

You can consult an OT for more ideas, but those are some to get you started.  I know how much it has helped my students, so I hope it helps yours!!

Thanks for reading!  Now that you've made it this far, collect your letter and head on to the next blog!  If you are just starting, head on over to the first blog and start hopping through!  Collect one letter per blog.  If you collect all of the letters and figure out the secret phrase, you can enter to win some fabulous prizes, including a $50 TpT gift card and two $15 TpT gift cards!

Good luck!!

Here's a list of all blogs that are participating:

Allison's Speech Peeps	The Dabbling Speechie	Lets Talk Speech Therapy	Speech Room News
Busy Bee Speech	Live Love Speech	Sublime Speech	Playing with Words 365
Super Power Speech	Speech Room Style	Teach Speech 365	Crazy Speech World
Let's Talk	The Speech Bubble	Speech Time Fun	Home Sweet Speech Room

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Speechie Oscars Contest

Danielle at Sublime Speech is hosting a very fun Speechie Oscars Contest!!  This is going to be so fun, so keep reading!!

Here's how it works:
1. Enter here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1wSagAjHn_-HcN8pTDmFRU8v1bdGv27IRhyStb5apN6I/viewform

2. Make your predictions on which film/ person will win in each category.

3. Danielle will look through all of the entries and see who has the most predictions correct.  There will be as many winners as there are blogger participants (which is at least SEVEN!).

4. Winners will be announced and will choose a non-bundled product from that blogger's store!!


HAVE FUN and get those predictions in!!