Free CEUs through Presence Learning

Do you need CEUs?  How do some FREE ones sound? This summer, Presence Learning is hosting the Decathalon Challenge!  Read more below.

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What is the Decathalon Challenge?  It is an opportunity for you to complete 10 self-study webinars.  That means 15 certification maintenance hours or 1.5 CEUs.  That is HALF of your required CEUs for FREE. 

Topics include Autism and Autism Spectrum Disorders, Behavior Challenges, and Special Education Law and Ethics.  Presenters include Temple Grandin and Barry Prizant among many others!

Complete these now through August 10, 2016!

Note: I am not affiliated with Presence Learning nor was I contacted by them to promote this.

Speech and Language Earth Day Freebies

Earth Day is on Wednesday, April 22nd this year!   I love using themed products in my speech room.  Holidays always make for easier planning.  I wanted to compile a list of Earth Day Freebies for you to use this week!

Articulation:
-Earth Day Articulation Dot Art
-Earth Day Articulation
-Earth Day R Freebie

Grammar:
-Recycle It: Irregular Past Tense Verbs

Language:
-I Love My Earth {Multiple Meaning Words Edition}
-I Have, Who Has Earth Day Freebie
-Earth Day Roll and Name 
-Earth Day Context Clues with Bonus Worksheet
-Earth Day Sequencing Activities
-Earth Day Problem Solving
-Earth Day Recycling Words Hunt
-Earth Day Yes/No Questions and Vocabulary
-Earth Day Following Directions 
-Earth Day Activities

Mini Books:
-Earth Day Mini Book
-Earth Day Foldable Mini-Book

Reinforcers:
-Earth Day Printable Activities
-Earth Day Challenge
-Celebrate Earth Day! Reinforcement Game


Hope that helps make for easy planning this week!

Speech Room Inventory Forms {freebie}

As I am getting ready for my very first speech room, I am trying to be as organized as possible.  One of the first things I plan to do is make a list of everything I have, both that I own and that the school owns/ is providing.  The easiest way for me to keep track of this is to write it down.  So, I created these simple, but cute forms!  

There is one form for each of the following areas:
-Storybooks
-Games
-Articulation Materials
-Language Materials
-Social Communication Materials
-Fluency Materials
-Voice Materials
-blank

  

Oh, and did I mention these are editable?   Just type right in the boxes. 

Hope this freebie helps you to keep your speech room more organized!!  You can download it here in my Teachers Pay Teachers store.   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!

Fast Dash Categories {FREEBIE}

I have a brand new FREEBIE for you today: Fast Dash Categories!  This post contains affiliate links for your convenience.

I have previously posted about a game I found at Goodwill called Wild Planet Hyper Dash.   

You can find a Fast Dash Articulation Packet for Early Sounds here and a Fast Dash Phonology packet here based on this game. 

You DO NOT need the game to do this activity! (I do provide an option for you if you do own it, though).

Spread out five or six circles (category cards) of different colors. 

Students will listen as the SLP calls out different colors.  The student will pick up those colors in order as fast as they  can.  Students collect their dots and state the items in the categories listed on the cards.  

If you have the Hyper Dash game: Put the cards on top of the disks.  Students will listen as the Hyper Dash Unit calls out which color to pick up.  When the student pushes that color, they collect the card.  Once that round is over, the student will state items in the categories listed on the cards.

  

You can find this FREEBIE here. 

Hope you enjoy it! 

Spring Into Speech Blog Hop

You have officially made it to the 12th stop on this blog hop!

If you are new to my page, I would LOVE your support in this adventure!  You can follow this blog via email (found in the sidebar to the right).  Be sure to follow my Facebook page and Twitter page. I'm pretty active on Pinterest as well, where I pin about speech therapy, food, and life!  Also, please consider following my TpT store for updates on new products!

If you're new to the blog hop, start here:

At each stop blog along the hop, you will find FREEBIES and find an image with letters.  At the end of the hop, combine all of the letters you collected to create a phrase!  Note: They will NOT be in order! Once you figure out the phrase, you can enter into a giveaway with some AWESOME prizes (on the last blog)!

The prizes are:
1st Prize - $50 Gift Certificate to TpT
2nd Prize - $30 Gift Certificate to TpT
3rd Prize - $20 Gift Certificate to TpT

Now for your freebie!!

I created a quick function activity for you all to use with your kiddos!

Give each student a flower pot.

Students will take turn drawing flower cards and determine the function of the object pictured on the card.  If the students answer correctly, they place their cards on their flower pots.

You can find this freebie here.


Now, what you've all been waiting for--the next set of letters. Write this down now and put it with all the other letters to make a phrase later!

Now, hop on over to Speechy Musings for the next freebie!! Happy Spring and Happy Hopping to all of you!! Good luck :)

By the way...here's the list of the all of the blogs participating in this blog hop!

Crazy Speech World Teach Speech 365 Allison's Speech Peeps The Speech Ladies Carrie's Speech Corner Speak Listen Play Let's Talk Speech Therapy Major Speech Pathology Fun by a Minor Girl WordNerdSpeechTeach Kids Games for Speech Therapy Speech Time Fun Home Sweet Speech Room Speechy Musings Live Love Speech Busy Bee Speech Consonantly Speaking Sublime Speech

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Hollywood Feud {FREEBIE}

This is a fun 9 page FREEBIE with lots of fun facts about actors and actresses with a focus on listening comprehension. It includes an instruction page, 2 stars, 28 fact cards, 4 blank cards, and 4 question prompt cards.

The SLP will draw a fact card and a question prompt card.

Fact Cards

Question Prompt Cards

He/she will read the fact card. He/she will then read a follow up question to the students based on the question prompt card drawn. The students will reach for their stars as soon as the question is read and they think they know the answer. They will raise their stars in the air.

Whoever raises their star in the air first will answer the question. It is suggested that the SLP also ask each student what he/she was going to answer, too, for more participation opportunities.
If the student answers correctly, he/she keeps the card. Whoever has the most cards at the end wins!

Modification for Articulation practice—students find a word with their sound in it. The SLP will drill that word!


You can find this FREEBIE here.  Thanks so much for all of your support!!

Guest Post: Carrie Manchester from Carrie's Speech Corner

I am so excited to have Carrie write a guest post for me today!! I hope you enjoy it! :) 

Carrie Manchester is a licensed, ASHA certified speech and language pathologist working in a public elementary school.  Her caseload currently consists of primarily preschool-aged students.  In her spare time, Carrie writes the Speech Blog Carrie's Speech Corner.  You can follow her blog on Facebook and Twitter.  Click here to view her TPT store and here to follow her on Pinterest.

Hi everyone!  I was so excited to have Carissa write a guest post for me and her New Year's Receptive Language Packet was a huge hit!  Thank you so much Carissa!

I wanted to reciprocate and share one of my newest activities with the readers of Home Sweet Speech Room!  So, today I'd like to share with you Snowy Speech and Language Activities:

There are five different activities in this download.  Three are speech-specific and two are open-ended.


First, we have Build a Snowman Game:

Build a Snowman Cards

Extra Turn Cards

Foil Cards

This is a simple open-ended card game.  Students take turns drawing a card.  If they get a snowman piece, they keep it.  If the student draws a sun card, the sun melts their snowman and they return all of their cards to the center of the table.  If they draw a snowflake, they get to take an extra turn.  The first student to get one each of cards 1-4 is the winner. 


Next, we have Snowball Categories:

You get four snowman category mats (Winter Animals, Winter Clothing, Winter Activities, and Parts of a Snowman) and 18 snowballs with images.  Cut out snowballs and place face down on the table.  Have students draw a snowball and place under the appropriate category heading. There are blank snowmen and snowballs so that you can add your own categories to this activity.

Snowman Category Mats

Category Snowballs

Third, is Describing Similarities:

There are 18 cards, each with a snowman and two images.  Instruct the students to describe the similarities between the two items.  For example, in the first card, a car and a truck are alike because they are both vehicles.

Describing Similarities Cards

Fourth, Listening for Details:

There are 4 pages with 4 cards each (16 cards total).  The cards contain short stories (1-3 sentences) and a comprehension question for students to answer. 

Listening for Details Cards

Finally, Winter Wonderland is an open-ended board game:

You can use this with the language activities in this download or with your own articulation or language decks.


I hope you like this freebie!  You can download it HERE.  If you do download, please leave a comment and let us know what you think!