Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Ice Cream Cows K Articulation Freebie

Alright so here is my first product I made with the wonderful ScrappinDoodles clipart! I have been following many fellow SLP blogs throughout this school year and with my love of Pinterest, I decided why not have a TPT store so that I can create EXACTLY what my students need and maybe help other SLPs spice up their therapy activities too!



This Ice Cream Cows pack includes a board game template that can be printed out and glued onto a file folder to target any speech-language goal. You'll just need a file folder, dice, and game pieces from any old game you have on your therapy shelf!



It also includes another game called SCOOP MY SCOOPS which was creatively named by my wonderful husband! Students try to collect the most ice cream scoops for their cone to win the game. Each scoop (27 total) contains a target /k/ word and includes a target picture. I think pictures are so important for /k/ because most of my students working on /k/ can't read yet! The catch of the game is that there are also 9 cards with adorable sun pictures on them that can melt 1 or 2 of the scoops the students' have collected. If they get a sun they have to put a scoop or two (depending on the sun) back into the draw pile.





My students LOVE games like this and I think it will be a lot of fun to incorporate targets into the game itself. It's much better than finding my /k/ cards at one of my two schools and then figuring out a game to play too. This game is ideal for small groups, or you can play with your student for those 1:1 sessions. It can be played for any length of session too, so you could even use it with your Speedy Speech kiddos!

Check out the Ice Cream Cows at my TPT store here.

Saturday, March 30, 2013

iPad Activities for Language Impaired Students

What are your favorite apps to use with your elementary aged language impaired students? I find that my students are highly motivated by iPad games, but I am always looking for new ones to use with my 1st-3rd grade students. I've gotten some free ones and ones that cost money. I've heard other SLP friends who like to use the LanguageBuilder app as shown below. How do you use Language Builder? I haven't incorporated it into my therapy too much yet, but I think it has great potential!



I also like to use Speech with Milo: Verbs! I actually haven't used this one in awhile because I've been defaulting to the old fashioned verb cards from my agency's Staff Distribution Center. Looks like I've got some new plans for therapy this week!



Does anyone have any good ideas on teaching verb tense to Language Impaired students? 
I'm always trying to find resources on the web for teaching verb tense, but I haven't had much luck teaching my poor students to understand the difference between past, present, and future. I need to change something up so I appreciate any advice!