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If you're looking for a concise way to explain all the tips and tricks you are using in your therapy sessions look no further! This is a two page, black and white handout that lists some (not all!) of the great ways to elicit /s/. This would be a great item to stick in a speech notebook or handout to parents during conferences.

Build your very own lava lamp, or "blob" in a bottle! This packet allows you introduce new vocabulary, sequence, and target wh-questions. This packet includes: Visuals for ingredients Visuals for steps Sequencing pages Comprehension questions Carryover activities Visit www.practicallyspeeching.com for more!

Use this packet to review an emotion each month or week, depending on how you are including this in your sessions. Laminate each emotion and attach the emotion pictures with velcro. Use dry-erase markers to fill in the statements. The statements target self-soothing strategies, and associate the appropriate action with an emotion. Use as a monthly activity or hole punch and use binder rings for a session activity.

This book was created for use during a push-in session for a nonverbal child with autism. It follows a typical morning meeting structure - day, month, year, weather, season. It's a great way to get your nonverbal kids involved with the class activity! Simply print the book, cut out the manipulatives, and use velcro to have an easy on/off pull.

Print this navy blue and white chevron pattern word wall packet and have a gorgeous bulletin board! This packet comes with a word of the day, words of the month, and individual word sheets. Laminate these and you can write on them with dry erase markers all year long!

Use this great game to teach appropriate responses to common social situations! Have your students read or listen to the situations on each shillelagh and then determine if the person was acting silly or smart. If they were acting silly, have them explain why and what they would do in that situation to be smart! Includes game board, coins, and take home worksheet! A great pragmatics game just in time for St. Patrick's Day!

January marks the half-way point in the school year for many students (and teachers!). Forecast with your kids what they think they will be doing each month until June. It’s a great way to take the focus off of goals, deadlines, and testing. Instead, teach inferencing by “forecasting” what could happen that month. Then go back and fill in what happened! Compare and contrast what actually happened vs. what they forecasted to happen For the younger set, have them color what they think will happe

Who doesn't love Valentine's Day? The little baby cupid! The love! The candy! Oh, and the archery! Use this fun activity to get your articulation clients up and moving! Have them do their best cupid impression and throw an arrow at a "love" target! Whatever they land on is the word they have to say! This activity was made for the /r/ phoneme in all positions..more phonemes to come!

Who doesn't love Valentine's Day? The little baby cupid! The love! The candy! Oh, and the archery! Use this fun activity to get your articulation clients up and moving! Have them do their best cupid impression and throw an arrow at a "love" target! Whatever they land on is the word they have to say! This activity was made for the /l/ phoneme in all positions..more phonemes to come!

Bring the Christmas spirit into Speech! This fun 2-in-1 game has cards for /r/ in ALL positions, just print and laminate the ones you want! There are two games included in this pack AND a printable spinner. Game 1: Work your way up the Christmas tree to reach the star! Produce your sound correctly in the word you are given and move on! Game 2: Take a spin on the ornament spinner! See what ornament you land on, and then produce your sound! Say it correctly? Add your ornament to the tree! F

Practically Speeching is very excited to bring you the very first “pack” in the activity collection! I hope you find this as useful throughout the winter months as I do! Included in this pack you will find: -Winter Vocabulary -A Winter Vocabulary “Test” to see where your kids are at and to help with data. -A Category-Attribute-Function game utilizing the Winter Vocabulary. -Wingo – Winter Vocabulary Bingo boards. -TWO “My Snowy Day” writing activities. -A “Snowcabulary” Man template for definin

Work on parts of speech with this fun, winter-themed game. Each penguin has a definition on their belly, each hat has a part of speech. Have kids put the correct hat on the penguin and get some Speech-Flakes. Once they have an understanding of the parts of speech, move on to matching the hats with the mittens. The mittens have examples that correspond with the hats.

Use these fun /r/ initial cards to see who will win the race! Match up the cars and say the words. Whoever gets the most cars on the track wins!

Match the synonyms to the persuasive word! Match the feathers to the right persuasive turkey! Try and get all the feathers to win. Can play like bingo with colors and word, print out two copies of the feathers and play! Have the kids pull feathers out of a cup and match them to the right turkey! The options are endless!

Build a Vocabulary Robot! Have students fill in all of the parts of the Robot to define the word! Cut it up and have them piece it back together, leave it together and have them decorate it after they fill it in! Use this to help define words focusing on category, attribute, illustrations, synonyms, and antonyms! Even room on the bottom of the sheet to form a sentence!

Go over these persuasive words with your students, then laminate the two slides with the hats. Hand out each vocabulary word at random and have your students use them within their letter to the host! Words include: Advantage Always Best Certain Confident Definitely Effective Important Popular Profitable Should Strongly Recommend Superb Superior Tremendous Truly Trustworthy Worthwhile

Use this printable game to "dunk that chunk"! The instructions are easy, chunk the number, word, or direction combination on the back of the basketball card and then get a slam dunk! The team with the most dunks wins! This activity focuses on executive function training by highlighting the strategy of chunking. The combinations in this printable activity include: -3 and 4-number combinations -3 and 4-word combinations -Directions of varying difficulty Directions to Play: Print and cut out a

Use this game like "headbandz" or "20 questions". Save the mummy from the ghost by figuring out the picture on the back of the card! Great for groups! All halloween pictures!

Use this fantasy football-style activity to get your kids thinking about vocabulary! Break up groups into teams and have them choose 3 words. The more they use, hear, and report back about the words, the more point they get! Hang up in the room and make it a great fall activity!

Printable activity involving "what would you do" questions, list of coping strategies, and a story about what thunderstorms really are. Create a "thunder box" and store these inside!