About the store
Hello! Thank you for visiting my store! My name is Rose Kesting. I am an ASHA-certified, New Jersey-licensed speech-language pathologist. I have been practicing since 1994, in a variety of settings including public and private schools and clinics, with children ranging from pre-k to grade 12. Currently, I work full-time in a private school for students ages 8-18 with dyslexia and language-based learning disabilities. We are one of the only Orton-Gillingham accredited schools in the United States.
I have been blogging since 2011 about all things related to food and speech/language therapy at www.speechsnacks.com. I have combined my passion for my profession with my love of cooking and nutrition to create fun, engaging speech-language therapy materials.
Additionally, I created ©Language Chef, a comprehensive, language-rich resource that uses FULL-COLOR photo visuals and recipes that have been tested in my kitchen and therapy room. You can find the extensive collection of Language Chef resources here in my TpT store. Many of the recipes are inspired by the blog posts that I have written over the years at “Cooking Up Good Speech with a Side of Speech Snacks” www.speechsnacks.com
In March of 2024, I put my cooking-themed therapy ideas into practice and opened The Kidz Kitchen of NJ--Where Cooking and Communication Go Hand in Hand. My business offers IN-PERSON COOKING CLASSES for children ages8-16 and is a place to learn how to cook, create, communicate, and collaborate. You can find my kitchen classroom in Central New Jersey and at www.thekidzkitchen.com and IG and FB @thekidzkitchenofnj
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Back to School Bundle:Student Organizer&Executive Functioning (Older Students)
This bundle contains BOTH the Student Organizational Planner and Executive Functioning Strategies Game. These products complement each other as they address goals related to time management, good organization, and higher-level language skills that ALL you older students can benefit from!! Get both of these items together and use them to start off the school year on the right foot! Start the year off with this great organizational tool meant for home use as a communication tool between studen
4th - 12th
COOKING UP GOOD DESCRIPTIONS (food edition) | VISUAL SUPPORTS & SEMANTIC MAPPING
Use this VISUAL SUPPORT tool to assist your students with DESCRIPTIVE language tasks that require them to ELABORATE and EXPAND when describing FOODS! Although I LOVE to incorporate foods and cooking into my speech/language sessions, I know it isn’t always possible for everyone to use REAL foods in their therapy setting/classroom. Use the VISUAL SUPPORTS in this product anytime you want to incorporate a food/cooking theme WITH or WITHOUT REAL foods---for example: use with PHOTOS/DRA
K - 8th
Vocabulary
Inferencing for Older Students | Critical Thinking at Cognition Valley High
Your older students can address real-life scenarios that they may encounter during the school day while working on those all-important inferencing skills! Welcome to Cognition Valley High! While you are here, you will get to meet many of the “Cognition Valley” students! Decide what they are doing, saying, and thinking. It’s up to you to use the visual and written cues in each of the scenarios to help you make good inferences. Use the included visual aid and graphic organizer to assist you i
6th - 12th
Writing
“Roses are Red, Violets are Blue” Valentine Idioms for Older Students
This product was created exclusively for your middle/ high school students and includes a love/dating theme. Use it to help them gain a better understanding of idioms--and it's a great opportunity to get a conversation going about a topic that is very popular with this age group! Cut and laminate all cards for better durability Pages 3-4: “Roses are Red” Poem Matching cards-- Match the idiom to the poem that describes it. (please note that the cards are shown in corresponding matching order o
7th - 12th, Adult Education
Vocabulary
Also included in: Valentine Bundle: Language Activities for Older Students
Fall Language Bundle for Older Students
Buy all four and save more! (If you have purchased any of these products individually, please do not purchase this bundle.) Here is what you will find in this bundle: VOCABULARY BUILDING FOR OLDER STUDENTS:*Six vocabulary strategy cards (to use as a reference for this product or any new vocabulary that you may address ) that provide specific ways to support tier-2 vocabulary development *Vocabulary knowledge chart. *Eight apple-themed reading passages containing key tier -2 words in bold and 2
5th - 10th
Informational Text, Vocabulary
Do You Want to Build a Snowflake? Vocabulary Building Middle & High School
Wake up your winter language lessons with this very unique activity for your older students that combines geometric puzzle building with vocabulary building!
In this product, I have combined various shapes to create snowflake formations . Your students will have fun building snowflakes as they learn strategies for improving their vocabulary skills.
SIX unique snowflake designs are included . Each design varies by the number of shapes , which increases the challenge in assembly/collection of pi
6th - 12th
Vocabulary
Also included in: Winter Language Bundle {for older students}
A Cornucopia of Tier-2 Vocabulary {for Older Students}
This packet is designed to help teach students look beyond the memorization of dictionary definitions and further develop a deeper understanding of tier-2 vocabulary words . In addition, it addresses comprehension skills through “WH” questions related to the content of the passages that require thoughtful, inferential responses. Object of the game: Read the passages aloud to/with your students. Roll the dice and pick the numbered tier -2 word in one of the passages that corresponds. Be the f
5th - 10th
Vocabulary
Also included in: Fall Language Bundle for Older Students
Distance Learning Vocabulary Building & Strategies for Older Students
How do you teach students new vocabulary?? It is so important to teach students to look beyond the memorization of dictionary definitions and further develop a deeper understanding of words meanings in practical, situational and contextual ways. **This product is geared primarily toward 7/8th grade and high school aged students. This packet contains : Six vocabulary strategy cards (to use as a reference for this product or any new vocabulary that you may address ) that provide specific ways
6th - 12th
Vocabulary
Also included in: Fall Language Bundle for Older Students
Back To School "How Was Your Summer?" Icebreakers {FREE} with digital update
**This product is also available as a DIGITAL DOWNLOAD for use with Google Classroom!! Text boxes have been added for your ease and convenience. Start your new school year off with a conversation about the summer break. Use the 12 open-ended question cards to find out how your students spent their time off during the summer. Laminate and cut the cards and place in a pile. Have students take turns responding. (Incorporate a game board or your own game rules as an option.) Be sure to includ
4th - 12th
Writing
April Fool's Cause and Effect & Perspective Taking for Older Students
Happy April Fool’s Day! Your students will love these fun April Fool's practical joke scenarios! (Tell them they are meant for the classroom only!) Cut out and laminate the 12 cards (pages 3-5) and emotions cards page. (page 6) Read through each of the 12 April Fool’s practical joke scenario cards (the cause). Decide what will happen next (the effect). Determine how the individuals in the situations might feel as a result of the effect (perspective taking). Discuss what the practical joker m
5th - 10th
Let's Go Shopping! Categorizing, Problem Solving & Sequencing for Older Students
This activity was inspired by a school-wide shopping trip to several stores including Target, sporting goods stores, toy stores and other “big-box” stores.
This product addresses life skills for shopping while targeting CATEGORIZATION, CLASSIFYING, SEQUENCING, SOCIAL SKILLS, INFERENCING AND PROBLEM SOLVING.
I highly recommend that you read the blog post that accompanies this item HERE for more information on how to use this product
This 24 page download includes:
This 24 page download
3rd - 10th
Vocabulary
Distance Learning: Language Advisor: Our National Parks
For updates on new products follow me on TpT!Sign up for my NEWSLETTERConnect with me on INSTAGRAM and FACEBOOKFollow my website/blog www.speechsnacks.com________________________________________________________**This product is also available as a DIGITAL DOWNLOAD for use with Google Classroom!! Text boxes have been added for your ease and convenience. Take your students on a trip to some of our nation's most amazing landmarks, our National Parks! They can see these sights from the comfor
5th - 12th
Vocabulary, Writing
CCSS
RI.6.4
, RI.6.9
, W.6.2
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Direction Following|Vocabulary|Comprehension: Using Recipes & Cookbooks | FREE
I keep my therapy sessions fun, functional, motivating, language-based and multi-sensory. Incorporating a FOOD theme seems to check all those boxes! This is a SUPPLEMENTAL ACTIVITY to my language-based recipe curriculum ©LANGUAGE CHEF. I created this activity for those who aren’t ready to start making recipes with real foods just yet! It is the PERFECT place to begin if you are thinking about incorporating a food-theme into your lessons. While it requires no actual food, you will need a coo
2nd - 10th
Vocabulary
Student Organizational Home Planner {Digital Version Included}
**This product is also available as a DIGITAL DOWNLOAD for use with Google Classroom!! Text boxes have been added for your ease and convenience. PLEASE NOTE: You can purchase the complete bundle which includes an accompanying executive function game HEREStart the year off with this great organizational planner meant for home use as a communication tool between student, parent and educator. Unlike the school homework planner that many students receive from their school district, this plann
4th - 12th
Journal It, Picture It, Record It: Speech Carryover for older students
Like many adults, many kids are attached to their technology. While I’m not advocating that you encourage your students to text obsessively and spend hours on their portable devices, I do believe that it can be an effective way of getting them to make a conscious effort to monitor their speech in situations OUTSIDE the therapy setting. You would be amazed at the level of interest students take in getting a school-based assignment completed when it involves using their own personal devices!!
Th
5th - 9th
Computer Science - Technology
COOKING UP GOOD DESCRIPTIONS (kitchen tools)| VISUAL SUPPORTS & SEMANTIC MAPPING
Use this VISUAL SUPPORT tool to assist your students with DESCRIPTIVE language tasks that require them to ELABORATE and EXPAND when describing KITCHEN TOOLS!Use the VISUAL SUPPORTS in this product anytime you want to incorporate a food/cooking theme WITH or WITHOUT REAL kitchen tools--for example: use with PHOTOS/DRAWINGS of kitchen tools, PRETEND tools, or REAL kitchen tools. Use the included pages with activities such as: • I Spy •Guessing games •Mystery box •Barrier games •Compar
K - 8th
Vocabulary
The Vocab Lab! The Ultimate Multi-Sensory Vocabulary Tool (for all levels!)
How well do your students understand the vocabulary they are learning? When addressing vocabulary in my lessons, students will often tell me that they know what a word means, however after further investigation, I find that they can actually only provide a very vague description or application of the word. I needed to find a better way for them to express their true understanding and then help them increase their knowledge and confidence in word meanings. I wanted to give my students a tangibl
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English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Vocabulary
CCSS
CCRA.L.3
, CCRA.L.6
"How-To" Paragraph Organizers
I work with the big kids so I'm always looking for ways to motivate and engage them in activities that will address their language goals. Videos have always been one source of inspiration so I found a few "how-to" and "how's that made" videos (on the subject of food, of course) and it's been a big hit with my middle and high schoolers!
This free product can be used to accompany my blog post on using How-To Videos in your language lessons : HERE
Use the graphic organizers/writing sheets to wr
3rd - 12th
Writing
7:35
Cariboo is for Older Kids Too video tutorial
Use this tutorial as a guide to understanding how to use the popular game Cariboo with the product I have created, Cariboo is for Older Kids Too! It will walk you through the game set-up and how to use all portions of the (paid ) activity with your students. You can access the game in my store HERE Have fun playing and remember that even the "big kids" like to play speech and language games!
6th - 12th
Vocabulary
#distancelearning: Shoebox Organizer
Executive Functioning Skills are an area that I address on a daily basis with my students. I check their book bags, planners, and binders regularly to be sure they are keeping organized. We discuss time management, prioritizing and task initiation. These are challenging skills for so many of them–from my elementary students all the way to my high schoolers!Now that we have been thrown into this new reality of distance learning, I can only imagine how much our students are struggling at home! I h
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Hello! Thank you for visiting my store! My name is Rose Kesting. I am an ASHA-certified, New Jersey-licensed speech-language pathologist. I have been practicing since 1994, in a variety of settings including public and private schools and clinics, with children ranging from pre-k to grade 12. Currently, I work full-time in a private school for students ages 8-18 with dyslexia and language-based learning disabilities. We are one of the only Orton-Gillingham accredited schools in the United States.
I have been blogging since 2011 about all things related to food and speech/language therapy at www.speechsnacks.com. I have combined my passion for my profession with my love of cooking and nutrition to create fun, engaging speech-language therapy materials.
Additionally, I created ©Language Chef, a comprehensive, language-rich resource that uses FULL-COLOR photo visuals and recipes that have been tested in my kitchen and therapy room. You can find the extensive collection of Language Chef resources here in my TpT store. Many of the recipes are inspired by the blog posts that I have written over the years at “Cooking Up Good Speech with a Side of Speech Snacks” www.speechsnacks.com
In March of 2024, I put my cooking-themed therapy ideas into practice and opened The Kidz Kitchen of NJ--Where Cooking and Communication Go Hand in Hand. My business offers IN-PERSON COOKING CLASSES for children ages8-16 and is a place to learn how to cook, create, communicate, and collaborate. You can find my kitchen classroom in Central New Jersey and at www.thekidzkitchen.com and IG and FB @thekidzkitchenofnj
Awards & shining teacher moments
2025 Cooking School of the Year (Awarded by Children's Culinary Institute- http://www.childrensculinaryinstitute.com/teach-with-us/)
2015, 2016, 2019, 2021 "Kidmunicate" Best Websites and Blogs for Speech Pathology
Owner/Operator of The Kidz Kitchen--Where Cooking and Communication Go Hand in Hand (part-time business)
IN-PERSON COOKING CLASSES AND CAMPS for kids ages 7-13.
A place where kids cook, create, communicate, and collaborate
www.thekidzkitchen.com
My own education history
• B.A. in Speech Pathology/Audiology Loyola University (Maryland)
• M.A. in Speech Pathology from The College of New Jersey
• Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC)
• State of New Jersey license in speech pathology
• American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) member
• Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators (Member)
• New Jersey Speech and Hearing Association (member)
• Central Jersey Speech and Hearing Association (member & past treasurer)
Children's Culinary Institute Network Member
ServSafe NJ Food Handler certificate
Additional biographical information
Professional Development Presenter: Using Google Read & Write in the Classroom to Assist Students with Language-Based Learning Disabilities, Continuing Education Workshop for School Staff October 2022
Professional Development Co-presenter (auditory processing deficits in school-age children): Central Auditory Processing Disorders: An Overview and Strategies. Continuing education workshop for school staff March 2017
Professional Development Co-presenter: Executive Functioning: An Overview and Practical Applications for the Classroom. Continuing education workshop for school staff October 2014
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