Grattitude!

   

 

Hey everyone! 

Check out some great sales on TPT and on Teachers Notebook!

 

Happy Thanksgiving Americans!!  

Being grateful should be a way of life for all of us! Expressing gratitude is a great habit to get into.

Let me start!

Grateful for my husband and my kids!

Grateful for my health and for my families health!

I am so grateful to be in a great field, and grateful for the kids! 

Grateful for you, reading this blog!

Grateful for the multitude of speech resources!

Grateful to be living in a wonderful country!

And I would be forever grateful if you followed one of my shops!

 

What are you grateful for?

Let me know!

 

 

 

 

 

Christmas Activity Book {FREE}

Hey Everyone!

It won't be long and the big guy in the red suit will be here. And when the kids are away from the classroom/ therapy room they can lose some of their skills! We don't want you starting at square one in January, so hand out this package to your kids for some fun language practice over the holidays!
I made a Christmas activity package waaayy back in the day and I looked it over and made a few changes, added some things, and made some easier on the "eyes."
Check it out and download it- here.  You can use it as language centers in the classroom, for speech therapy or homework during Christmas vacay! 
And did I mention it's free?!

There are so many activities:

*pronouns

*possessives

*printing practice

*Christmas 

*segmenting sounds

*beginning sounds

*following directions

*patterns 

Download it here in my store and here in my shop! And I would be so grateful to have you follow one of my shops while you're there! :)
I hope you like it and take some time to give me feed back so I can improve!

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Linky Party!

 "S..peachy Feedback Linky "

 

 

 

This is my first time linking up to Speachy feedback Linky Party hosted by Nicole Allison at Speech Peeps! I know I'm late, but better late than never! Lol

First of all thanks for the great idea and thank you for inviting fellow speech stores and blogs!

Check out Speech Peeps

 

 

On  October 7, 2013,  Rylie Andrews  said:                                   

"Such a great little package for working on a number of areas of reasoning development and categorization" about my product "Vocabulary- Associations, What Doesn't Belong & Categorisation." Thanks Rylie for the feed back!

 

 

 

 

 

Email creatingcommunicators@hotmail.com and choose any item in my store for free!

Thanks!

Free Today ONLY!

I feel like I am starting to get the hang of this blog thing. Remember me? I am a spoon feeder, right to point, no fooling around! With this blog you are not going to have to sift through the "stuff" to get the important info. I am right to the point.
With that being said..... 
Today I am posting my 3 Little Pigs Book and Book Buddy for free on Teachers Notebook!
Follow my shop and download for free, today only!
 
44 pages of great activities for kindergarten or speech therapy!

 Category Naming

What doesn't Belong? Associations

Following direction mats using important concepts

Patterning

 Comparing and Contrasting

 Grab it here!

Happy Sunday!

Cheers,

Mindy

Love it & List it -Articulation Apps!

Articulation Apps

 

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Articulation Apps are a great and easy way to target speech goals for your students! Your bag is so much lighter when you don't have to carry all of those cards and materials!!!! Just grab your Ipad and you have access to all the sounds you need, in all the positions. When I have a large caseload, I will grab the kids and pull them out of their class and target their sound(s) right in the hallway. I don't always need my treat bucket either because the iPad is a reward in itself!

 

My website- lots of freebies

1. Articulation Station- Love this app because it is so easy to use. You can work on sounds, and blends, in all positions. They can be worked at the word, sentence and story level! The kids love to play the matching game! You can also keep data and have a final percentage at the end to make taking notes super easy!
   
   

2.Speech 2 Go- A good, simple app. It has some really great pictures but you can only play it in a flashcard fashion. This can get a little boring for the older kids.

3. Say It Again- The child rolls the dice and chooses a square, and then they are given a word to say. This game is cool because it is a bingo type game that you can play in groups. You can choose different game styles: lines, letter x, or cover all. The only thing missing is data- this app will not let you collect data on the children.

                                                          

4. Webber Photo Artic Castle- This is another great one. Easy to use and it will keep all of your data! You are able to set up your students and choose their goals. You can also go back and view their results, later on, by the date or by the goal. This is especially nice if you are working on multiple kids with multiple goals!                                                                                                                                                                      

            

5. ArtikPix- The graphics on the home screen are a little simple but this game lets you choose different word positions at different levels, and it will let you keep score. There are 2 different games: flashcards and matching. Plus, the matching game has 3 levels: easy, medium and hard. 

                                                             

 

6. Articulation Games is a great app by Virtual Speech Centre! It has 4 games to keep the kids interested! It has all sounds in all positions and the pictures are great! I love this app! 34.99 for all of the sounds! The kids love the spinner game!

                                                        

I hope this helps you! Check back to Creating Communicators blog again!
Thank you Jenna at Speech Room News!!

Cheers,
Mindy

My New Giveaway!

Enter my new giveaway on Teachers Notebook! Just follow my shop and my blog and enter to win one of 3 prizes of The Three Little Pigs Book & Book Buddy!

My new Giveaway!

There are some really great activities in this package!

 Category Naming

 Choosing What Doesn't Belong

 Following Directions with Mats

 

Patterning 

Comparing & Contrasting 

 

 

Cheers!

Mindy

 

GIve a little bit.....

                                                                 Altruistic

Today my post has deep meaning for me.
When I am having a bad day, or feeling sorry for myself and unappreciated I put on that song by the Goo Goo Dolls & Supertamp-Give a Little Bit. I really love that coca cola commercial that features the song. I don't know why but it always makes me feel better. It makes me think of the word altruistic which means you do something for someone with out expectations. You just do it because it feels good without having any regard to how it can be of benefit to you. This is how I feel about speech and the kids. I like to see them and help them achieve their goals because their success makes me feel good and in return I don't want anything from them. I work hard at helping them and helping them achieve their goals through fun and engaging activities. (I hope!) If everyone did their job, passionately and to the best of their abilities, with out expectations wouldn't the world be such a great place!?
 Next time you go to work with the kids and you are having a bad day, or feel cranky, just take a few quiet minutes, and remember why you started this job. Think about the kids! Put a smile on your face and try to focus on the good! Then hum to yourself Give A Little Bit...

Here is the video for inspiration!

 

And with that being said- go out and do something nice for someone, unexpectedly, just because! You know a random act of kindness!

I bet it will make you just as happy as it makes them!

 

 

Cheers,

Mindy

Some of my favourite freebies!

Everyone loves a freebie, myself included! Sometimes you have to cut corners, but with everyone sharing their great resources, activities and ideas we don't have to use boring speech materials.

I have made a list of some of my faves! If you love something include it in the link at the end!

Articulation

1. Mommy Speech Therapy Worksheets 
2.  FREE! SH-CH-J Game Cards for Articulation Practice
3.  Instant Intervention #8 K and G Sample

Language

1. My Kindergarten Activity Centers part 2 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
2. Pronoun Fun with Ranger Rick and Susie
   
3. All About Fall - Regular Verb Practice

Concepts

1. Outer Space Spatial Concepts

1. Ballon Spatial Concepts

1. Spatial Concepts-Tools 
2.  Freebie! Winter Themed Pre-K Concepts

Book Companions/Buddies

1. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
    
   

 Phonological Awareness

1. FREE! November Activities
2. Phonological Awareness Quickie 
3. Initial Sound Graphing
4. Phonemic Awareness Activity for the Rainbow Fish 

  Themes

1. Ahoy Matey- will go with any pirate them book!