The Gingerbread Man!

 

Hello!

Here is a great activity pack that can be used for preschool, kindergarten and speech therapy. It is 55 pages of hands-on fun and it's low prep!

You can use the book (in this pack) or you can use a youtube video. Read this book a few times to encourage comprehension.

This pack includes:

•Fine motor skill activities- including playdoh mats, or drawing, colouring and pre-printing practice.

•Rhyming worksheets

•Beginning sound mats- can also be used for segmenting sounds

•Beginning Sound House Center- do the 2 pictures start with the same sound?

•Coloring pages- and printing practice for upper case letters (beginning sounds of each character from the story).

•Sensory bin pieces

•Prepositions interactive book- also targets “where” questions.

If you have question email mindy@creatingcommunicators.net

 

 

 

Push-In Therapy

In the speech world, we need to be creative; by meeting the needs of all of our students, empowering and educating teachers, and ever-growing caseloads. As a speechie, I always need to keep learning, growing and changing. I am always trying to think of new, exciting and innovative ways to meet the growing demand of the schools I serve. That's why Creating Communicators provides speech therapy in several different ways.

We provide speech therapy one on one in the "speech room" and we provide small group pull out therapy as well as "push-in therapy." My take on each therapy type is, bring it on. Each style has its own positives and I think that providing all types of services helps ensure that students are receiving support. The more ways that services are offered, the more students can receive adequate support in the way that they need to be supported. Some students need less distractions and need to be out of the class, and other students need support in the class in order to generalize their skills. When you are in the classroom providing activities to the entire class,  push-in therapy, you also have the benefits of peer modeling and their is less stigma associated, since you are working with all the students in the classroom. Plus you are reaching every student, even the kids not on your caseload! :) In some of my schools, I have a caseload of over 50 kids!! And did I mention, I work with 5 schools.


Here are a few examples of my products that can be used for Push-In Therapy! 

  

 

 

 

  

The Wheels on the Bus Preschool Package

Hey Everyone!

Do you love working with the preschoolers as much as I do? They are just so much fun! I love singing songs and having fun with the little guys. I love so many things about little people: they are never apprehensive to start singing, dancing or participating! Not shy, they are just happy to be a part of something fun!

This got me thinking........ I should work on making  a preschool package so I made a weekly plan for The Wheels on the Bus.

 

 
Included are coloring pages, vocabulary, sequencing and  beginning sounds activities . Go here and check it out and download it while it is free! I hope you enjoy it and go ahead and leave me some feedback!

 In the comment section below tell me what you love about preschoolers!

Cheers,
Mindy

Using book to increase language skills

Tips for using books to increase

Speech and language skills of preschooler and school aged children

USing books to help with children's speech and langauge skills is a great and easy way to target their goals.

What should your child be able to do? Check out the talk box for milestones of children!

How to target Speech and languagethru books!

• Copy- copy children’s actions and words- this lets them know that you are interested in what they say and what they do. Encourage discussion, ask open ended questions.

• Model- use correct grammar and pronunciation of words- all the time. If someone is using incorrect grammar or incorrect pronunciation of sounds- don’t tell them they are “wrong” instead just provide them with a model of the sentence/word said correctly. For example “I runned there” you can say “ohh you ran there.” Or “I wike rabbits” you can say “you like rabbits.”

• Add- when you are talking about things with the children- describe them in as much detail as you can. Name the parts, where it lives, what it does, the group it belongs to, what we do with it, what it looks like, etc.

·       By reading slowly to the class, with emphasis on certain words, children are able to listen more intently and follow the story. Children will also gain an understanding of how to pronounce words and will be more attentive. 

    

    Make sure that everyone can see your mouth when you speak.

·       When you read a book – don’t just read it. Encourage open discussions and talk about the pictures if the text is too long for their attention span.

·       Don’t be afraid to read a book at least 4-5 times. They won’t get bored and the more you read it, the more learning they will get out of it! Search the net for coloring pages and other ideas to turn books into activities. For more information check this out!

Working with children

•     It is a good idea to give children positive statements about their work, which will encourage them to think more positively about themselves. Instead of saying “don’t ___” say “I really like it when you are trying”.

•   Treat the children with respect and value their opinions. Teach them to have a “voice.” Encourage them to speak and don’t interrupt. 

• Teach taking turns and providing choices whenever possible.

• Speak to children at their level- actually get down and sit on the floor or squat when you are speaking with them. It’s important that they see your mouth.

• Make books fun!

Cheers,
Mindy

Still shopping for back to School? SALE 20 % OFF!!

Creating Communicators sale!!

It occurred to me that you might not all be finished your school shopping so I am having a sale on Teacherspayteachers! What teacher, parent or SLP couldn't use more resources? Especially items on sale!?

Please, don't forget to follow my store and check out all of my free products!

Here is an example from one of my productS: Fishing Friends.

September

Well September has began and so has school. My kids are small- I have a grade 1 and a veteran grade 3er! Ty is grade 3 and not a huge fan of school, Lainy my big grade one keener is wondering why they aren't reading yet! So funny how you can have 2 kids who are so different!

During the summer I made a kindergarten activity with center's for every month. Each month I have targeted areas that seem to be big areas of need in the speech world.
I am going to give you my activities- one by one, month by month! Please keep an eye out for them!

Become a regular follower! The first month targets concepts and position words.

If you can't wait check it out in my store:

or in my shop:

City, City What Do You See?

Sooo many kids I work with have to work on the vocabulary goal these days; so I started looking for resources. I have a hard time finding resources that work well for younger kids at the beginning of the goal. Normally when I start targeting the vocabulary goal, I start with an associations activity. I will have the children state which items go together, and then explain why they go together?

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Vocabulary-Associations-What-Doesnt-Belong-and-Categorization-578985

However when I am working with preschoolers or children who have significant language delays,  this can be a very difficult task for them. This got me thinking..... What do I need? I started making books based on themes: farm animals, things at school, ocean items, and things in the city. I wrote these books in an easy, repetitions pattern so that children could read them along with their teacher or SLP. They are written in the Brown Bear, Brown Bear format so that non-readers and beginning readers can read them again, and again.  These books are just a beginning point for you to say all of these items in the book belong to a category- the category name is.....  Then you can go on to tell the kids what are some similarities between the items and what are some differences,  what are the parts, where do the items come from, what is their function, etc. 

Here is a copy of my City, City what do you see which includes many services that are found in our communities.

http://pinterest.com/pin/72972456435558212/

Teacherspayteachers- store

Happy Saturday- Freebie weekend!

If you are anything like me, you love a sale! Or better yet something free! You can get it here for free! All I ask is that you check out my blog: and my store on teacherspayteachers or my website! www.creatingcommunicators.net Thanks Have a great weekend!

Here is an item I normally sell on teacherspayteachers and teachersnotebook.