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Elf Magic Gets Conversations Going
Christmas is a time for traditions and our latest PAL Award winner, Elf Magic, is a delightful tradition where Santa’s magic elves visit families during the Christmas season to be daytime buddies and...
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Reading Picture Detail to Understand the Story
I am fortunate to consult as a part of a public school team of professionals who work with one of my clients on the autism spectrum. Recently, his classroom and special ed teacher said they were...
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Pig Has a Plan by Ethan Long Makes Reading and Language Learning Fun
My latest PAL Award winner, Pig Has a Plan, actually makes learning to read fun. Having just returned from time with a 4 1/2 and 6 year-old at various stages of learning to read, I listened to both...
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Puppet-on-a-Stick Helps Attention In Speech Therapy
I was attracted to Educational Insights’ Puppet-on-a-Stick at the Toy Fair last year, because of it’s unique design, allowing kids to hold the character and operate the mouth while pulling down the...
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Clever Ways to Teach Sight Words
Last week I had a free giveaway of Thinkfun’s Zingo! Sight Words. I had an enthusiastic response, as this is not only a really fun game that teaches sight words but it fills a much needed gap. Kids...
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Speech Therapy Rewards
Now that I’ve gotten your attention, since you might be looking for great reinforcement ideas for speech therapy, I am actually going to tell you about how I feel rewarded doing what I do! This has...
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Getting Ready for the Toy Fair 2013!
I can’t wait for the International Toy Fair in New York City! It starts tomorrow and even a mere 2-3 feet of snow isn’t stopping me. There is such excitement in the Javitts Center as inventors,...
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Female Entrepreneurs Creating True Alternatives For Girls in the Toy Industry
Several of my PAL Winners are not only outstanding in their delivery of creative play to build language but also promote healthy models for young girls. I wanted to share a guest post today by my...
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Correcting Lateral sh in Speech Therapy
I must say the lateral /sh/ used to scare me a bit in speech therapy until I took Pamela Marsalla’s course,“Practical Therapy Tips for Persistent Articulation Errors: Frontal Lisp, Lateral Lisp and...
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Toy Trends For Learning, The Best of Toy Fair 2013
Folkmanis Alpaca Sheep and Leopard Shark Last week, the American International Toy Fair in New York City was a blitz of excitement, innovation, creativity and fun. I look forward to it every year, as I...
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Two New Games For Preschool Speech Therapy
Two new PAL Award winners are favorites with the preschool set. “Bear In Underwear Backpack Adventure Board Game” and “Animal Soup The Mixed-Up Animal Board Game!” by The Haywire Group are such...
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Up! Tall! and High! New PAL Winner For Beginning Reading and Sounds
Any parent who has proudly sat through their child’s first attempts at reading a book, can relate to how boring some of the early readers are. It takes a clever wordsmith to weave a fun tale from a...
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Pretend Play Builds Language
Some of the most creative homes I visit have an overflowing bin of costumes, swords, masks, necklaces, wings, tiaras, and safari hats. I actually encourage parents to start gathering some props to keep...
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Teaching Social Skills With Puppets
I really enjoy ASHA Leader Magazine’s new format and especially look forward to the “Blogjam” section, since I’m a blogger and have even been featured in it. In the March issue one of my favorite SLP...
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Best New Games For Speech Therapy
I’ve enjoyed the unique opportunity to attend the International Toy Fair in New York City as a member of the press, viewing the exciting new products being introduced. After seeing hundreds of new...
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ABC Puzzle For Speech Therapy Lessons
Don’t we love the activity all contained in a little box? ABC Puzzle+ Book by Tiger Tales arrived and I had such fun with my 3 year-old client. We were working on /k/ and /g/ as well as “he” and “she”...
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Penguin and Pinecone, A Friendship Lesson For Speech Therapy
I love Penguin and Pinecone by Salina Yoon for language lessons because of its simplicity in storyline and illustrations which leaves a lot to talk about that is implied. Penguin discovers “something...
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Lesson Plans for Screen-Free Week: Pretend, Play, Talk
Turn off the TV? Set aside the iPad? Give up video games? That’s just what millions of people will be doing April 29-May 5 as they turn off screens and turn on life. We all see our kids pick up...
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PAL Award Winners on NBC CT Yesterday
I enjoyed my interview on NBC CT yesterday. It is always fascinating to watch their news hour produced. It’s much like an 8 ring circus if there is such a thing because their anchors are so...
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Eco Friendly Pretend Play Toys by Green Toys Build Language Skills
My newest PAL Award winners come from Green Toys™ and are great for pretend play to build language skills. Kids these days are much more savvy about eco friendly practices and love to hear that their...
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