This first week at home has been a whirlwind.  We are trying to find somewhat of a balance between doing homeschool activities, working from home and just being together all hours of the day.  Since it's looking like we may be home for quite some time I wanted to do some organizing with our "homeschool materials".  Now let me say I did NOT buy all these things this past week.  Being a former teacher and now a speech-language pathologist I often think it's fun to buy my kids educational games, art supplies and toys for holidays and birthdays so I just collected all of the things we had and put them in one central location.  I did buy the cart, the organizing cups, and baskets this week.  I ordered everything from Amazon since we are stuck at home. I will try to link everything as best as I can. Please know that I am not an amazon affiliate (or an affiliate of anything for that matter), I make no money off your clicks and I just genuinely like these products to use wit...
Our school district just announced yesterday that we'll be participating in a 2-week closure due to the current health crisis.  My district has asked us to prepare a packet of materials for each of our students to send home. I thought it may be helpful to have a post of FREE materials that you could send home if you are in the same situation. Most of the handouts have parent information and/or practice activities.   I hope they're helpful! Speech and Language Home Practice This file was created specifically for therapists who have limited access to paper and copies.  A one-page sheet is included for each area; articulation, fluency, communication, pragmatics, and language.  I also included word lists for articulation sounds to accompany the articulation handout.  Fluency Skills Brochure This was developed specifically for parents of students who exhibit stuttering (not reading fluency).  Play-Based Speech Therapy These a...
One of my goals this year was to increase my collection of carryover activities and to do better at sending home plenty of home practice with my students.  I put together a collection of all the carryover/home practice activities and handouts I have been using this year!  (Spoiler alert: I use a lot of astrobrights paper!) If you are interested in any of these activities for your kiddos, I have linked all the files (a few freebies are included!) Language Brochures These are new this year and so far they have been great to send home after an IEP meeting when we've developed new goals for a new language skill.  I love brochures in general (you'll see a couple more in this post) and think they are super easy to print and send.  I also like how they are part instructional and part practice.  Articulation Home Practice Handouts I have had these for a while.  They used to be called Speech Sound Homework.  Over the years I have tweaked and updated them as nee...