I work with children between the ages of 2 and 11 years old and we work on a range of targets. I may see an eleven year old and work on higher level language skills and inferencing, my next child may need to practise using the k sound and then I might be working on […]
Our auditory memory is our ability to retain and recall information we hear. It allows us to process and understand longer, more complex instructions, attend and listen and acquire new information. Children with reduced auditory memory can find it very challenging to follow instructions and retain learning. Helen wrote about memory and strategies to support auditory […]
We published the first part of this post earlier in the week and it has been really popular. In case you missed it, you can check it out here. Here are some more ideas of games to play to practise speech sounds. Firstly, some children really don’t like looking at picture cards. Our first set […]
Well, maybe not quite 101, but lots!… If your child or a child you are working with is having speech sound therapy, it won’t take you long to realise that there is a lot of repetitive practise involved! It’s very likely that at some point you’ll be given a set of pictures or a particular […]
Since it’s half-term this week, we thought it was time to post some more reviews of products we love. This is the first of three reviews this week of products we have been lucky enough to be sent to review. Today, the Colour Match puzzles by Orchard Toys. This is a very simple set of […]
Both Helen and I have spoken before about toys and games we like using in therapy. Although there are some fantastic speech and language specific products out there, you don’t have to have these. You can use many everyday toys and games to target speech and language development, you just need to keep in mind […]
A couple of months ago, this game caught my eye in the Early Learning Centre, and I thought it looked good for language work. I managed to get it cheaply with multiple half-term offers, and most of the kids I work with (and my own daughter) love it so I thought I’d tell you all […]
We’ve talked before about our love of Orchard Toys, here and here. They are good, sturdy games which look great , last well around enthusiastic children who like to test pieces out in their mouths (!) and are great fun too. A couple of weeks ago, Elizabeth posted about the Pig in Pants game. You […]
I have written before about my love of Orchard Toys. You can read my post about their fantastic dominoes here. I now have quite a collection, but was thrilled when Orchard Toys asked me to review one of their new games – Pigs in Pants. I was sent a free copy to review. Pigs in […]
Helen noticed that Jenna Rayburn had started a linky for things she uses in therapy. This time the theme is “games I love”. So I thought I would join in. I don’t know if mine will be any different coming from England? I do have to say that like Jenna I love headbandz! One Stacking […]
