I am very aware that I need to keep therapy fun. We are constantly asking the child to do the thing they find hardest – again and again. So to help keep a child engaged in therapy, many therapists use toys and games. However there are only so many times I can play Buckaroo in […]
We have just published a set of 90 photo picture cards for the ‘s’ sound. We also have packs for the ‘c/k’ and ‘f’ sounds as well. ‘s’ is another sound that we work on frequently. This pack comes as a pdf download. Add it to you shopping cart, check out and pay, and then […]
When I see new toys I am always thinking of how I can use them in therapy. I love looking in the supermarkets and toy shops to see what is on offer! You can use nearly any toy in therapy, you just need to know what you are targeting. So today I am going to talk […]
For me, a critical part of therapy is keeping it fun! For a child to learn and then generalise any new skill they need to practise, practise, practise. To help keep them motivated during the practise I like to play games and to stop both the child and myself getting bored, I’m always on the […]
If you are thinking about your Christmas SLT wish list, we thought we would give you some ideas. So today, here are my top 10 resource books. Please note this post contains amazon affiliate links – click on the pictures for more information. In no particular order:- Rhodes to Language I LOVE this book. I […]
The fantastic Orchard toys have released some new games. You can read my review of Robot Run here. Very kindly they also sent us a copy of one of their other new games –Farmyard heads and tails – which I am going to review today. I was given a copy of the game, but the […]
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 […]
Anyone who reads our blog will know that we LOVE Orchard Toys games! You can guarantee that they will be durable, have great images that children love and as an added bonus can be used to meet Speech and Language Targets. The boot of my car has an entire storage box full of Orchard Toys […]
So, Minecraft!! Have you heard of it? Do your children constantly talk about it? Are you a bit confused by what all the fuss is about? If you aren’t interested in computer games and don’t have people in your household who are, it might all seem a bit baffling. But I find it useful to […]
Helen and I have been given some great resources to review over the Easter Holidays – lucky us! Helen reviewed the fab Orchard Toys games – Frog party and Match and Spell earlier in the week. You can read that review here. Today I am going to review another of Orchard Toys new games – […]
