ARK's Blog

With just over two weeks left before Halloween, now is a good time to help children get ready for trick-or-treating.  Some of my kids say "fick or feet" or "sick uh seat" or "twick or tweet."  So we'll spend time practicing how to say "Trick or Treat" correctly (or the best way they can to be understood). . . I also role play with them to help them be better prepared.  We p …

.  This puzzle wasn't early-intervention-friendly enough for me - the insets were just a boring tan / wooden color!  So I colored in the insets to give kids more of a visual cue to complete the puzzle.  Now they can match the blue dog puzzle piece to the blue dog picture, the green fish piece to the green fish picture, and so on. . .  If the puzz …

.  You know your mom is an SLP when:. •  You can diagnose a lateral lisp within 2 seconds flat. •  Your mom uses sign language to talk to you from across the room. •  You are the tester / guinea pig for any new games, exercises, etc. •  Any sharp turns in your mom's car = therapy materials start mooing, singing, beeping, etc. •  Your mom loves toy stores …

. .  This young man has conquered /ch/ both alone and in sentences. Since he can say /ch/, /sh/ is a breeze from here. So I had him say /ch/ in isolation, and then just prolong it. I told him to "hang on to the ch." For a visual and tactile activity to go with this, I had him roll a toy car along the racetrack on our hallway wall to demonstrate that sh is prolonged. It's hard …