Sensory Bins in Speech Therapy
Hey friends! 👋🏼
How has your transition back to work from the holidays been? It's been a whirlwind over here! Overall, we're hopefully all heading back refreshed and eager to continue our progress with our caseload (and maybe incorporate a few new ideas we had over the break!).
An activity I've had on my mind?
Sensory Bins!
The excitement I get when I have a sensory bin out in speech is unparalleled. But it can be tricky to incorporate every goal that my caseload has.
So after some brainstorming, here's some tips and tricks I'll be using to make this therapy FUNctional and get that practice in! 👇🏼
1. I start by selecting items or pictures that align with my client's goals. My trick for this? Use my Articulation Word Lists resource to find words that fit my target without wasting valuable time thinking of them myself. Usually I can even find mini objects or filler for my sensory bin that has the target in it!
P.S. This resource is already included in The Speech Therapy Toolbox if you're a member!
2. Put folded up Post-Its with numbers on them for students to find-the number is how many repetitions of a target they say. I've even found rubber number erasers in the Target Dollar Spot that achieve this as well.
3. Center your sensory bin around a shared reading--and get creative! The 4th graders in our state usually read Hatchet, which would be a fun bin to create with found objects like sticks and rocks to spark some discussion and writing prompts about the resources the main character had to work with or the senses he was feeling (What did it smell like? Where did he think he was at first?). These bins aren't just limited to the younger ages!
Do you have any tricks for incorporating sensory bins? Let me know in the comments below 👇🏼
Happy speeching!
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