SpeechTea Blog

  • Go-To Target Lists for Speech Therapy

    by Erin Larsen
    Raise your hand if you have trouble thinking of targets off the top of your head? Yup. Me too. I'll never forget my first graduate internship when ...
    Posted in therapy tips

  • Using Manipulatives to Teach Phonological Awareness Skills

    by Erin Larsen
    When teaching phonological awareness skills, I like to use a multi-sensory approach. I'll use manipulatives so the student can visualize and feel a...
    Posted in phonology, therapy tips

  • Using Sensory Toys to Develop Language

    by Erin Larsen
    Sensory toys are perfect when we need to grab a child's attention and get them to react and respond to something. When thinking about sensory toys,...

  • Nibbles: The Book Monster-A Chomping Good Book

    by Erin Larsen
    Nibbles: The Book Monster By: Emma Yarlett. Looking for a book that will get your kids motivated to read? Here's your book! The title alone will ma...
    Posted in literacy

  • How to Use Nesting Cups In Speech Therapy

    by Erin Larsen
    Nesting cups are open-ended toys that foster language, imagination, critical thinking skills, fine motor skills, problem solving, and more! Childr...
    Posted in therapy tips

  • New Years Speech Resolutions A SLP Needs to Follow

    by Erin Larsen
    It's a brand new year so you've already thought of all the resolutions you're going to make. Maybe it's to drink more water throughout the day, or ...

  • Easiest Way for SLPs to Progress Monitor

    by Erin Larsen
    Progress Monitoring…Screening…Quick Drill… I was that therapist who would scramble for prompts. Or I would rummage through papers trying to find d...
    Posted in digital, progress monitoring, teletherapy, therapy tips

  • Spatial Concepts: Using What You Have

    by Erin Larsen
    I don't know about you but it seems like everyone on my caseload needs help in the spatial concepts department. It used to daunt me that 'oh my go...
    Posted in parents, therapy tips

  • Speech Therapy Crafts: Going Beyond the 10 Targets Given

    by Erin Larsen
    I've read the feedback before on speech therapy crafts (and always fear for the feedback on my own crafts) that say something along the lines of, ...
    Posted in crafts, therapy tips

  • Tis the Season of Back to Work:  Ideas for Your First Week Back in January

    by Erin Larsen
    Now that Christmas is over, it's time to think about back to work therapy ideas for January. Odds are, your kiddos are going to still be stuck on C...
    Posted in therapy tips

  • 5 FUN Low-Prep Sight Word Activities

    by Erin Larsen
    I have quite a few older kiddos on my caseload who work on sight words and they tell me over and over how boring and no fun sight words are. Trust...
    Posted in therapy tips

  • Completing Speech Therapy Crafts When Its Hard to Sit Still

    by Erin Larsen
    Let's face it, not every kiddo we have is going to sit through a table activity or craft.  But, that doesn't mean we want to exclude them from hav...
    Posted in behavior management, therapy tips