What if your wish came true? What if you had more time to read? What if you had more time to spend with your family? Today is the start of a period of time when many of us will be spending a little more time at home. Use this time for reading and building language...
Lucky Me to Know You!
Hello! Welcome back to Monae’s Speech House. March is here and that’s a signal that we’ve turned the corner on winter and it’s time to breathe some fresh life into a month which is typically a time of transformations (hence the new look on my blog which is still a...

21,000 WORDS A DAY!
Did you know children who are exposed to language-rich conversations and descriptive words, even when they are very, very young, will have a huge advantage when it comes to increasing speech and language skills? Research shows the importance of limiting screen time...

AAC DEVICES NONVERBAL/LIMITED VERBAL CHILDREN
CLICK HERE FOR FUN BUG RESOURCE! Are you afraid of AAC devices? 😬😳 I know I used to be until I “jumped in the water” and “just did it!” I started creating these fun, original stories when I first...
TARGET DOLLAR SPOT FINDS for Speech and Language Therapy
Do you like TARGET, especially TARGET DOLLAR SPOT? Sometimes I feel like Target knows just what I need at the right moment. Like the purchasing department has a camera set up in my head and knows exactly what myself and tons of other teachers and SLPs are looking for....
LAST MINUTE HALLOWEEN ACTIVITY
Take a coloring page and turn it into a paper bag puppet activity. I do this with my autism classes (teacher and aides need to help with this), we all sit at a large table (4-8 kids), I only use 3 colors, everyone has to wait until the crayon is passed to them...
SCARECROW FUN!
CLICK HERE FOR FUN SCARECROW BOOK & POSTER! Since I have two schools, I like to set out my lessons for Tuesday at the one school, because I'm at the other school on Monday. It just makes it easier. And then I take a picture of it, so over the weekend, if I...
FUN SNACK MATS!
I love using these snack mats! I can target so many skills... following directions (put cookie on star), shapes and colors (put cookie on pink heart, spatial concepts (what shape is below the circle), and tons more! Even if you don't teach this...
You Are My Sunshine!
Popping in to say "Hello!" and share a fun little activity. End of year gifts for my students! These are so easy and functional. Magnets, bottle caps and googly eyes. Plus they can hang their homework sheets on the fridge!
Tic-Tac-Toe
Using simple activities as a reinforcer or to teach turn taking skills can work really well for many students, especially our students on the spectrum. A simple activity like tic-tac-toe can be a perfect chance to work on appropriate responses to losing or winning,...


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21,000 WORDS A DAY!
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