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SLP Corner: Picture Books Are For Big Kids Too

June 23, 2021

25 June 2021, Article, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Speech Room News] Did you know that picture books are for big kids too? Some educators may not agree and think that picture books are “too simple” or “babyish” for big kids but I am here to tell you that picture…...

OT Corner: 100 Things To Do This Summer

June 22, 2021

25 June 2021, News, Newsletter, OT, Tip or Resource

Editor’s Note: This blog post lists 100 great summer ideas right in the post. A more printer friendly list is also available for free if you sign up for the OT Toolbox mailing list. Having a summer bucket list that keeps kids…...

Patriotic Firework Paintings

June 22, 2021

25 June 2021, Fine Motor Skills, Newsletter, OT

[Source: Inner Child Fun] These painted firework prints are an easy patriotic craft the kids can make to be displayed in your home in time for the 4th of July holiday! A big thank you to our friends at Melissa & Doug for…...

June 22, 2021

25 July 2021, Blog, Career, Career Corner, Job, Newsletter

By Debbie Fledderjohann, President of Top Echelon Contracting Imagine this: You receive an offer for a school-based contract assignment that is too good to pass up. Not only is the pay rate higher than the other offers you have received, but you…...

June 22, 2021

25 June 2021, Newsletter, OT, Sensory Processing, Tip or Resource

[Source: PK Therapy] By: Lindsey Murphy, OTR/L The Fourth of July is a wonderful holiday full of food, fireworks, and fun. However, sometimes the celebrations can become a bit of a sensory overload. In order to make this holiday enjoyable for everyone,…...

June 22, 2021

25 June 2021, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

[Source: The SLP Solution] Happy (almost) 4th of July!! For a lot of you, summer school is over or at the very least, your children are off for the 4th. Looking for some fun Fourth of July activities to keep them entertained as…...

Free Patriotic Prepositions on TpT

June 22, 2021

25 June 2021, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source: The Speech Bubble via TpT] Celebrate 4th of July with some patriotic prepositions! Enjoy this freebie with your students as you celebrate 🙂 Download this Freebie HERE...

Spatial Directions: Fourth of July

June 22, 2021

[Source: Ms. Lane’s Speech Materials] A little early, but here are some positional directions with an Independence Day theme. I am especially excited about the Fourth of July this year because my baby girl is due that day! The basic concepts addressed…...

June 21, 2021

[Source: Medical X-Press] More teens in the United States are reporting their sexual identity as gay, lesbian or bisexual, nationwide surveys show. Between 2015 and 2019, the percentage of 15- to 17-year-olds who said they identified as “non-heterosexual” rose from 8.3% to…...

June 21, 2021

[Source; Science Daily] Researchers have identified two subgroups of adolescents who self-harm and have shown that it is possible to predict those individuals at greatest risk almost a decade before they begin self-harming. The team, based at the MRC Cognition and Brain…...