Language Resources Blog

Figurative Language Similes

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:52:23 GMT

Figurative language Similes.

Figurative Language Metaphor

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:49:50 GMT

Figurative Language Metaphor

Speech Pathology Acronyms

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:36:56 GMT

Speech Pathology Acronyms: A series of common acronyms which are used in speech pathology textbooks and journal articles.

Childhood Apraxia of Speech

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:29:00 GMT

Childhood Apraxia of Speech

Amos McGee Review: A Sick Day for Amos McGee reviewed here.

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:26:41 GMT

Amos McGee Review: A Sick Day for Amos McGee is a modern classic that tells the tale of an old man and his friendship with zoo animals.

Inferencing Activities: This ebook is all about working on children's inference.

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 22:34:00 GMT

Inferencing Activities: Get ready to build your students' inference and thinking skills with this practical approach to teaching this vital comprehension skill.

3rd grade books. A guide for teachers and speech pathologists.

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:39:41 GMT

3rd grade books. The storybooks featured and reviewed here have all proven to be invaluable language stimulation texts.

Abdul Gasazi Review: The Garden of Abdul Gaszi by Chris Van Allsburg

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:31:29 GMT

Abdul Gasazi Review. Chris Van Allsburg classic picture book, The Garden of Abdul Gasazi, asks the question: is magic real?

Come Down Cat Review

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:48:09 GMT

Come Down Cat Review

Free inference activities made easy.

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 05:17:53 GMT

Free inference activities for classroom use.

Dust Review:

Sat, 05 Nov 2011 12:03:24 GMT

Dust Review: Colin Thompson's Dust is a confronting but important picture book that focuses children's attention on world hunger

Working Memory Strategies

Sun, 30 Oct 2011 10:48:35 GMT

Working memory strategies; In this downloadable ebook you will find many user-friendly strategies to help students in your classroom attend to instructions and written assignments.

Speech Language Products: Features unique and user friendly language products.

Sun, 30 Oct 2011 10:46:13 GMT

Speech Language Products: The products on this page are user friendly and have been designed to fully engage your students with gorgeous illustrations and engaging activities.

Speech-language therapy resources and games that work

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 01:37:28 GMT

Low priced, and free, quality, speech-language resources and information about language and literacy difficulties - created by a school based speech-language pathologist.

Free language activities, available to use with students with language difficult

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 01:28:16 GMT

Free language activities that demonstrate shared reading strategies and are easy to use.

Figurative language worksheets - simile and metaphor.

Sun, 09 Oct 2011 02:34:32 GMT

Figurative language worksheets that explore the differences and similarities between metaphor and simile.

Speech language assessment: info on norm and criterion referenced assessments

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 01:28:32 GMT

Speech language assessment: Speech-language clinicians use assessment tools to determine a child's oral and written communication skills.

Criterion Referenced Assessment

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 01:24:38 GMT

Criterion referenced assessment: A test which compares and individuals performance to a prespecified standard.

Norm Referenced Assessment for Language Disorder

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 06:49:25 GMT

Norm referenced assessment for children with language impairment or difficulty.

Mercer Mayer Review: A Boy, a Dog, and a Frog.

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 06:39:29 GMT

Mercer Mayer Review: A Boy, a Dog, and a Frog is a classic wordless picture book.

Sparrow Girl Review: In 1958 China, the Sparrows are declared the enemy.

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 07:34:42 GMT

Sparrow Girl Review. This is a compelling fable based on a real life act of universal stupidity that had disastrous consequences for the Chinese population.

Basic comprehension questions are important

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 07:33:40 GMT

Basic comprehension questions play a vital role in the shared book reading experience

Speech Sounds sh

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 23:04:47 GMT

Speech Sounds sh. How to elicit the sh sound in young children.

Speech Sounds s. How to stimulate /s/ sound.

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 23:03:33 GMT

Speech Sounds s. Advice on how to stimulate the /s/ sound.

Speech Sounds r

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 23:02:25 GMT

Speech Sounds r: Teachniques and strategies to help a child correctly produce the /r/ phoneme.

Speech Sounds l: How to elicit the /l/ phoneme.

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 23:00:36 GMT

Speech Sounds l: How to elicit the /l/ phoneme in young children with speech sound errors.

Speech Sounds k.

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 22:58:25 GMT

Speech Sounds k. How to elicit the k and g sounds in young children.

Speech Sounds f

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 22:56:31 GMT

Speech Sounds f. How to Elicit the /f/ Sound in Young Children

What is Speech?

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 07:32:40 GMT

What is Speech? Speech is the production of sound using the tongue, lips and teeth to communicate thoughts.

Working memory problems are an often overlooked difficulty in the classroom.

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 07:31:20 GMT

Working memory problems: access this page for current information about working memory and the school-aged child.

Working Memory Guide,

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 07:26:04 GMT

Working Memory Guide: working memory has been described as the gateway to learning. Read this page and links to find out why.

Vocabulary and Context.

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 07:15:49 GMT

Vocabulary and Context. The process of reading provides students with a context for learning new vocabulary.

Vocabulary and Comprehension.

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 07:13:39 GMT

Vocabulary and Comprehension. Understanding text means more than just reading words on a page; comprehension relies upon vocabulary knowledge.

Teaching inferencing, the shared book reading way.

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 22:39:59 GMT

Teaching inferencing to school-aged children is directly related to the comprehension and understanding of stories.

Student Resources Punctuation.

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 22:27:28 GMT

Student Resources Punctuation. Use this check list to improve punctuation

Student Resources Grammar

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 22:25:14 GMT

Student Resources Grammar. A series of basic writing resources for school aged students.

Speech Sound Structures

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 07:39:14 GMT

Speech Sound Structures. The structures of the human speech mechanism.

Speech Sound Errors. The most common speech errors a child is likely to make.

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 07:37:36 GMT

Speech Sound Errors. Articulation disorders and phonological disorders are the two most common types of speech disorders. This page explores both speech disorders.

Simplify Classroom Language: Tips for Teachers

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 07:32:44 GMT

Simplify Classroom Language. Tips for helping students with language difficulty understand verbal instructions.

Shared Reading Activity

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 07:12:09 GMT

Shared reading activity is at the heart of the text-based language intervention paradigm

shared book reading and speech-language pathology

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 07:06:10 GMT

Shared book reading hasn't always been a speech-language pathologists focus. But times are changing. Speech-language pathologists are ideally suited to support literacy in school-aged children.

Reading difficulty - tips for parents

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 06:54:20 GMT

Reading difficulty tips for parents of children with language impairment

Reading difficult material. Tips for parents.

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 06:50:12 GMT

When reading difficult material it's essential to know when it's best to quit and when it's best to forge ahead.

Reading Comprehension Problems

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 13:02:59 GMT

Reading Comprehension Problems: This page examines the complexity of reading comprehension difficulties.

Rapid Automatic Naming

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 12:45:49 GMT

Rapid Automatic Naming is an assessment task that can help predict a child's reading success or failure potential.

Picture book activities

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 12:28:30 GMT

Picture book activities are well worth the investment in time. I've created a range of black line masters and activities that can be used with most picture books.

Phonological awareness tips and information

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 12:21:15 GMT

Phonological awareness is the leading predictor of reading success and failure. Read this page and find out why.

Phonemic awareness activities for kindergarten and school-aged children

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 12:15:56 GMT

Phonemic awareness activities and phonological awareness activities will definitely improve your students reading and spelling skills . Visit this page to find out why.

Metalinguistics and the school-age child

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 12:06:42 GMT

Metalinguistics is the ability to shift our attention from the meaning of what is said or written to how it was said or written.

Learning and Working Memory

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 11:54:48 GMT

Learning and Working Memory: good working memory skills is crucial for academic success and for successful learning.