Language Resources Blog

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

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 21:56:57 -0400

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

Writing Tips: Letter Reversals

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 21:48:30 -0400

Writing Tips: Letter reversals are a common problem with beginner writers which can be eliminated with visual supports.

Speech-language therapy resources and games that work

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:01:36 -0400

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

Interrupting Chicken Review

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 01:51:50 -0400

Interrupting Chicken Review: Little red chicken can't wait to hear the end of fairy tales.

Possum Magic Review: A book review of Mem Fox's memorable Possum Magic

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:23:31 -0400

Possum Magic Review: Mem Fox's Possum Magic is a classic story set in the Australian book about an old possum who is great at casting invisibility spells.

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

Sat, 29 Dec 2012 04:54:49 -0500

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.

The Arrival Analysis

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:53:09 -0500

The Arrival Analysis is a webpage devoted to providing a window into the complexity of Shaun Tan's classic, complex, wordless picture book.

Working Memory Strategies

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:24:06 -0500

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.

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

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:19:37 -0500

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

Speech

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 20:06:46 -0400

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Oral Language Techniques: strategies to enhance children's oral language

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:34:15 -0400

Oral Language Techniques: enhance your child's oral language development with these proven and powerful techniques.

What is Speech?

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 08:22:15 -0400

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

Educational Board Games: An introduction to educational board games

Wed, 16 May 2012 03:21:20 -0400

Educational Board Games: board games are a brilliant way to build academic skills in young children.

Board Games Boggle

Wed, 16 May 2012 03:16:34 -0400

Board Games Boggle: Boggle is a great word learning game that can be completed in three minutes

Board Game Basics. What are the components of a board game?

Tue, 15 May 2012 19:20:38 -0400

Board Game Basics: What are the characteristics of a board game?

Simple Board Games: Snakes and Ladders as an educational tool

Sun, 13 May 2012 08:49:46 -0400

Simple Board Games: Snakes and Ladders is a simplke board games that can be modified to be an excellent maths and language learning tool.

Board Game Rules and Social Language Skills

Sun, 13 May 2012 08:11:58 -0400

Board Game Rules and Social Language Skills: Why its important to develop social language skills early in life.

Teaching inferencing, the shared book reading way.

Sun, 13 May 2012 03:18:29 -0400

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

Verb Categories: Verbs are arranged in different categories

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 07:22:51 -0400

Verb Categories: the five main verb categories are having verbs, feeling verbs, thinking verbs, saying verbs, and doing verbs.

Figurative Language Similes

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:52:23 -0500

Figurative language Similes.

Figurative Language Metaphor

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:49:50 -0500

Figurative Language Metaphor

Speech Pathology Acronyms

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:36:56 -0500

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 00:29:00 -0500

Childhood Apraxia of Speech

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

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:26:41 -0500

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.

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

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:39:41 -0500

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 16:31:29 -0500

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 16:48:09 -0500

Come Down Cat Review

Free inference activities made easy.

Wed, 9 Nov 2011 00:17:53 -0500

Free inference activities for classroom use.

Dust Review:

Sat, 5 Nov 2011 08:03:24 -0400

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

Figurative language worksheets - simile and metaphor.

Sat, 8 Oct 2011 22:34:32 -0400

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

Speech language assessment: info on norm and criterion referenced assessments

Mon, 3 Oct 2011 21:28:32 -0400

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

Criterion Referenced Assessment

Mon, 3 Oct 2011 21:24:38 -0400

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

Norm Referenced Assessment for Language Disorder

Mon, 3 Oct 2011 02:49:25 -0400

Norm referenced assessment for children with language impairment or difficulty.

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

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 02:39:29 -0400

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 03:34:42 -0400

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, 8 Sep 2011 03:33:40 -0400

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

Speech Sounds sh

Wed, 7 Sep 2011 19:04:47 -0400

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

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

Wed, 7 Sep 2011 19:03:33 -0400

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

Speech Sounds r

Wed, 7 Sep 2011 19:02:25 -0400

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, 7 Sep 2011 19:00:36 -0400

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

Speech Sounds k.

Wed, 7 Sep 2011 18:58:25 -0400

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

Speech Sounds f

Wed, 7 Sep 2011 18:56:31 -0400

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

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

Wed, 7 Sep 2011 03:31:20 -0400

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

Working Memory Guide,

Wed, 7 Sep 2011 03:26:04 -0400

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, 7 Sep 2011 03:15:49 -0400

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

Vocabulary and Comprehension.

Wed, 7 Sep 2011 03:13:39 -0400

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

Student Resources Punctuation.

Tue, 6 Sep 2011 18:27:28 -0400

Student Resources Punctuation. Use this check list to improve punctuation

Student Resources Grammar

Tue, 6 Sep 2011 18:25:14 -0400

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

Speech Sound Structures

Tue, 6 Sep 2011 03:39:14 -0400

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, 6 Sep 2011 03:37:36 -0400

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, 6 Sep 2011 03:32:44 -0400

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

Shared Reading Activity

Tue, 6 Sep 2011 03:12:09 -0400

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