Helping children build sounds to make words is incredibly rewarding.This illustrates a recent experience I had with one of my students with limited ability to produce sounds. We brainstormed how to encourage positive communication even with limited verbal skills. https://talkitrockit.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/vowels.pdf Motor Planning Issues – One of my little students has been working on producing vowel […]
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Are you into singing or rapping? Both are great for learning!
I believe wholeheartedly in the power of music to enhance speech and language learning. Whether you are trying to remember your phone number, memorize 5 facts for a history test, or learn how to spell a complicated word, attaching those skills with a song can be a huge help. The same is true for young […]
The Parents of our Parent-Teacher Organization Are SPECIAL!!
Thinking about parents – As I get ready for a new school year, my mind often goes, not only to my little students, but their parents as well. I thought I would share something I wrote for our Early Childhood Special Education PTO defining the word, “special”. I have been a staff representative for the […]
Hey There Educators, Who Needs You More?
I was sitting in a staff development workshop one day. As I sat there, I began drifting off, thinking about our students and then the teachers who have classrooms of children. I asked myself this question: Which child in your class needs you more? The quiet one? The loud one? The crying one? The laughing […]