Today I have two fun activities that can be easily incorporated into your Thanksgiving curriculum sessions! OUR THANKSGIVING TABLE First is a language-based lesson that talks all about ''What We Eat On Thanksgiving Day!'' Using boardmaker pictures, I put together a sentence strip that reads, ''I EAT ____ ON THANKSGIVING DAY,'' and ...

A good relationship with the dietary manager can make your life as a SLP so much easier! Throughout my day, I probably have five to ten interactions with dietary staff -- from requesting trial meals for diet texture analysis, to updating diet texture or liquid consistency, to correcting errors during meals -- and the outcome and tone of ...

Here is a timeless fall treat that is both half healthy (made with apples!) and is easy to make in a classroom therapy setting! Enjoy! Ingredients: Apples 1 14 oz bag of caramels 1 tablespoon of water Spray butter for greasing Foods for dipping (e.g., crushed Oreos, crushed M&M's, etc.) You will ...

Earlier this past week, one of the teachers I work with, Jamie Zarmanian, shared with our preschool classes this fabulous recipe for pumpkin spice Play-Doh. The entire classroom smelled like cinnamon cookies! The texture was perfect - soft, but not sticky and children really seemed to enjoy using a different type of Play-Doh to roll, ...

This is the last week of my Piccolini Perfecto Pasta creations. Please take a look at my previous two recipe posts for ideas on how to create a delicious rainbow of flavors and nutrients using Barilla's Piccolini vegetable pastas. The third and final recipe includes the Mini Rotelle (aka mini wagon wheels), wonderfully made with spinach ...

If you have been reading this blog since its inception three years ago (the first post was published October 1, 2008) then you will know that when I began writing my weekly posts, I was working in a home-based birth to 3 program. It was that experience that prompted me to contact ADVANCE with the idea to create a speech and language therapy ...

This week instead of a recipe, I would like to share a fun lesson that expands on the apple theme from last week's recipe post. This is a lesson I created and implemented with my occupational therapist colleague and is an imaginative mix of communication and sensory-enriched activities! The Story of Johnny Appleseed The lesson began with a ...

...is perfect throughout the entire month of September! Apples are in season; why not use them in your speech and language lessons? There are so many different types of apples...Granny Smith, Fuji, Red and Golden Delicious, McIntosh, Rome Beauty and the list goes on. They vary in color, shape and texture. Some are sweet, others sour. This ...

As promised, today is the first ''Good Eater Secrets'' post! Good Eater Secrets is a series of questions designed to investigate the ''secrets'' behind children who are good, healthy eaters and the moms (and dads!) that feed them! The purpose of this search is to help both parents of ''picky eaters'' and speech therapists who work with ...