This year’s “superhero sensor bin” is a bit different than last year’s. I used Orbeez last year and wanted to do so again since it’s so hot in June and Orbeez can stay wet (and cool) without getting funky, but I discovered that Orbeez have been banned (and for good reason). Instead, I used my …
Category: “The Flexible SLP”
Superhero Naturalistic Activities
Each month I switch out the apps, websites, and videos I use during treatment. Here are the superhero-themed ones I’m using this month… Books Apps Websites Note: each of the PBS Kids games are also available on the PBS Kids app. Videos Also: here are some ideas for using Disney shorts in speech & language …
May’s Theme: Space
My reusable monthly theme for May is SPACE! You can find the rest of my monthly themes here. Here are the ways I’m incorporating this theme in to my practice this month… You can find more themed virtual treatment rooms here. You can find more themed sensory bins here. You can find more themed prizes …
Space Naturalistic Activities
Each month I switch out the apps, websites, and videos I use during treatment. Here are the space-themed ones I’m using this month… Books Apps Websites Cooperative Game Videos Also: here are some ideas for using Disney shorts in speech & language treatment. Here are there rest of my space-themed treatment materials for May.
NEW Quiet Tent (with old star light)
About half of my patients have outgrown my old quiet tent so I got a new one. This tent is both bigger so that the bigger kids can fit in it, and it’s also a bit darker so it works well for kids who need a bit of a “womb space” to help themselves regulate. …
Space Prizes
My reusable theme for May is “space!” For prizes this month I added the leftover star sunglasses I got last year to my prize box and added these star-shaped bubble necklaces. Here are there rest of my space-themed treatment materials for May. And you can find the rest of my themed prizes here.
April’s Theme: Gardening & Birds
Since April is the month that we can all start gardening (and there are so many great gardening apps) I decided to use this for my reusable theme. I also love birding and April is a great time for it since so many birds are migrating through New Mexico at this time. Here are ways …
Gardening Prizes
I really struggled to find gardening-themed prizes. I really wanted growing kits, but they’ve quadrupled in price since before the pandemic! So, instead, I ordered these cacti erasers. I’ll update this page as the kids love or reject them. You can find the rest of my themed prizes here.
Gardening & Birds Virtual Treatment Room
Here’s April’s gardening-and-bird-themed virtual treatment room! Visit it to see the webcams, apps, videos, and websites I’m using this month. Here’s a link to my folder of treatment virtual therapy rooms (so you can download and edit a room to make it your own). You can find my other themed virtual treatment rooms here.
Gardening Sensory Bin
For my gardening sensory bin I ordered some black kinetic sand (I keep thinking my patients will get tired of kinetic sand, but each time I make a sensory bin without it half of them ask me when it’s coming back), small plastic planting pots, and a Safari Limited Toob with insects. I removed the …