It's hard to believe the summer is quickly coming to an end (teachers in our district head back on MONDAY!). It seem like just yesterday I was packing up and cleaning my speech room for the summer. This summer has been a blessing with many adventures and visitors but I am ready to get back to my speech room and see my kiddos. I am feeling 10,000 times more prepared for this year than I did last year, it's amazing what one learns in one year as a school based SLP. I have been slowly organizing the materials I have at home, developing some new classroom management tools, and creating some fun new ice breaking activities to get my kids back in speech mode. To all the new CFs out there who are just trying to keep their heads above water, let me tell you... it does get better/easier/less stressful!
This year I am doing a complete overhaul of the way I approach speech and language therapy... last year I was in survival mode which means that many times my kids were just playing games and practicing their speech and language goals. This year I am having themed weeks and will be in charge of picking the activity 95% of the time. I'm sure it will take some adjusting for both myself and my kiddos but in the long run I think everyone will be happier/get more out of our time together in the speech room.
taking advantage of Walmart's 10% cash back on school supplies
The back to school stack continues to grow
This summer I finally got around to organizing all my TpT materials into thematic groups.
Finally got my back to school ice breaking activity up on TpT! It includes three different graphic organizers (varying skill level) that students can use to summarize their summers. Also included are 12 wh- ice breaking questions about summer and the start of the school year. I plan to use these activities as an ice breaker, to collect informal baseline data, and target various speech and language goals. It's 20% off for the next 24 hours! You can find it here
SLP Natalie
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