Hello! The weekend has been a difficult one. It has been hard to even turn on the T.V. I for one have a first grader. He means more to me than words could ever describe. I know that the shock and sadness from the shooting has left a lot of people in disbelief, just like me. The way that I helped myself to deal with the sadness was to find extra time to hug my boys and to stay distracted and away from the news coverage. One fun thing I did do was pick five names from some of our most recent followers. I got to email them and ask them to pick out a document for free. It is nice to give things away. It is also fun to know that other people can use and benefit from our materials. In a really hard way, I realize that life has to go on. I know that it is going to be extra hard for many to accept that, but that's the reality of life. Life can be super hard sometimes! So, I kissed my son good bye before he headed to school today, I am checking my emails before work, writing this post, and heading off to the speech clinic soon. I'm going to go try to make a difference somehow. I'm going to try to be the best therapist I can be today to those adults and kids on my caseload! As far as the fun news. Here are the winners and this is what they picked as their own Christmas presents! I wish them all well and I thank them and all of you for stopping by and reading the blog.
Best Wishes, Manda
Sharon picked Christmas Pronouns
Carly picked the Winter Themed /TH/ Packet
Jenn picked the Early Pronouns and Prepositions
Wanda picked the Winter Themed /TH/ Packet
Brooke picked the Frontal Lisping- "S" Remediation Program
Welcome to Twin Speech, Language & Literacy LLC! (Previously known as Twin Sisters Speech and Language Therapy LLC). Our mission is to make original theme based materials that are both useful and fun! We strive to make every single therapy session interactive, enjoyable, and very beneficial! We love being speech therapists and enjoy knowing that our students want to come back each and every week!
Monday, December 17, 2012
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Freebie! Winter Themed Pre-K Concepts
Hello! We hope that you are having a lovely winter. Please fill free to download this freebie to be used with your pre-k kiddos! A variety of concepts are covered. For instance, numbers, "what's different", sizing from littlest to biggest, counting, naming, and more!
Best wishes,
Manda and Shanda
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Dear Followers,
It's hard not to think about the sorrow and anguish in the lives of so many people today. Shanda and I have been deeply effected by the events in Newtown, Connecticut. The whole tragedy is senseless and unexplainable. Our hearts go out to the families of those precious children, the teachers and staff at that elementary school, all of the rescue workers and healthcare personnel who all so bravely helped out during such a horrific time. Holding our loved ones extra close today.
Sincerely,
Manda
It's hard not to think about the sorrow and anguish in the lives of so many people today. Shanda and I have been deeply effected by the events in Newtown, Connecticut. The whole tragedy is senseless and unexplainable. Our hearts go out to the families of those precious children, the teachers and staff at that elementary school, all of the rescue workers and healthcare personnel who all so bravely helped out during such a horrific time. Holding our loved ones extra close today.
Sincerely,
Manda
I Spy Rhymes - A Phonemic Awareness Unit Targeting Rhyming Skills
I Spy Rhymes - A Phonemic Awareness
Unit Targeting Rhyming Skills
Updates made on 1-31-13! New pages added!!
Why work on rhyming? It is a common core standard skill goal area, it helps to improve reading, writing, and speaking skills, and because it's fun to work on rhyming! Kids love to hear and to say rhymes. This packet will provide you with a wide variety of worksheets, games and activities to target rhyming skill advancement. Enjoy!
We hope you find this program beneficial and to your satisfaction. If you have any comments and concerns, please let us know. We would be happy to help out.
Sincerely, Manda & Shanda, SLP's
More information can be found at our blog. Come on over and take a look!
http://twinsistersspeechandlanguagetherapy.blogspot.com/
Contents of this super fun farm unit addressing rhyming:
Page 5: Color the ducks and repeat the words that rhyme with “duck”.
Page 6: Find the picture that rhymes with, “pig” and repeat the words that rhyme with “pig”.
Page 7 -8: Write the first letter to finish words that rhyme.
Page 9: Common Core Standard Activity: Rhyme recognition. Say, “yes” if the two words rhyme.
Pages 10 to 14: Seek -’N’- Find the rhyming pictures.
Pages 15 – 18: Seek -’N’- Find the rhyme pairs in nursery rhymes about farms.
Pages 19-24: Find the targeted end rhymes in the farm stories.
Pages 25-27: Find the “rotten eggs” in the chickens nest. Find the word that does not rhyme.
Pages 28-30: Print, cut out, and laminate the Pink Pig rhyming pair cards. Play memory match.
Pages 31-34: Print, cut out, and laminate the White Sheep Rhyming Sorting Cards. Sort them into the four categories on the rhyming mat.
Page 35: Draw a line to the matching rhyming pairs.
Page 36: Write in a word that rhymes with a color word.
Page 37: Circle the picture that rhymes with a given word worksheet.
Pages 38-39: Color the pictures while naming rhyming words for the ones given.
Page 40: Rhyming Words Discrimination (Level A) worksheet. Identify the word that rhymes with the first word.
Page 41: Rhyming Words Discrimination (Level B) worksheet. Identify the word that does not rhyme with the other two.
Page 42: Produce A Rhyming Word (Level C) worksheet. Produce a rhyming word to complete a sentence.
Page 43: Rhyming Word Production (Level D) worksheet. Produce three rhyming words after hearing the target word.
Page 44: Worksheet: Draw a line from each word on the left to the word that rhymes with it on the right.
Page 45: Worksheet: Write a word that rhymes with the given word.
Page 46: School is Cool Rhyming Poster.
Page 47: Farmer Joe’s thank you card to the rhyming students.
Sincerely, Why work on rhyming? It is a common core standard skill goal area, it helps to improve reading, writing, and speaking skills, and because it's fun to work on rhyming! Kids love to hear and to say rhymes. This packet will provide you with a wide variety of worksheets, games and activities to target rhyming skill advancement. Enjoy!
We hope you find this program beneficial and to your satisfaction. If you have any comments and concerns, please let us know. We would be happy to help out.
Sincerely, Manda & Shanda, SLP's
More information can be found at our blog. Come on over and take a look!
http://twinsistersspeechandlanguagetherapy.blogspot.com/
Contents of this super fun farm unit addressing rhyming:
Page 5: Color the ducks and repeat the words that rhyme with “duck”.
Page 6: Find the picture that rhymes with, “pig” and repeat the words that rhyme with “pig”.
Page 7 -8: Write the first letter to finish words that rhyme.
Page 9: Common Core Standard Activity: Rhyme recognition. Say, “yes” if the two words rhyme.
Pages 10 to 14: Seek -’N’- Find the rhyming pictures.
Pages 15 – 18: Seek -’N’- Find the rhyme pairs in nursery rhymes about farms.
Pages 19-24: Find the targeted end rhymes in the farm stories.
Pages 25-27: Find the “rotten eggs” in the chickens nest. Find the word that does not rhyme.
Pages 28-30: Print, cut out, and laminate the Pink Pig rhyming pair cards. Play memory match.
Pages 31-34: Print, cut out, and laminate the White Sheep Rhyming Sorting Cards. Sort them into the four categories on the rhyming mat.
Page 35: Draw a line to the matching rhyming pairs.
Page 36: Write in a word that rhymes with a color word.
Page 37: Circle the picture that rhymes with a given word worksheet.
Pages 38-39: Color the pictures while naming rhyming words for the ones given.
Page 40: Rhyming Words Discrimination (Level A) worksheet. Identify the word that rhymes with the first word.
Page 41: Rhyming Words Discrimination (Level B) worksheet. Identify the word that does not rhyme with the other two.
Page 42: Produce A Rhyming Word (Level C) worksheet. Produce a rhyming word to complete a sentence.
Page 43: Rhyming Word Production (Level D) worksheet. Produce three rhyming words after hearing the target word.
Page 44: Worksheet: Draw a line from each word on the left to the word that rhymes with it on the right.
Page 45: Worksheet: Write a word that rhymes with the given word.
Page 46: School is Cool Rhyming Poster.
Page 47: Farmer Joe’s thank you card to the rhyming students.
Manda & Shanda
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
TH Sound Practice! Winter themed /TH/ Articulation Packet
Contents:
Page 5: Directions for the Winter Articulation Board Game.
Pages 7-15: Have fun playing the Winter Articulation Board Game! several /TH/ words in the initial, medial and final positions have been provided.
Pages 16: Trace the line and “warm up” your /TH/.
Pages 17-19: Say the words to continue with your /th/ warm up.
Pages 20-22:Find the initial, medial and final position /th/ words in the crossword puzzles.
Pages 23-25:/TH/ Word Roll. Write the word and say it the total number times shown on the die. See which word “wins” by being the first one to get written in the fifth space.
Pages 26-28:Tic –Tac-Toe boards for /th/ words.
Pages 29-31: 3 pages of initial, medial and final position /TH/ cards for a fun Memory Match Game.
Pages 32-34:Connect -The- Dots Game for initial, medial and final position /TH/ words. Say the word and draw one line. Take turns with a partner. Try to make a square.
Pages 35-37:Seek - ‘N’ - Find the pictures words. Repeat the words in the sentence, “I found the ___”.
Page 38: Connect the sentence to the picture.
Pages 39-42: /TH/ Hangman Games. Grab an extra person to play this game. Guess the words on the line one letter at a time before a hangman is formed.
Pages 43-45:Repeat or read aloud the /TH/ sentences.
Page 46: Practice your /TH/ in a paragraph.
Page 47: Carryover practice with /TH/ in mind!
To say “TH,” we have to place our tongue between our front teeth. The tongue needs to stick out just a little to make the correct sound. We blow air quietly out for the soft “th” likein “Thursday.” We turn our voice boxes “on” and make a noisier sound for the hard “th” like in “that.”
The /TH/ sound in the English language is really used in two ways, creating two separate sounds. Even though both versions of the /TH/ sound are produced with the same mouth position, the voiced /TH/ uses the vocal cords to amplify the sound, such as in “that”, “them” and “therefore”. The unvoiced /TH/ sound relies only on the air passing through the mouth and the teeth resulting in a softer /TH/ sound in words like “Thursday”, “thermostat, and “thaw”. The voiceless /TH/ is usually mastered by age 5 or 6, but the voiced /TH/ may still be mispronounced by many children until
age 7.
To make either sound, place the very tip of your tongue lightly between your teeth and blow air through. This naturally makes the unvoiced /TH/ sound. Add your voice, the vibration of your vocal cords, to create the voiced /TH/ sound. The tip of the tongue should be pointed and placed slightly between the top and bottom front teeth. Lips should be shaped in a slight smile.. You can feel the difference between the voiceless vs. the voiced /TH/ sounds if you place your hand on your throat when you say each sound. You should feel vibration when you say a word such as “smother” and no vibration when you say “three”. You can also feel air flowing out of the mouth when saying the voiceless /TH/ sound.
/TH/ Sound Teaching Tips
For the voiceless /TH/ say, “Put your tongue between your teeth and push air from behind your tongue”. For the voiced /TH/ say, “Put your tongue between your teeth and turn your voice on while you push air from behind your tongue.
To teach the voiced /TH/ (turning voice on), it may be taught by having him say “zzzz,” then gradually having him move his tongue forward to between his teeth.
Demonstrate /TH/ using a mirror. Instruct the child to “bite your tongue and blow.”
Use the tactile cue of showing the /TH/ and demonstrate how you can feel the burst of air when your put your hand in front of your mouth during the /TH/ production.
If the child substitutes /F/ or /V/ for /TH/, draw his attention to the use of the tongue and teeth to make the sound. The teeth and lip should not make contact. Practice “f-th-f-th” to contrast the two sounds. If necessary, gently push the lower lip out of the way.
Produce the /D/ sound and the /TH/ sound while looking in the mirror and learn to see the difference between the two sounds.
Have your child practice the /TH/ in isolation until it is easy for him. This helps your child understand what sound to focus on and gives them a correct example to imitate. Gradually add vowels to form simple syllables: “tho,” and, “the”. Then see if the child can imitate the sounds in word , phrase and eventually sentence imitation.
**Here is a video of the /TH/ being produced. It is provided by the University of Iowa’s phonetics program.
Click on "Place" then click on "Lingua-Dental"
Link to video of /th/ being produced.
Sunday, December 9, 2012
OUR BRAND NEW LOOK! PLEASE BECOME A FOLLOWER!
Shanda and I are updating all of our documents. If you have bought one off of TpT, you will soon receive an email letting you know that your new document is ready to be downloaded. If you bought off of Teachers Notebook we will email you at the address seen on our buyers printout. Every document that is being re-done will contain extra pages, more pictures, and some editing to make it look just right! We will also have changed our blog address on all of our documents to reflect our new name. Not a big change, but we have added an extra "s". We are now Twin Sisters Speech and Language Therapy and not Twin Sister Speech and Language Therapy.
Please sign up to be one of our followers using the follower button on the right side of the blog that we added today! We know that you come here to visit often because we have had over 3,500 people view our blog since we started it just a short time ago. So, will you please make it official by becoming one of our followers? If you became a follower it would be super great! You would be able to become aware of our weekly postings and drawings sooner than everyone else. In fact, by becoming a follower you will be entered into a drawing today! All you have to do is 1) Become a follower by clicking on the button on the right side, 2) Leave a comment at the end of this post and include your email address. That's it! You will automatically be entered in a drawing where we will pick five names from a hat! All five winners will receive a free Twin Sisters Speech and Language Therapy document of their choice. We will email you right away to let you know if you are a winner.
We are super excited to launch our new look and are both super happy to have had you here for a visit!! More postings on speech and language issues are coming soon!
Sincerely,
Manda & Shanda, Speech Language Pathologists
Twin Sisters Speech and Language Therapy
Christmas Pronouns- HE, SHE, THEY, HIM, HER, HIS, HERS, THEIRS
It's snowing a ton this weekend in Minnesota. It's looking a lot like Christmas as a result!! I hope you can have a blast teaching your kiddos about pronouns with our Christmas pronoun printable in the next few weeks! Happy Holiday!!
Manda and Shanda
Take a look at the contents:
Here are 28 cute Christmas themed pronoun pages targeting a variety of personal and possessive pronouns that are to be learned by the age of 4. This is the outline:
Pages 3 - 6: Circle the he, she or they pictures.
Pages 7-8: Draw a line to the correct he , she or they pronoun.
Pages 9-10: Sort the he and she pictures on the sorting mat .
Page 11: Listen to the he and she sentences and than draw a line to the matching picture.
Pages 12 -13: Write in the missing pronoun. Use he, she or they.
Pages 14 - 15: Look at the picture and circle him or her to match the picture.
Pages 16 - 18: Cut and glue the correct Christmas present next to the boy or girl to work on the pronouns of him or her.
Pages 19 - 20: Write in his, hers, or theirs, to finish the sentence.
Pages 21 - 24: Cut out bulbs to decorate a Christmas tree after listening to 15 different sentences that have pronouns. Fill in missing pronouns when needed. Pronouns used include: he, she, him, her, his, hers, and theirs.
Pages 25-27: Christmas Bingo using the pronouns of it, she, he, him, her, and they.
Page 28: Pronoun teaching page.
Pages 3 - 6: Circle the he, she or they pictures.
Pages 7-8: Draw a line to the correct he , she or they pronoun.
Pages 9-10: Sort the he and she pictures on the sorting mat .
Page 11: Listen to the he and she sentences and than draw a line to the matching picture.
Pages 12 -13: Write in the missing pronoun. Use he, she or they.
Pages 14 - 15: Look at the picture and circle him or her to match the picture.
Pages 16 - 18: Cut and glue the correct Christmas present next to the boy or girl to work on the pronouns of him or her.
Pages 19 - 20: Write in his, hers, or theirs, to finish the sentence.
Pages 21 - 24: Cut out bulbs to decorate a Christmas tree after listening to 15 different sentences that have pronouns. Fill in missing pronouns when needed. Pronouns used include: he, she, him, her, his, hers, and theirs.
Pages 25-27: Christmas Bingo using the pronouns of it, she, he, him, her, and they.
Page 28: Pronoun teaching page.
Gingerbread Auditory Comprehension: Sweet 1, 2 and 3 Step Direction Following Games and Activities
Auditory comprehension is an important skill to have. A good ability to follow directions will help a student to become more successful in their daily school and home environments. Children are constantly asked to follow 1, 2, and even 3- step commands during a normal school or home environment day! This auditory comprehension packet is full of opportunities to address direction following at the 1, 2, and 3 step levels. Students will enjoy coloring Gingerbread Men, decorating a Gingerbread house, and even playing, "Cinnamon Says", and (a take on the Simon Says Game). After doing these fun tasks, your students will for sure have improved in their ability to follow directions which will hopefully help them to become even better students! We hope you enjoy using it and find it helpful! Please download the preview for a close up of the contents.
Sincerely,
Manda & Shanda, SLP's
Twin Sisters Speech & Language Therapy
Link to unit on Teachers Pay Teachers
Link to unit on Teachers Notebook
Winter Themed 3 & 4 Syllable Verbal Expression or Word Reading Game
All in Speech and Language fun!
Shanda Gaunt and Manda Riebel-SLP’s
Monday, December 3, 2012
Holiday Synonyms, Antonyms, and Figurative Language
Antonyms and Figurative Language Unit
I know that our kiddos at our speech therapy clinic need to expand their vocabulary and their overall expressive and receptive use of language, and that is why I often work on the targeted areas of synonyms and antonyms. English vocabulary is very large (full of over one million words) and it is full of several words that share the same meanings and nuances of one meaning. I think that helping to broaden a students ability to name synonyms and antonyms, will only increase that student's vocabulary and ultimately make it easier for them to find the correct word that they need when they try to express themselves on paper and in expressive speech. Please link to our new holiday language packet if you would like some fun North Pole themed activities for your children to work on this December that will help increase their understanding, knowledge, and use of synonyms and antonyms. As a result, their vocabulary will expand!
What is a Synonym?
Synonyms are words that have the same or almost the same meaning.
Examples include: big/large, wet/damp, and pretty/beautiful.
What is an Antonym?
Antonyms are words that have opposite meanings.
Examples include: happy/sad, young/old, and big/little.
In addition, the same holiday language packet includes some super fun games and worksheets to be used with your children to help increase their figurative language understanding. We use figurative language to describe an object, person, or situation by comparing it to or with something else. For example, "She was as quiet as a mouse". Or, "He is as strong as an ox". Figurative language is a way to make a statement more "colorful". I like to work on figurative language with my students (especially those that have special needs such as autism, language deficits, or use English as a second language) because they have a lot of trouble understanding some of the comparisons. Metaphors are especially difficult because they suggest something or someone actually becomes or is something else and those suggestions are not always obvious. Some metaphors need to be described and rehearsed before the child will actually understand them enough to comprehend them when heard in speech or for them to use in their own conversations. I hope you can practice increasing metaphor and simile understanding with your children as well. Please link to one of our stores to buy this new language packet!
What is Figurative Language?
Whenever you describe something by comparing it with something else,
you are using figurative language. Metaphors and similes
are two forms of figurative language.
Metaphor
The metaphor states a fact or draws a verbal picture by the use of comparison.
A metaphor is used for comparing two things indirectly. Unlike a simile, the words 'like'
and 'as' are not used, in fact, no direct words are used for comparison.
Simile A simile uses the words “like” or “as” to compare one object or idea with another to suggest they are alike.
Thanks so much and Happy Holiday's!!
Manda & Shanda, Speech Language Pathologists
Twin Sisters Speech and Language Therapy
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