Introducing Boom Cards
We are really excited to be introducing Boom Cards to our range of products. Like all of our products, our Boom Cards resources have been used in the real world with our clients. We’ve had excellent results in using these online, interactive products especially as we have modified our practice to be 100% online in response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation.
With more Boom Cards on the way, we already have products developed for:
- Expressive Verbs
- Receptive Verbs
- Building Vocabulary
- Minimal Pairs
- Phonemic Awareness
- Prepositions
- Rhyming
Check out our Boom Cards range on the Boom Cards shop.
ABOUT SPEECH CONCEPTS
Speech Therapist, Speech and Language Therapist, SLP, Speech Pathologist – we call ourselves by many names. Regardless of the title we use, the one constant is that we all want the best outcomes for our clients and families. This presents two challenges. Finding the right resource for each client can be difficult but there is never enough time to create your own resources in a jam-packed day.
Just like you, I am a busy speech pathologist always on the look out for fun and innovative resources to maximise the outcomes from my sessions. Finding resources which are relevant, cost-effective, and engaging can take as long as creating one from scratch. So, over the years I found that I was making more and more resources myself. I started Speech Concepts as a way to share the resources I was developing. The range of practical resources have all been tested in the real world, and could be just the thing you have been looking for.
Check out our fun speech therapy resources for your clinic, and don’t forget to tell us if there is something you would like us to develop.
SHOP OUR RESOURCES
SPEECH
We have several sets of Speech Resources to help you harness the power of working through the articulation hierarchy…learn more
ASSESSMENT
Targetted intervention comes from a thorough and comprehensive assessment.
BLANKS QUESTIONS
Blanks questions are one way to encourage oral language development…learn more
TIME TO CELEBRATE
Whether it is Christmas, Easter or Valentines Day it is a great chance to change…learn more
EXPRESSIVE AND RECEPTIVE LANGUAGE
Language is huge! Over the coming months activities will be added to support your therapy…learn more
PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS
Phonological Awareness (phonemic awareness) refers to an understanding of the sound structure of language…learn more
SOCIAL SKILLS
Social awareness is something which needs to occur whenever we are in the presence of others…learn more
VOCABULARY
Vocabulary size is the most important factor impacting upon the ability of school-age children…learn more
SPEECH CONCEPTS BLOG
How to pick a great toy?
As a speech pathologist, one of the questions I am often asked is “What toys will help my child talk?” The toys on this list include many of my “must-haves” for working with early language learners, as well as those that I would generally recommend to parents of young...
Mr Potato Head
As a child, I always wanted a Mr Potato Head. I didn't have one as a child, but it was one of the first toys I purchased for my clinic room. Everybody loves Mr Potato head. Here are some of the things I use Mr Potato head for in the clinic: *Making requests (e.g., ‘I...
Build a Beetle
Love this all-rounder game. Such a multitude of goals for language, articulation, social and fine motor. Build a Beetle is fantastic for turn-taking and addressing flexibility in gameplay. Is your beetle going to be one colour or multicoloured? The flexibility...
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Have you seen this hilarious headline card game? You are given cards with words on them, each with a point value. When it`s your turn, construct the headline or a story to earn points! i love to use this game to target sentence construction. It`s open-ended but with some structure so that all can succeed. If you want a harder challenge I add in conjunctions.
Book Share Tuesday
Commotion in the Ocean is a great book for working on :
Articulation – sh fish shark shell ocean commotion
Vocabulary – ocean animals
Rhyming
Snail and Whale by Julia Donaldsen
This book is great for working on:
adjectives
describing narrative
sequencing
narrative
Vocabulary ocean animals
rhyming
speech sounds - /l/ word-final positions -snail, whale, sail school pool cool. TrailS
Speech sounds - /s/ blends snail, whale, sail school pool cool. Vocabulary ocean animals
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Pig the Fibber is a great read. All the pig books have lots of humour. this one explores with children about what might happen when we tell lies. The rhyming text and great illustrations keep children engaged This story can be used to target simple predicting - what might happen next?) and inferencing . there are lots of great vocabulary (tier 2) to explore as well as many language concepts.
📌 🧲 🔲 Get creative with Melissa and Doug magnetic pieces! 🧲 🔲 Grab a magnetic board and magnetic pieces for a 💪🏼 flexible resource to support many goals 🤔 Buy two of everything and you have a 🛡 barrier game ready to go 🤩
Here I have paired the magnets with some target cards. We produced our target before using the piece to make a scene.
Piranhas Don’t Eat Bananas is a fun and cheeky rhyming book. I love the vocabulary and rhyme in this book; it will surely engage everyone. This is a great book to target vocabulary - body parts, talking about
differences and similarities and making inferences. If working on articulation - there are a range bilabial words to target.
