Why do we come to speech?

We have been getting back into the swing of things here in speech at Rice Creek. We have been having a lot of discussions about "why" we come to speech therapy. See some pictures below of our students learning about why we come to speech and how we can do our personal best! 

Signing our speech contracts!

Writing about our individual speech goals. 

We're talking about how we can use what we learn in speech outside of the speech room.

Welcome Back, Dolphins!

Welcome to the Rice Creek speech and language blog. We are happy to be back here at Rice Creek and working with your students for the upcoming year. On this website you will find:

• newsletters with suggestions for home practice
• home practice pages for various skills (language and articulation)
• links to websites related to speech and language 
• information about us (the Rice Creek speech-language pathologists)

We look forward to a wonderful year filled with growth for each of our students. 

Summer Break

Dear Dolphin Family,

Summer is finally here! We have been working very hard on your student’s speech and/or language skills during the 2015-2016 school year. Due to the fact skills are best developed with continual practice, please continue to practice with your student over the summer months. Below you will find some suggestions on how to practice with your students at home while having fun! We wish you all a restful summer and will see you all in the Fall!

April Newsletter

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Websites to Target Speech and Language Goals

We are often times asked for websites to practice language or articulation skills at home. We decided to publish a blog post with a few websites and games you can use at home with your children to work on their speech and language goals. 

1) Mommy Speech Therapy: 
http://mommyspeechtherapy.com/?page_id=55
This website has printable worksheets for different sounds your child may be practicing. You can print off worksheets to practice sounds at the word, sentence, and story levels. 

2) Sheppard Software's Verbs in Space: 
www.sheppardsoftware.com/grammar/verbs.htm
This is a fun game to help your child to identify action words.  Your child will be presented with a group of words and will be required to click on the verb. 

3) Sheppard Software's Preschool Animals Games:
 http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/preschool/animals.htm
This website offers a variety of interactive games perfect for preschool aged children. These will work on simple animal identification and counting and will give you and your child opportunities to talk about different animals you would see in a variety of areas such as farms, oceans, jungles and more. 

4) Turtle Diary Direction Words Game:
 http://www.turtlediary.com/game/direction-words.html
This game will help your child practice following spatial directions ("in", "on", "behind", "under", etc).  

5) Turtle Diary Describing Words:
 http://www.turtlediary.com/game/describing-words-fill-in-the-blank.html
This is an interactive vocabulary game for younger kids, which is designed to help them learn new words and expand their vocabulary. A simple lesson will introduce kids to the concept of describing words or adjectives and their use in a sentence. 

We hope you find these websites helpful when practicing at home with your child. Please contact us with any specific questions you may have regarding your child's speech or language needs. 

March Newsletter

Spring is officially here. Check out our March newsletter for ideas of how you can practice good speech and language skills at home with your child.