Carrie Hughes Speech and Language Therapist

Carrie Hughes Speech and Language Therapist I provide independent assessments and therapy for children and adults in the colchester area.

⚽ A little sneak peek for all the football fans…I’ve been working on something new and I’m finally ready to share a glim...
06/01/2026

⚽ A little sneak peek for all the football fans…

I’ve been working on something new and I’m finally ready to share a glimpse!
Introducing my upcoming Colourful Semantics set: Football Training Day

This set features:
A vibrant A3 picture scene printed on high‑quality NeverTear card
Picture cards for all the characters and actions in the scene
Perfect for speech and language therapists, specialist teachers, and anyone supporting children, teens or adults who love football

It’s been so much fun to create, and I’m hoping it’ll be a big hit with football‑mad learners.

More details coming soon… but for now, here’s your little teaser 👀
Can’t wait to show you the full set!

If your New Year’s feed has been as busy as mine, you might have missed it — there’s currently 30% off all products at C...
05/01/2026

If your New Year’s feed has been as busy as mine, you might have missed it — there’s currently 30% off all products at Carrie Hughes Speech and Language Therapist.

Whether you're refreshing your toolkit or looking for something new to support your caseload, there’s plenty to explore:

- The brand‑new Cycles Pack – perfect for therapists wanting a clear, structured approach.
- Speech Sound Cue Cards – one of my most popular sets, available as downloadable or printed versions.
- Blank Levels Resources – consistently a favourite for language work with children and teens.
- A huge range of Minimal Pairs cards – covering many contrasts
- Games, Colourful Semantics sets, emotions cards, and so much more...

All designed by me, a practising SLT, created to save you time and support meaningful progress in sessions.

If you’ve been meaning to treat yourself (or your therapy cupboard), now’s a great moment to do it.

Explore the website: carriehughes-slt.co.uk

Apply the code "HAPPYNEWYEAR2026" at the checkout to receive 30% off.

As always, shares are really appreciated 🙂

🥳 HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🥳Wishing you a happy and healthy new year, making wonderful new memories. I want to thank you all for...
02/01/2026

🥳 HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🥳

Wishing you a happy and healthy new year, making wonderful new memories.
I want to thank you all for your support this year - it means so much.
As a thank you…
It’s time for a sale!

Use the code:

HAPPYNEWYEAR2026

for 30% off everything.

Any shares are also really appreciated x❤️x

Let me introduce you to the reason why I haven’t been very productive with new resources recently. Meet five month old D...
12/12/2025

Let me introduce you to the reason why I haven’t been very productive with new resources recently.

Meet five month old Dotty! Cute, but full of mischief!

I'm always a bit curious when one thing suddenly gets a lot of attention… and this month, it’s my Sound Loaded Scene Bun...
12/12/2025

I'm always a bit curious when one thing suddenly gets a lot of attention… and this month, it’s my Sound Loaded Scene Bundle.

I’ve had orders coming in from all over the UK, Australia, and the US, and I really don't know what has sparked the interest - other than, it's a great set and children engage well with the colourful and simple illustrations.

This pack has 42 colour pictures (plus 42 black & white ones) and can be used in so many different ways.

Some people use them for speech sounds, others for sentence building, or just to spark conversation. They’re also popular for barrier games, expressive and receptive language and so much more..

One resource, so many possibilities!

https://carriehughes-slt.co.uk/resources/all-products/bundle-sound-loaded-scenes-colour-and-black-and-white-pictures/

It’s not to late to drop off your letter to Father Christmas!
11/12/2025

It’s not to late to drop off your letter to Father Christmas!

A child I worked with today is on his third cycle, and because he’s doing so well, we started working on the pattern ‘al...
09/12/2025

A child I worked with today is on his third cycle, and because he’s doing so well, we started working on the pattern ‘alveolar liquid clusters’.

Here’s what we did today with the target sound /tr/:

🧌 Throw bean bags at the Trolls and said the target word 5 times every time a troll was knocked over

🛻 Mucky trucks game from Orchard Toys. Lots of trials of our target word ‘truck’!

🌲 We decorated a Christmas tree! My little friend said ‘tree’ for each decoration he received.

📖 A book all about transport for some phonological awareness. He had to look out for all the words beginning with the ‘tr’ sound.

📦 Dots and boxes- /tr/ game given for homework . This game is always a hit! Lots of opportunities to say all of the target words while playing a fun game. (Available on my website!)

Every year Anna and I paint a bauble and decorate it marking a significant event of the year. For me, it’s opening my fi...
07/12/2025

Every year Anna and I paint a bauble and decorate it marking a significant event of the year.

For me, it’s opening my first clinic, so I’ve decorated my bauble with children and speech bubbles. I’m so proud of my achievements this year, as well as the brilliant achievements of all the clients who have benefitted from support at my clinic.

Anna’s bauble celebrates her moving into her first home and beginning her first job as a Speech and Language Therapist! She left UCL with a distinction in Speech and Language Therapy and is now working in Milton Keynes in the Early Years Complex Needs team. I am so proud of her! ❤️

Looking forward to all the exciting things that 2026 will bring!

🌟 A Special Thank You + Exclusive Upgrade Offer! 🌟To everyone who bought my very first Cycles Pack Thank you so much fo...
05/12/2025

🌟 A Special Thank You + Exclusive Upgrade Offer! 🌟

To everyone who bought my very first Cycles Pack

Thank you so much for supporting my small business and for putting your trust in my resources. Your feedback over the years has helped me refine, expand, and completely transform the pack into something bigger, better and even more therapist-friendly.

I’m excited to share that the brand-new, fully updated Cycles Therapy Pack is now available — and because you supported the original version, I’d love to offer you an exclusive £30 discount on the upgrade. 🙂

What’s new in the updated Cycles Pack?

700+ picture & word cards (both colour AND black & white)

Step-by-step guide to running Cycles therapy with confidence

Planning templates, probe sheets & progress monitoring tools

Fun phonological awareness activities

Ready-to-use homework sheets & therapy ideas

It’s everything you need to run highly organised, motivating and effective Cycles sessions — all in one place.

If you previously purchased the original pack and would like the £30 upgrade discount, just drop me a message and I’ll send you your unique code.

Thank you again for being part of this community — your support genuinely means the world. 💛

Carrie

I just love Kes Gray’s books! My favourite has to be ‘Eat your peas’. So it was so nice to meet Kes at Wivenhoe book sho...
05/12/2025

I just love Kes Gray’s books!

My favourite has to be ‘Eat your peas’. So it was so nice to meet Kes at Wivenhoe book shop last night at Wivenhoe’s late night Christmas shopping.

I can’t wait to read his latest book with the children I work with!
🤶

We’ve been working on /l/ today. Here are some of the activities I planned to target /l/ at cvc level. 🍁 We made a ‘lea...
03/12/2025

We’ve been working on /l/ today. Here are some of the activities I planned to target /l/
at cvc level.

🍁 We made a ‘leaf’ wreath, saying ‘leaf’ for every leaf stuck on the wreath.
🐸 With the frog scales I targeted ‘light’. It also gave me the opportunity to look at /l/ in the middle of a word in ‘balance’
💡 Buzzers. I used these as a reinforcer and got lots of trials of the target /l/ words.
👍🏼 I like and I don’t like. Lots of opportunities to practice ‘like’!

So, we had our team Christmas dinner last night and in true speechie style we talked and talked and forgot to take a pho...
02/12/2025

So, we had our team Christmas dinner last night and in true speechie style we talked and talked and forgot to take a photo to mark the event!

We also said goodbye to Abby who starts her maternity leave this month. (I’m looking forward to a baby cuddle in January!)

Each of us gave her a copy of our favourite childhood book. Here’s what we chose!

Beth- Peepo
Rachel - The Jolly Postman
Tracy - Oh the places you’ll go!
Kiele - Monkey Puzzle
Maisie - Five minutes peace
Miriam - Owl Babies
Anna - I love you blue Kangaroo
Me - One Snowy Night

And to mark Christmas, the Usborne Nativity book and The night before Christmas!

The gorgeous monkey was crocheted by the very talented Anna!

What a lovely evening we had, but we’re really going to miss Abby!

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