Talking Tots

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04/03/2026

I loved this idea from in using this spinning toy in a new way to teach phonation. I incorporated this in my own session for /f/ in isolation and it was very engaging and offered an excellent visual to hold the /f/ while the ring spun.

04/02/2026

Come along as we shape the vocalic /r/ sound into a more natural sound.

In this speech session, the student is stimulable for the vocalic /r/ sound in isolation and in words.. BUT continues to hold out the /r/ in words. Such as “spiderrrrrr” and “motorrrrrcycle.”

Have you seen this before? 🤷🏽‍♀️

I often see this once a student has an understanding of the lingual placement and tension required for the vocalic /r/.

They have the sound but overemphasis it in words. How do we generalize this sound to a more natural production?

Here’s what has worked for me:

👏🏼 Clapping out the syllables to speed up production and reduce wiggle room to “hold” the /r/ sound
👏🏼 Point cues to indicate syllable stress to reduce monotone production
👏🏼 Faded support
👏🏼 Direct verbal modeling ➡️ Gestural cues ➡️ Independent drills

What else has worked for you to generalize the vocalic /r/? 👇🏻

03/10/2026

Anyone else? 🤷🏽‍♀️

03/05/2026

Please don’t make me pretend to be a classroom teacher. I am only gifted to lead small groups of students for 20-30 minutes tops. Unless you want us to just do speech therapy and play games all day that is. 🤷🏽‍♀️

03/02/2026

As for me, we run on caffeine and dreams. Have a great Monday as we hit the ground running.

03/01/2026

Mom guilt is meal planning and prepping the week’s dinners for when I’m working late in my clinic 3 nights of the week to make dinner time go more smoothly at home.

I also know that if I were to die unexpectedly, I’d rest easier knowing they’d eat well for a few days. 🤦🏽‍♀️

Morbid or practical? 🤷🏽‍♀️

02/25/2026

Excuse me while I double check to make sure my personal social media profiles are even more private. 🤪

02/24/2026

This Speech box features all things centered around St. Patrick’s Day! Share a St. Patrick’s Day story and practice your comprehension skills by answering a variety of WH- questions (WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN) within interactive games using small St. Patrick’s Day items and even a pop-it activity.

These boxes were designed specifically for your child by a pediatric Speech Language Pathologist to increase vocabulary and story comprehension skills in several fun and interactive lessons! We’ve taken care of the planning and guess work for SLPs, teachers, and caregivers alike to increase awareness and generalization of language skills in the classroom and at home.

Each Speech Box comes with:
☘️ Homemade, soft green glittered doh
☘️ Set of Vocabulary cards with 3 activities
☘️ St. Patrick’s Vocabulary Tic Tac Toe game
☘️ St. Patrick’s Vocabulary Pop It game
☘️ WH-Question Connect Four game
☘️ ‘The Night Before St. Patrick’s Day’ book
☘️ Green/Gold coins
☘️ Green jewels
☘️ Rainbow Pop•It
☘️ Colorful pom poms

🌈 Link in bio or DM for more information

02/20/2026

We’re baking up something delicious with this S’mores Cookie Speech Box that builds vocabulary and language skills through a variety of games and hands on activities. Little ones will explore and learn new vocabulary words relating to cookies with a set of vocabulary cards and games, reinforced with tangible objects they can get their little fingers on to create their own cookies. Use these objects for free play or bake up something delicious along side Henry as he bakes cookies with his mom.

These boxes were designed specifically for your child by a pediatric Speech Language Pathologist to increase vocabulary skills in several fun and interactive lessons! We’ve taken care of the planning and guess work for SLPs, teachers, and caregivers alike to increase awareness and generalization of language skills in the classroom and at home.

Each Speech Box Comes with:
🍪 Homemade brown doh
🍪 Set of vocabulary cards with 3 activities
🍪 Laminated cookie sheet
🍪 10 resin chocolate chips
🍪 10 resin marshmallows
🍪 S’mores resin confetti
🍪 Mini wooden rolling pin

02/18/2026

To all the millennials still wearing your emotional support tank top under your clothes.. I see you. And feel personally attacked.

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Minneapolis, MN

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http://www.talkingtots.etsy.com/, http://www.talkingtots.org/

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