Brain Drain Busters: Shaving Cream Sky Writing! The Alphabet Aerobics Speech blog will be taking a cue from our corporate-minded friends and enjoying "Summer Fridays." However, don't fear! We will continue to blog through the summer on Thursdays. Stay tuned for tons of summer fun and activities to prevent the dreaded summer learning loss, or "Brain Drain" every Thursday in June and July! Shaving Cream Sky Writing Two tremendous problems that educators face are the summer bra

Brain Drain Busters: Exciting Activities that Build Critical Thinking Skills The Alphabet Aerobics Speech blog will be taking a cue from our corporate-minded friends and enjoying "Summer Fridays." However, don't fear! We will continue to blog through the summer on Thursdays. Stay tuned for tons of summer fun and activities to prevent the dreaded summer learning loss, or "Brain Drain." Making Comparisons Comparing and contrasting is a vital skill. It's the foundation of critic

Guest Blogger Series: Top 7 Games for Family Game Night Working in a small, specialized private school, I am part of a team of amazing speech-language pathologists. I'm excited to announce our first guest blogger and my wonderful colleague, Sara Sokolowski. Sara has BS and MA degrees in Speech-Language Pathology from the George Washington University and New York University. She has been a school-based speech language pathologist in Manhattan and Riverdale, New York for the

Elementary and Middle School Mayhem: Top 5 Secretly Educational Summertime Activities Welcome to our Elementary and Middle School Mayhem series. During the month of May, we will be featuring information to support children in Elementary and Middle School. Stay tuned for helpful tips and tricks every Friday! Top 5 Secretly Educational Summertime Activities 1) Blindfolded Slam-Dunk Obstacle Course Description: A child will shoot for a “slam dunk” after avoiding obstacles in

To understand a whole picture of communication, we break it down into "speech" and "language." However, this leaves many people wondering what exactly those terms mean. Speech The term "speech" refers to how words and sounds are produced using the tongue, teeth, and lips. Speech is often associated with articulation therapy, or help pronouncing certain sounds, such as "rabbit" instead of "wabbit." Some mispronunciations are age appropriate and do not require intervention, h