{"id":10302,"date":"2015-02-23T17:27:56","date_gmt":"2015-02-24T01:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.speechbuddy.com\/blog\/?p=10302"},"modified":"2023-11-08T10:33:15","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T18:33:15","slug":"great-speech-therapy-resources-from-teachers-pay-teachers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.speechbuddy.com\/blog\/speech-therapy-ideas\/great-speech-therapy-resources-from-teachers-pay-teachers\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Speech Therapy Resources from Teachers Pay Teachers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whenever I come across a website that I think could have a meaningful positive impact on the work we, as speech-language pathologists (SLPs) and educators do, I feel I immediately have to share such a resource on the Speech Buddies blog. Today, that site is Teachers Pay Teachers<\/a>, an ingenious market,\u00a0for educational resources developed by teachers<\/em>, that anyone\u2014teachers, SLPs, homeschoolers, grandparents\u2014may access a la carte for a nominal fee.<\/p>\n

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Educators are always creating curriculum-specific materials for their classrooms. And creating these materials can be time-consuming and in some cases, costly. So in order to reduce the time and cost-burden of creating great materials for the classroom, educators now have the option to sell these materials to their colleagues all over the world. Underlying all great business ideas is a \u201cwin-win situation\u201d for both vendor and consumer; here, teachers get to disseminate their materials and supplement their incomes, while other teachers have the opportunity, for just a couple dollars, to save tons of time and aggravation. As you might imagine, many different subject areas are covered on the website. I will focus on great speech-oriented personal \u201cstores\u201d as well as samples of some these materials that you can purchase. Also, for all you parents out there reading this blog post, these ready-to-go materials could be a great option for organizing and supporting the home-based follow-up speech program you are undertaking.<\/p>\n

Holiday Speech and Language\u00a0Activities<\/h2>\n
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WhitneySLP\u00a0Shamrock Absurdities<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

I was particularly impressed with WhitneySLP\u2019s store with its large selection of\u00a0holiday and seasonal-themed materials. These special events in the course of a school year are incredibly enriching, and fun interludes within your curriculum but can\u2014let\u2019s be honest\u2014present some extra work. This store seems to have a lot of great multi-disciplinary materials focused on, for example:\u00a0Valentine\u2019s Day-themed analogies<\/a>, the history of St. Patrick\u2019s Day<\/a>, and Halloween language activities<\/a>. In addition, Whitney\u2019s store has a number of \u201dfreebies\u201d, which might be a good place to begin, so you can see for yourself if you\u2019d like to take the plunge.<\/p>\n

For each item you might be interested in, the site offers a couple sample pages to view as well as a comprehensive description of each item. For any speech supervisors who may be reading this, the site allows you to purchase additional licenses of a particular product at a 50% discount for any additional licenses. This would give say, a school district, a chance to capture some real value with a more bulk purchase.<\/p>\n

Visually Appealing Language-Learning Activities<\/h2>\n
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Speech Chicks Free Thanksgiving Language Feast<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

Another store I\u2019d like to highlight is the Speech Chicks\u2019 store<\/a>, who also have a nice inventory of holiday-themed materials, with a nice emphasis on visually appealing language-learning activities. Miss Speechie<\/a> is also a particularly well reviewed and well used store, with over 300 activities for sale, and an additional 50 or so free items. Just about every one of her items is rated as 4 out of 4 stars. As with this and each store, you can filter the categories for the type of speech and language challenge you are seeking materials for; in fact, these categories have been custom-generated by the SLP who owns that store. You can also filter by grade level and academic subject, where applicable.<\/p>\n

Speech and Language Activities for every Skill<\/h2>\n
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Jenna Rayburn’s S’more Articulation<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

Another widely followed store on the site belongs to SLP Jenna Rayburn<\/a>. The store nicely breaks down its activities into relevant skills, such as articulation, grammar, fluency, language and social skills. Ms. Rayburn clearly has a passion for pedagogy, and the detail and depth of her materials demonstrate this. Again, there are season or event-focused materials as well as lesson plans and interactive books.<\/p>\n

Whatever your setting \u2013 be it a school, private clinic, outpatient hospital \u2013 the materials available on Teachers Pay Teachers<\/a> can really ease the burden of curriculum preparation. The materials are often so specific and inexpensive that you can use them in a pinch \u2013 I admit too that I\u2019ve had to scramble before a session to make sure I had everything I needed. Now you have at your disposal a user-friendly resource to help make the work you do so well even more effective. Below this post is a list of several other SLP stores on the site. Good luck finding the materials you\u2019re looking for and I\u2019d be interested to hear from all of you how useful you\u2019ve found the site to be.<\/p>\n

More\u00a0Great SLP Teachers Pay Teachers\u00a0Stores:<\/h2>\n