K Therapy Kit Available Monday and a Giveaway

I've finished the /k/ Card Sets and Resources therapy kit and it will go up for sale in the Testy Shop tomorrow. I am particularly pleased with how this set turned out and I got a chance to see it all printed out as you saw in yesterday's post. I am now in possession of a box of high-quality, pre-printed /k/ therapy materials.

/k/ Card Sets and Resources Printed Therapy Kit Giveaway

I want to do a giveaway. At the end of the day on Friday I'll randomly choose someone who made a purchase of the /k/ Kit in the store between Monday, October 29 and Friday, November 2 to receive the printed version of the kit. Everything has been printed in full color and all of the card decks have been cut out and are ready to be used. I'll contact the winner via email to ask for their mailing address and get it in the mail right away.

See the Printed Materials Contained in a Speech Therapy Kit

As a last step in preparing to put the /k/ speech therapy kit up for sale in the Testy Shop (coming Monday), I printed the kit for editing and review. I took some pictures of the 161 illustrated therapy cards, 42 sets of minimal pairs, 12 homework sheets, 8 story booklets, and 17 other games, activities, and worksheets contained in the kit. Take a look the kinds of resources you get when you purchase one of the kits. The best part is that as you use these with students you can simply print more whenever you need them.

All Materials:

Detailed view of Initial /k/ Materials:

Detailed view of Medial /k/ Materials:

Detailed view of Final /k/ Materials:

Detailed view of Mixed /k/ Materials:

The Weekly Review: Week 83

SLP Resource of the Week

Mel at Classroom Freebies made a free downloadable Snail or Slug game that would be perfect for working on production of /sl/ and /sn/ blends, auditory discrimination, and simple sorting skills.

Ava/Michael Weekly Contrast

Potential spoilers ahead - do not read if you want to watch the new Tinkerbell movie without any hints of what the movie contains.

We watched the new Tinkerbell movie last night. It was a great movie. We all enjoyed it and the children are itching to watch it again today. I enjoyed watching the wonder, joy, and laughter on their faces as much as I enjoyed watching the movie. There were some sections of the movie that were emotionally intense though. I found it interesting that the children responded entirely differently to them.

Michael was in tears when Tinkerbell and Periwinkle were forced to separate against their will and the audience was led to believe they would never see each other again. Ava was relatively calm during that section of the movie. Closer to the end when the fairy dust tree was in danger of being killed by a freeze Ava was sobbing and needed to be held and comforted. That part of the movie had Michael excited and engaged, but certainly not breaking down.

It was fascinating that the children reacted so differently at different parts in the movie. I'm not reading too much into the specifics. I was grateful there was only one child to comfort and reassure at a time.

Weekly Weight Loss

Let's just agree to not discuss the slight backslide caused by our first (delightful) cheat night and monthly hormones, shall we?

Weekly Speech Resource Kit Update

So close. I'm probably working on writing the new table of contents, final editing, and conversion to PDF as you read this. I need to tackle the mechanics of getting it added to the store and writing the details page. But it is close. I should be on schedule for getting the /k/ set available to you all by the beginning of November. I'm particularly pleased with this set. There are a ton of cards, a full printable Speech Switcheroo set for initial /k/, and a new Race to the Top Game I made for the Mixed /k/ section just to name a few highlights.