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COVID-19 School Shutdown Helpful Ideas and Links
Dear SLP Colleagues,
In these uncertain times, school districts are attempting to maintain some normalcy for our students. During school shutdowns, some school districts are using online learning. This will affect the provision of speech-language services. As of March 17, 2020, the President of the United States announced loosening the regulations surrounding telehealth, including HIPAA regulations. I am researching this information to determine if it applies to teletherapy.
I am offering a variety of links, worksheets and therapy ideas for those of you who are suddenly finding yourself providing speech-language therapy via telepractice. Please use the links below! If you need any help or support during this process, please reach out to me personally.
Best Regards,
Dr. Pamela Storey, ClinScD, CCC-SLP
storey.pamela.slp@gmail.com; 401-741-8812
SLP Materials for Home Practice
Expressive Language
http://www.idiomconnection.com
Vooks is an online animated stories site with lesson plans available to read books and answer questions: Vooks is a great resource to use in the home with your children. Vooks is a streaming library of ad-free, kid-safe animated read-aloud storybooks, trusted by teachers and enjoyed by millions of children around the world every week. It is an entire library of storybooks, brought to life, to help encourage the love of reading. You can sign up for Vooks and use the take-home resources to help keep your children reading 20 minutes a day during these extraordinary times.
Sign Up Link:
www.vooks.com/parent-resources
(educators gets Vooks free for one year when you put in your school email address)
Take-Home Lesson Plans
Vocabulary Pinball - http://www.playkidsgames.com/games/pinball/default.htm?scrlybrkr=cdc7a5cd#
Infercabulary; www.infercabulary.com - Special offer of 2 free months -
Science Vocab and other subjects w/worksheets https://kidskonnect.com/science/water-cycle/
Tracy Boyd’s online language games - Class Page - havefun
https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html
Free parent Handouts for vocabulary, book/app suggestions and language strategies:
Receptive Language
Readworks.org
Newsela.com
Vocabulary.com
Vocabulary resource: www.infercabulary.com Special offer of 2 free months
Khanacademy.org
Cloze Technique activities, incorporating music; SLP in the Middle: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Slp-In-The-Middle
www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/ - great for following directions and sequencing
Tracy Boyd’s online language games - https://www.quia.com/pages/havefun.html
Scholastic.com/learnathome
Highlights for Kids - www.HighlightsKids.com
Basic Concepts Scavenger Hunt:
https://www.handyhandouts.com/viewHandout.aspx?hh_number=582&nfp_title=No+Prep+Therapy+Activity+%E2%80%93+Basic+Concepts+Scavenger+Hunt
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/games.html
http://www.kids-pages.com/flashcards.htm
Storylineonline.net/books … For actors and actresses reading books aloud. Good visuals of story pages.
Apraxia of Speech
Beginning Sounds Song
Sign Language
Phonics
https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/activities/teaching … for auditory rhyming activity (Phonics-Clifford)
Articulation
Home-Speech-Home - specific sounds in words, sentences, and paragraphs- https://www.home-speech-home.com/speech-therapy-htmlword-lists.
Mommyspeechtherapy.com
Tracy Boyd’s online articulation games (matching, concentration)- https://www.quia.com/pages/havemorefun.html
Minimal pairs by Caroline Bowen-JV
Speech Teammate - Free Articulation Worksheets
https://www.superduperinc.com/freestuff/calendars/SuperDuperSpeechCalendar.pdf
Speech and Language Home Practice (Free TpT download)
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Speech-and-Language-Home-Practice-5326299
http://www.carlscorner.us.com Carl’s Corner- reading specialist/teacher created free resources- scroll down to Website Directory (Blends Bonanza has word lists/activities for many blends)
Speech artic calendar//distance learning resource FREE on TPT
Breanna’s Speech Shop Articulation Freebie:
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Freebie-No-Prep-Articulation-Love-2314955
Pragmatics
Everydayspeech.com - sign up for a free trial. Also free if your SLP has access.
https://videolearningsquad.com/courses/free-access-social-skills-squad/
Videolearningsquad.com - free right now only
Model Me Going Places 2- free social stories app
https://videolearningsquad.com/courses/free-access-social-skills-squad/. - free social stories
Ms. Lane’s SLP materials http://slpmaterials.blogspot.com/search?q=social+skills
Short wordless videos
https://docs.google.com/document/d/135i48wOZvhcEMH9kfHRdxQVj6dBlBqePeF8ZaSR9rSk/edit
Free use of Social Express Interactive Software through April 15th
Rhyming, blending
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD-evwtW7iGqUV-Xhdu75Ow
Tons of resources and visual supports: https://challengingbehavior.cbcs.usf.edu/
Fluency
The Stuttering Foundation - https://www.stutteringhelp.org/
Teachers Pay Teachers, Free Handout - https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/FreeDownload/4-Incredible-Stuttering-Treatment-Techniques-for-Preschool-Children-Who-Stutter-4291149
Various Learning Resources
Speakingofspeech.com - all areas of speech therapy
http://www.amazingeducationalresources.com/ - all areas of speech therapy
Cloze Technique activities, incorporating music; SLP in the Middle: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Slp-In-The-Middle
Or therapy ideas for older students on her FB page: SLP in the Middle Diary of the Speech Lady https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KCFnWreu4v7VoO3NbgP-Qcq2LyE1FvliYSoiTLRY7Qg/htmlview?usp=sharing&fbclid=IwAR3onqbR_gzaUGUEivWH2EQUoAG43UdvLSrEr55BfKhvnmYwi-ppFKHnpcU&sle=true# - all areas of speech therapy
Teacherspayteachers.com - search “free speech therapy”
Natalie Snyders and Nicole Allison have lots of free materials
Free material - search for “Outer Space-Themed Speech & Language Homework Calendar”
Superduperinc.com - https://www.superduperinc.com/Handouts/Handout.aspx
Speech & Language Kids - https://www.speechandlanguagekids.com
Starfall - www.starfall.com
Games for speech and language development: http://www.playingwithwords365.com/15-best-games-for-speech-language-social-skills-development/
https://teachingtalking.com/best-board-games-for-speech-therapy/
Jill Kuzma
Modelmekids app - community based social stories
Free reading sources
§ What It Is: This site uses curated PBS videos along with lesson plans, interactive materials, and more to cover lots of subjects in an engaging fashion.
§ What They’re Offering: PBS Learning Media is always free for teachers. Sign up here.
Vooks
What It Is: Missing storytime already? Vooks is a kid-safe online streaming library of read-aloud animated storybooks.
What They’re Offering: Vooks is offering a free one-year membership to all teachers. Find out more here.
§ What It Is: Scholastic created the Scholastic Learn at Home website to provide students with approximately 20 days worth of learning journeys that span various content areas. Students get approximately three hours of learning opportunities per day, including projects based on articles and stories, virtual field trips, reading and geography challenges, and more.
§ What They’re Offering: This service is free and limits printing materials for those who don’t have adequate access. Learn more here.
§ What It Is: ReadingIQ is a comprehensive digital library offering books, magazines, comics, and more for kids from ages 2-12. It’s a smart replacement for library time right now and makes it possible for teachers to monitor what and how much their students are reading.
§ What They’re Offering: Age of Learning is offering ReadingIQ free to schools closed due to the outbreak. Contact them here for more information.
§ What It Is: These online learning resources for younger students are easily differentiated for students of different ability levels.
§ What They’re Offering: Adaptive math and ELA courses are always available for free for teachers and students. Sign up here.
§ What It Is: BrainPop offers in-depth learning on topics across the curriculum for upper elementary and middle school students. Each topic includes videos, quizzes, related reading, and even coding activities. Teachers have access to planning and tracking resources too. They also offer BrainPop Jr., specially designed for younger kids.
§ What They’re Offering: All schools get free access to their COVID-19/coronavirus online learning resources for talking to students about the topic. Any school closed due to the outbreak can receive free unlimited use of BrainPOP during their closure. Contact them here.
ABCmouse Early Learning Academy
§ What It Is: This comprehensive program covers a wide variety of subjects for students aged 2-8 (Pre-K through second grade). It offers more than 850 self-guided lessons across 10 levels. A companion program focuses on teaching English as a second language for this age group.
§ What They’re Offering: ABCmouse for Teachers and ABCmouse for Schools are always free for all schools and teachers in the U.S. In another country? Contact them here to see what they offer if you’re closed due to COVID-19/coronavirus.
Over 200,000+ free homeschool printables on all school subjects for FREE
30 Great Educational Netflix Shows for K-5
Happy streaming!
Hannah Hudson on March 13, 2020
What are the best educational Netflix shows? We’ve gathered the top 30! Whether you’re showcasing these to students or using them as part of a distance learning curriculum, these are the best options currently streaming.
Note to teachers: Some schools block Netflix, which requires you to use Netflix’s offline feature to download preferred shows and use them during class. When it comes to the legality of streaming Netflix in the classroom, the company notes which media are available for educational screenings.
Best educational Netflix shows for elementary school
The Magic School Bus
When a science concept just isn’t clicking for your students … Ms. Frizzle to the rescue! Stream episodes on the human body, gardening, weather, and more.
Octonauts
If you teach about the ocean, chances are there’s an Octonauts episode related to your unit.
Brainchild
This science-based show answers all sorts of questions kids tend to ask.
Ask the Storybots
The only thing more curious than the bots are kids. Celebrity appearances and a music video at the end of each episode only add to the fun.
The Who Was? Show
Based on the popular book series, this live-action sketch-comedy show brings important historical figures, like King Tut, Marie Antoinette, and Pablo Picasso, to life in an entertaining and hilarious way.
Dino Hunt
Top scientists examine fossils found in Canada while looking for an elusive, new species!
If I Were an Animal
Observe different animals as they age from babies to adults.
Disney Nature: Oceans
This documentary explores the ocean depths and the creatures who live within.
White Fang
Have students compare the film version to the classic novel of the same name.
Growing Up Wild
Five baby animals in different parts of the world grow up learning to survive the wild.
Dream Big
This compelling documentary showcases some of the world’s biggest engineering achievements.