Early Intervention & Preschool

This page is a compilation of my content and my favorite resources available for early intervention and preschool speech therapy – discover tons of ideas, activities, websites, and resources for this population! Bookmark this page or save it to Pinterest with the image at the bottom!

BLOG POSTS

USING TOYS IN THERAPY:


WEBSITES

Teach Me to Talk– A fantastic resource geared towards parents. The posts have lots of thorough information for early language.
The Hanen Centre – A great resource for early language. 
Preschool toys ideas – An amazon board list for inspiration.
Open-ended play ideas – An amazon board list for inspiration.
Versatile therapy tools – An amazon board list for inspiration.


Listen to a podcast episode where we discuss language:

Real Talk SLP – Tips or Taking Language Samples
SLPs Wine and Cheese – Less is More
Hearing Mamas Podcast – Early Language Development
The Autism Outreach Podcast – Language Development Milestones


APPS

MyPlayHome – Target just about every language goal and easily incorporate articulation or discuss pragmatics. I mostly use it to work on pronouns, verbs, following directions, sentence formulation, sequencing, and turn-taking. There is also a school, stores, and hospital ones! A free “lite” version is available.

Make a Scene – A sticker app with sound effects! Use for vocabulary, following directions, prepositions, describing, wh questions, or as a reinforcer! There are 10 themes for $19.99 or purchase individually for $2.99


RESEARCH

The Informed SLP – A subscription-based service that summarizes new research every month!


Discover some of my favorite early intervention and preschool toys to use in speech therapy through this Amazon List:
Speech Therapy Early Intervention and Preschool Toys

Discover some of my favorite open-ended toys to use in speech therapy through this Amazon List:
Speech Therapy Open-Ended Toys


FREEBIES

Farm Interactive Book – Farm themed interactive book targeting various speech and language goals! The interactive book contains 3 scenes (the farm, inside the barn, and the farm at night) with 10 farm-themed pieces. The book allows you to flip through the scenes and move the pieces onto the pages. Use to work on vocabulary, prepositions, increasing MLU, following directions, wh questions, inferences, and categories.

Speech Therapy Handouts – Free speech therapy printables! Developmental milestones, hierarchies, and graphics for SLPs and educators, as well as parent handouts for speech therapy. The printables cover various topics to use as cheat sheets or handouts.

Behavior Social Story – A social story mini-book on how to handle frustration in color and black & white. A great way to discuss feelings and appropriate ways to express them!

Category Match-Up – Practice categories and associations with this NO PREP resource. Work on categorization and sorting skills with these printable worksheets!

free barrier game

Barrier Games – Barrier games are a great way to incorporate many skills: expressive skills (giving directions), receptive skills (following directions), social skills, basic concepts, vocabulary, categorization, sentence formation, and storytelling.

Play Dough Mats – Use as an open-ended reinforcer, for following directions, play skills, or fine motor skills.

Speech Therapy Handouts – Free speech therapy printables! Developmental milestones, hierarchies, and graphics for SLPs and educators, as well as parent handouts for speech therapy. The printables cover various topics to use as cheat sheets or handouts.


RESOURCES

Speech-Language Development Handouts – Speech therapy development charts, milestones, and hierarchies for early intervention, preschool, and elementary-aged children! Evidence-based infographics with definitions and explanations.

Age Milestones Handouts – 15 reference pages that provide an overview of speech and language development at different ages. Great for concise, easy-to-understand handouts to give to parents based on age! Your one-stop-shop for caregiver handouts. 

Basic Concepts Bundle – Temporal, Qualitative, Quantitative, Negation. Perfect for introducing basic concepts in repetitive, consistent activities that keep kids engaged. No prep, print and go pages (or just open on your device)!

Prepositions Bundle – Perfect for introducing prepositions and positional concepts in repetitive, consistent activities that keep kids engaged. No prep, print and go pages (or just open on your device)! Black and white pages included for an ink-saving option or to send home!

Seasons Language Scenes – Versatile, no prep or no print scenes to target many language goals: WH questions, following directions, verbs, prepositions, possessive nouns & pronouns, third-person pronouns, formulating sentences, and conversation skills. Grab the growing bundle to get all sets discounted + all future sets for free!

Interactive Books Bundle – Keep busy bodies engaged, are a perfect on-the-go therapy tool, and target countless expressive and receptive goals. It includes flashcards, worksheets, and activities for pronouns, possessive nouns, verbs, sentence structure, WH questions, following directions, inferences, categorizing and more.

Sensory Bin Seasons Vocab & Object Function – Target object function and seasonal vocabulary with this fun activity! Use this product as a sensory bin activity, but it can also be used as flashcards with any game.

Home Themed Life Skills – Target many expressive and receptive language goals with these fun interactive books that are house themed! All first pages include the room scene with items to move and use with the scene. The rest of the pages target a variety of goals that are interactive (coloring, circling, writing, and connecting answers).

Early Intervention Preschool