Cupcake frenzy! Free printable activities - all deliciously cupcake themed!

At Small Talk Speech Pathology, there has been a cupcake frenzy!  We personally love cupcakes however, our clients appear to love them even more.  All of our little clients are mad for anything to do with cupcakes at the moment.  We have been making cupcakes out of play doh, colouring in cupcakes, stacking different cupcakes onto a stand, pretending to sell cupcakes, drawing and decorating cupcakes and the list goes on!  Here are some wonderful resources we have discovered along our cupcake journey!

Play doh cupcakes are a delightful way to incorporate pretend play and language

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Courtesy of Learning4kids.net

Free printable "Build a cupcake" resource

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Courtesy of Volume25 Blog

Free printable "Cupcake board game that contains 24 why questions"

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Courtesy of Likeplayinghouse.com

Free cupcake clipart for any use

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Courtesy of Thecharmingplace.com

Free printable birthday cupcake pattern

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Courtesy of Scrapbooking.about.com

Have fun and make cupcakes!

Love,

Vanessa & Lauren

DIY Phonic Flip Book- Learn to Read

kidsactivityblog.com

"What you will need to make your own phonics flip chart:

• Wirebound Index Card Book
• Scissors
• Tape
• Marker

Divide your flip chart into 3 sections for 3 letter words or 4 sections to work on consonant blends.

 

After you cut the number of sections that you want, label each card with a letter (a-z).  You could try adding several common blends on the ends or at the start (ex: ch, sh, th, gr, cl, sp, st, fr etc.)." - Kids Activity Blog

 

Label your middle section with short vowels (a, e, i, o, u, oo)

 

If your child is grade 1 or older you can also include long vowels

(ay/ai, or/aw/au, er/ir/ur, oo/ue/ui/ew, oy/oi, ar, ie/y, ee/ea, oe/oa, ou/ow)

 

This can be used as a spelling or reading tool for real words and for non words.

 

make up some silly non words and have your child sound them out e.g. cr/oa/sk = croask, or even dictate a real or made up word to your child and have them spell it using the flip book.

 

 

Alternatively you could use the same concept to work on Word Families.

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Check out all the details on Rachel's kidsactivityblog.com

L&V

 

 

 

FREE autumn activities for kids

We have come across some wonderful, FREE autumn themed activities for children that we wanted to share.    As always, we are very thankful to all the generous bloggers out there who create such brilliant resources.

Click here to print courtesy of Activity Village

Click here to print courtesy of Busy Bee Kids Crafts

Click here courtesy of Tip Junkie

Love,

Vanessa & Lauren

A few words of wisdom

Speech Sound Milestones for Children

Please use these milestones as a guide only.  Always seek professional advice from a speech pathologist if you have specific concerns.  For those parents who will be linking in to our "Brisbane Kids" Q & A session tonight at 7.15pm on Facebook, please contact us directly via Facebook or e-mail if you have other questions pertaining to speech development that is not covered in the above flyer.  

Love,

Small Talk Speech Pathology

Best Educational iPad Apps for Kids - by Melissa Taylor

Melissa Taylor of Imagination Soup has done all the hard work for us here and combined a list of the best iPad apps for literacy. 

Click {HERE} to read the full article and get all the details.

L&V

Working on Adjectives with FREE Valentines Day Cards for Kids

 With Valentine's Day just around the corner, we have searched around and found our favourite free printable cards for you and your littles this love day.

While you're at it, take the opportunity to work on some describing words with your child to help them compliment their loved ones. Have a look at the list below for ideas.

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V Day Describing Words:

- wonderful

- lovely

- beautiful

- happy

- sweet

- friendly

- funny

- awesome

- nice

- pretty

- gorgeous

- handsome

- cute

- cheerful

- stunning

- kind

Happy love month lovelies 

L&V