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Literacy Pack: The Wonky Donkey

February 1, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This book activities pack targets literacy skills, including print motivation and awareness, letter knowledge, vocabulary, phonological awareness, and narrative skills.
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Promoting Literacy in Preschoolers

January 18, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Literacy is an area that many speech-language pathologists feel under-prepared to treat. Despite this, it falls squarely into our scope of practice. This course will outline five key components of early literacy and discuss early literacy skills for preschoolers. It will provide practical ways that foundational skills can be incorporated into speech and language sessions.
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Current Evidence on the Effects of Intensive Early Reading Interventions (2019)

January 16, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Search Methods: Because this meta-analysis was meant to update a previous study done by Wanzek (2007), all articles from that synthesis were used, in addition to conducting an online search to include articles from 2006-2015. Each included study had to pass inclusion criteria of: being done in English, being peer- reviewed, having participants in grades […]
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Springtime Short Stories

January 9, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Children with attention deficits, auditory processing issues, and speech/language disorders may need help improving reading comprehension and recalling details in text. Use the following springtime themed stories with questions to work on goals related to literacy development.
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Reading Comprehension Pack (Fall Theme)

January 5, 2022 by Megan Berg.
These reading passages and questions provide an opportunity for your student to practice skills and strategies related to comprehension, such as listening for details, identifying the main idea, and predicting. 
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Phonological Awareness Sound Cards: Vowels and Consonants

January 3, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Teaching pre-literate patients and those with phonological awareness how to blend, segment, and differentiate between phonemes is challenging. This set of flashcards provides picture-based speech sound cards that are easily used to blend, segment, manipulate, and play with phonemes to build understanding and awareness.
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Book Activities Pack: Tacky the Penguin

January 1, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Tacky is an odd bird. He likes to do splashy cannonballs and greet his companions with a loud “What’s happening?” In fact, he’s something of an eccentric, which wouldn’t be a problem if all the other penguins weren’t such…conformists.
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Book Activities Pack: Giraffes Can’t Dance

December 29, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Giraffes Can’t Dance is a touching tale of Gerald the giraffe, who wants nothing more than to dance. With crooked knees and thin legs, it’s harder for a giraffe than you would think. Gerald is finally able to dance to his own tune when he gets some encouraging words from an unlikely friend. With light-footed rhymes and high-stepping illustrations, this tale is gentle inspiration for every child with dreams of greatness.
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Book Activities Pack: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

December 29, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This book activities pack targets literacy skills, including print motivation and awareness, letter knowledge, vocabulary, phonological awareness, and narrative skills. In this lively alphabet rhyme, all the letters of the alphabet race each other up the coconut tree. Will there be enough room? Oh, no–Chicka Chicka Boom Boom! The well-known authors of “Barn Dance” and […]
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