Over 500 Facebook likes = super sale and awesome giveaway!

Thank you so much for making this venture into the blogging world an enjoyable one! I love my profession, I love making materials, and I love getting to meet so many new people through social media. So, let's celebrate this FB milestone by throwing a Fantastic Fans Sale and {{Giveaway}}! My best selling back to school products will be 20% off beginning tonight (08/11/2013 at 8:00 p.m. CST) through tomorrow evening (08/12/2013 at 8:00 p.m. CST). This includes the following companion sets - If You Take a Mouse to School, There Was and Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Books, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves. Click here to view my TpT Store.

Now for the giveaway...

Enter below for your chance to win your own copy of my "If You Take a Mouse...BUNDLE". This bundle includes the following companion sets - If You Take a Mouse to School (plus additional language add-on pack), If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, and If You Take a Mouse to the Movies.  Click here to view these products in my store. Entries will be accepted beginning 08/12/2013 12:00 a.m, through 08/14/2013 12:00 a.m. CST. Good luck!

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Again, thank you and enjoy!
Mindy

Who said pushing buttons was a bad thing?

Yep, here's another articulation pack, but this one is geared towards our older students (my 5th grade boys would KILL me if I had them working articulation with strawberry shortcake!) This is 11 pages of button pushing articulation activities. I use these sets with my older students (grades 3-5), so I’ve left the target sound cards blank (you pick the target sounds and either you or your student fill them in).

Pages 2 – 5 targets sounds at the syllable level in all positions of a syllable set (initial (CV), medial (VCV), and final (VC)). I would recommend printing these pages on heavy cardstock and laminating…you’ll want to use them with all of your students! The student places their sound card (page 5) over the large button (hashed out) on the syllable practice sheet. Then the student can use a marker (different colors for multiple productions) and/or their finger to slide to the vowel (or vice versa if targeting VC, or VCV). Again, the student can write in their target sound, or you can have them filled in before your students even step foot in the door.

Pages 6 – 9 targets sounds at the single word level. Again, you can print these out, laminate them, and use dry-erase and/or over-head projector pens (I think these wipe off better) to color in the round buttons and write in the words for each production. Again, these are blank, so you pick the target sound, and find words with your student! These are also great homework sheets…”see how many NEW words you can find with your target sound.”

Page 10 targets sounds in phrases and sentences. Again, you can print these out, laminate them, keep a classroom set, and/or print and give each student their own sheets. I’ve given you a phrase and sentence starter, and a blank spot to see how many sentences you can make up using your single words (from the previous pages) in sentences.

Page 11 is a sentence and/or introduction into conversational carry-over activity. The student draws a picture (including their target words and/or sounds) and/or writes a story (or gives you a sentence) to talk about in the speech rooms! Click on the link below to check it out!

Enjoy!
Mindy

Articulation Buttons

Okay, so I'm a little obsessed with creating new materials!

I have not gone on a mad materials creation binge since grad school (and boy have I missed it). Today I remembered why I spent HOURS slaving away on my "pretty" projects. I absolutely LOVE it! (For all of you who went to grad school with me, I'm sure you remember how HORRIBLE I was at just "throwing" something together. Oh no, it had to be pretty!) I have TONS of great speech and language activities I've used with my students over the years that I'd love to share. But like you, the pictures I use come from various sites (e.g., google images), and while I don't PURPOSEFULLY infringe on copyright laws...I don't want to throw all my stuff out on the Internet just to get hauled off to the poky. So, I've got some LEGAL speech and  language lessons coming soon! Keep an eye out!

Mindy