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New logo
Lots of activity here this summer. Since I am a school based SLP, I am taking advantage of some time off and upgrading my website. I am building it on my own, an ambitious project, I know. Here is my new logo, which I love. It's upbeat and cheerful (like me). Stay...
Better Hearing and Speech Month
I am so proud to be one of the 140,000 speech language pathologists in the United States. We change lives-that's our superpower! You hold the key to helping each child you work with develop his communication skills to his full potential. May is Better Hearing and...
Doing a Little Website Revamp
Over the next month Beautiful Speech Life is undergoing some changes in terms of appearance. Please bear with me as I complete the re-design. I'm working to make design changes to make this site as user friendly as possible.
Follow Their Lead
(Note: I found this in a tucked away journal. It was almost written two years ago when I was doing some of my clinical experience for my master's degree.) May 2012 Hugo doesn't speak. When I first saw him he had a lot of physical ticks and throat clearing. He loves...
Quick Tip Tuesday: a Fun Free App for Those Days You Didn’t Plan For
Here is a great tip for when you are short on time (uh-everyday?). Get the Doodle Buddy app for your ipad. You can quickly photograph worksheets and the kids can use their fingers to draw lines and write. Even better you can use the stamp feature, which comes with...
Helping Kids be more Descriptive
(Graphics by Ashley Hughes, Creative Clips and Tiffany Teaches) Who wants their students/clients to speak and write more descriptively? I know I do. I created the Nacho Sentence Builders as an engaging activity to do just that! This fun game helps students learn to...
Quick Tip Tuesday: Delegation can be a Beautiful Thing
Okay this might not work for everyone but I want to tell you what I did recently that brought a big improvement to my energy level and my outlook. Like all of you, many days I feel like I am pulled in so many different directions. I want to do it all, be it all AND I...
Quick Tip Tuesday: Cheap Prizes!
Here is this Tuesday Quick Tips, part of the School SLP's Tuesday Linky Party (Thanks Kim Jarvis). Be sure to click on the button above to find more amazing quick ideas! I use a sticker incentive chart for good behavior and the kids love it. I use the Whole Brain...
Lead By Example
How many people have known you your whole life? Of course your parents, grandparents, older siblings, aunts, uncles, and some cousins. When we are kids, we're surrounded by these people. They all play a special role in our childhood years. As we grow up,...
Quick Tip for Paperwork
Here is the Tuesday's tip to go with Kim Jarvis's Quick Tip Tuesday Linky Party. J When I am finished scoring a student's testing protocols, I grab an my evaluation results sheet, a goal sheet for the teacher and a (I like this one by Kim Shepard on TPT) data...
Valentine’s Day Verbs Freebie
I created this product to help students practice verb tense. Click on the picture above to see the product on Teachers Pay Teachers. So many of the kids I see really struggle with this. This activity is aligned with Common Core Standards for 3rd through 5th grade....
Creative Storage Solutions for TPT Products
How to store all those wonderful Teachers Pay Teachers products? If you are anything like me you have probably acquired quite a few. Today I am joining SLPrunner's Linky party sharing storage ideas for all those wonderful TPT products. I quickly found that a...
Hello
Hey there I’m Anne Page. I help heart centered SLPs and educators put the fun in functional communication. 
Hello
Hey there I’m Anne Page. I help heart centered SLPs and educators put the fun in functional communication.