A. R. Smith Speech Therapy, PLLC

06/11/2025

Oh no! You have a beautiful themed lesson plan and your book doesn't have ANY words with the sound you are targeting!
I've found that this is the perfect opportunity to work on auditory discrimination - asking the child "does this word have your 'LLL' sound?" No! "What about this word?"
Auditory discrimination is a really important component of phonological awareness. This helps our children working on articulation skills as well as supports their pre reading abilities. For auditory discrimination, we are asking the child to LISTEN for their sound when you SAY the word - they are not reading the written word or looking for a written letter.
Give this a try in your next articulation and phonology sessions!

03/28/2025

Some exciting things are happening in our community!
Joy Prom is coming up on April 12!
The Collaborative Classroom has some summer openings!
For more information, check out our website!

Our collaborative speech and language classroom provides a supportive environment where children can develop communication skills through interactive learning and peer engagement. learn more

02/12/2025

My favorite Valentine’s Day language activity! Practice inferencing and describing! Make it fun by mailing the letters! Find it at my Teachers Pay Teachers store (Mana’s Speech Clubhouse) https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Valentines-Day-Inferencing-and-Describing-12850952

02/08/2025

Get on the floor! Our toddlers learn from watching us! Get on their level and have fun!

01/21/2025

❄️Hot Chocolate sensory bin!❄️
➡️ taste safe! Make it with cereal!
➡️ grab some kitchen utensils and let your kids get creative!
➡️ make “recipe” cards and count how many scoops and marshmallows you put in your cup!
So fun to pair with this Interactive Book! This targets pronouns, verbs, and sequencing!
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/mamas-speech-clubhouse

01/14/2025

Working on my "Snowman, Snowman What Do You See?" interactive book!
Check it out in my Teachers Pay Teachers store!
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/mamas-speech-clubhouse

06/25/2024

Dino week! 🦖

05/31/2024

I have some openings for summer speech therapy! Contact me at allyson@arsmithspeech.com if interested!

02/18/2024

Sharing LOVE in speech this week!
We played games and used our reasoning skills;
We expanded our vocabulary by describing;
We practiced our speech sounds while making valentines;
We listened to Valentine's Day stories and practiced answering questions and sequencing the events from the stories;
We searched for items in our sensory bin;
We counted candy hearts;
We had FUN!

02/04/2024

Hi all! I have made a "Wish List" of materials from Teachers Pay Teachers that will continue to help me serve my clients in the Boone community!

Since starting my private practice, I have continued to slowly build up my supply closet of therapy materials including books, toys, games, and craft supplies. Any contribution to my TpT fund will continue to help me create interactive materials, lesson plans, and language activities for the childre...

01/22/2024

It only felt appropriate to talk about Hot Cocoa this week! We practiced following directions to make hot chocolate recipes, played marshmallow games, used our senses to describe hot chocolate, and practiced speech sounds!

12/27/2023

We finished the year with some festive language activities! We did some sensory play, matching, stories with repetition, describing, and more. Happy Holidays!