CST Academy

05/29/2026

05/27/2026

A fun day out at the farm 🌻🚜

Our Wilmette learners spent last Thursday visiting Wagner Farm where they soaked up the sunshine and made a few animal friends along the way ☀️🐔

05/20/2026

💭 Myth vs. Fact: Communication is more than just talking
Myth: Speech therapy is only about talking.

Fact: Communication includes gestures, signs, AAC, and social interaction. And it's never one-size-fits-all.

Some children use spoken language. Others communicate through signs, pictures, or devices. All of it is meaningful.

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CST Academy offers speech therapy to help children improve communication, language, and articulation skills in a fun, supportive, and play-based setting.

05/18/2026

Before our SLPs were helping our learners communicate, they were learning to connect with the world in their own ways too 🥹

Happy National Speech-Language Pathologist Day to all the incredible SLPs making a difference every day ✨💬🗣️

05/14/2026

Happy May! Our craft of the month is… May Flowers 🌸

This fun, hands-on activity is a great way to practice fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and creativity while making a colorful spring craft!

All you need is:
🌼 A pipe cleaner
🌼 Some beads
🌼 A paper flower (handmade or printed)

Simply attach the pipe cleaner to your flower and decorate the stem with beads to create your own unique flower design!

This easy and engaging craft is a great way to ring in the spring season 💐

05/13/2026

05/12/2026

✨ Building Early Reading Skills Through Play

We love using hands-on, engaging activities to help children grow, and our Dolch Pre-Primer Sight Words Build and Trace sheets are one of our favorites!

These 40 essential sight words (like “the,” “and,” and “it”) are key building blocks for early reading. Children learn to recognize them by sight, which helps reading become smoother, more confident, and more enjoyable over time 📚

Through a multi-sensory approach, children build each word using materials like Play-Doh, trace the letters to strengthen fine motor skills, and practice reading the word in simple sentences. This combination supports not just recognition, but real understanding.

We use these activities every day in our therapeutic preschool program to make learning interactive, meaningful, and fun! 🙌

📥 Download it now on our website and start exploring sight words together: https://cstacademy.com/resources/activities/dolch-pre-primer-sight-words/

05/05/2026

Happy National Teacher Appreciation Day to our amazing classroom leaders! ✨

Your expertise, compassion, and dedication shine through in the way you blend therapy and education to support each child’s unique learning style.

You make our therapeutic preschool program everything that it is 💙

04/30/2026

As April comes to a close, we’re reminded that Autism Acceptance shows up in how we continue to stay consistent, collaborate, and evolve.

Our commitment doesn’t end here, acceptance is every day 💙

04/27/2026

💙 Supporting Self-Regulation Through Everyday Activities

As National OT Month comes to a close, we’re highlighting one of the many tools our occupational therapists use: sensory routines.
A sensory routine is a personalized plan of activities designed to give children the sensory input they need throughout the day to feel more calm, focused, and regulated. These can include simple activities that fit naturally into your child’s routine 🙌

Every child’s needs are different, which is why sensory routines are thoughtfully created to support each child in the way that works best for them.

💬 Read more about sensory routines and sensory processing in this article on our website: https://cstacademy.com/resources/webinars/making-sense-of-sensory-practical-strategies-for-home/

Explore calming sensory strategies for kids at home. Get practical tips, sensory activity ideas, and guidance on when to seek pediatric occupational therapy.