Speak To Me, Inc.

01/10/2026

Happy 4th Anniversary, Suzanne! 🎈
Thank you for four wonderful years of laughter, creativity, and exceptional care. Your fun energy and natural connection with the children make such a difference every day. We are so lucky to have you!

01/08/2026

❄️ DIY Snow Sensory Play at the Clinic! ❄️
We’re bringing winter fun indoors with this easy DIY Snow made from shaving cream & baking soda! This hands-on activity is more than just fun—it supports so many therapy goals across Speech, OT, and PT ✨

🧪 DIY Snow Recipe

You’ll need:
• 1 cup baking soda
• ½ cup shaving cream (add slowly!)

How to make it:
1. Pour baking soda into a tray or bin
2. Slowly mix in shaving cream
3. Stir and adjust until it feels like fluffy snow
4. Scoop, mold, draw, and explore!

🌟 Why We Love This Activity

✔️ Engaging & motivating
✔️ Multi-sensory (touch, sight, smell)
✔️ Builds skills through play
✔️ Easily adapted for all ages & abilities

🗣️ Speech Therapy Targets
• Vocabulary (snow, cold, scoop, more, melt, big/small)
• Following directions (first/then, scoop, pour, mix)
• Requesting & commenting
• Answering WH-questions
• Expanding phrases & sentences
• Turn-taking & social interaction

✋ Occupational Therapy Targets
• Sensory exploration & tolerance
• Fine motor skills (scooping, squeezing, pinching)
• Hand strength & bilateral coordination
• Pre-writing skills (drawing shapes/letters in the snow)
• Self-regulation & attention

💪 Physical Therapy Targets
• Core strength & postural control while seated or standing
• Upper-extremity strength & coordination
• Weight shifting & balance during play
• Functional reaching & endurance

❄️ Play is powerful—and learning happens best when kids are having fun!
We love turning simple materials into meaningful therapy moments 💙

01/06/2026

🎉🎂 Happy Birthday, Samantha! 🎂🎉
We are so grateful for everything you do as our Patient Care Coordinator. Your kindness, organization, and dedication help keep our clinic running smoothly and our families supported every day. We hope your day is filled with joy, love, and lots of celebration—you deserve it! 💙

01/06/2026

🎉 Parent Attendance Raffle Winner! 🎉

We recently drew our Parent Attendance Raffle winner! While we can’t share the winner’s name due to HIPAA privacy guidelines, we are so grateful for all of our amazing parents who consistently make therapy a priority.

Your dedication, commitment, and support truly make a difference in your child’s progress. Thank you for always showing up and ensuring your kiddos are here, ready to learn and grow—we couldn’t do this without you! 💙✨

01/03/2026

So much learning packed into one fun activity! ✂️🎨🖍️

Today we worked on a multi-step craft using rock crayons, a hole puncher, scissors, and glue.

🖐️ Fine motor strength & coordination
• Squeezing the hole puncher and scissors builds hand and finger strength
• Holding and controlling rock crayons supports mature grasp development

🤝 Bilateral coordination
• One hand stabilizes while the other cuts, colors, or punches—an important skill for writing and daily tasks

🧠 Motor planning & attention
• Following steps (color → punch → cut → decorate) supports sequencing, focus, and task completion

🎨 Sensory exploration
• Rock crayons provide unique tactile input and feedback, helping

01/01/2026

🎉 Happy Birthday to Carsen our amazing Occupational Therapist! We are so grateful to have you on our team. Hope your day is full of smiles and celebration! 🎂💙

12/31/2025

✨ Happy New Year from all of us at Speak to Me Inc.
We are so thankful for our amazing families and the trust you place in us. Please note that our clinic will be closed on January 1st as we take time to celebrate the New Year with our loved ones.

12/30/2025

It’s almost a New year 🪩✨

Today in OT, we celebrated by painting with Q-tips, trying to get each dot of paint into the dots on the paper!

This fun activity promotes…

🎯 Fine Motor Skills
    •    Pincer grasp development (thumb–index finger) from holding a cotton swab
    •    Hand strength and endurance through controlled dipping and dotting
    •    Finger isolation while placing paint precisely in circles

👁️✋ Visual–Motor Integration
    •    Coordinating what the child sees (outlined circles) with what the hand does
    •    Accurate placement of dots within boundaries supports pre-writing and drawing skills

✍️ Pre-Writing & Graphomotor Skills
    •    Practicing controlled, repeated movements
    •    Following a path/shape helps prepare for letter formation and line adherence

🧠 Motor Planning & Sequencing
    •    Understanding the steps: dip → aim → dot → repeat
    •    Sustaining an organized approach across a multi-step worksheet

🧩 Attention & Task Persistence
    •    Maintaining focus to complete a patterned activity
    •    Supporting work tolerance and follow-through

🖐️ Sensory Processing (Tactile)
    •    Exposure to wet/sticky textures (paint)
    •    Can support tactile exploration or mild desensitization in a fun, structured way

📏 Bilateral Coordination & Postural Stability
    •    One hand stabilizes the paper while the other performs the task
    •    Sitting posture and proximal stability support distal (hand) control

12/30/2025

We wish we had snow here! ❄️
Very neat explanation on why it is so quiet when it snows!

The calming power of Auditory processing! https://www.theottoolbox.com/auditory-processing-activities/

Do you have snow? Take a quiet walk for a brain break that "resets"!

12/29/2025

📚✨ Tummy Time Isn’t Just for Babies! ✨📚

Did you know tummy time is still important even after infancy? As children grow, spending time on their belly helps strengthen core, shoulder, and neck muscles that support posture, fine motor skills, coordination, and even attention.

One easy way to encourage tummy time with toddlers? Pair it with books!

👉 How to do tummy time during book reading:
• Lay your child on their belly and place the book on the floor in front of them
• Prop the book up slightly or use a sturdy board book
• Sit face-to-face to read, point to pictures, and turn pages together
• Encourage your child to prop on their elbows or hands
• Keep it short and fun—just a few minutes at a time adds up!

📖 Bonus tip: Choose interactive books with flaps, textures, or bright pictures to keep them engaged while building strength.

Little moments like this support gross motor development, pre-writing skills, and endurance—all while enjoying a favorite story together 💛

12/26/2025

🎉 December Attendance Raffle Winner! 🎉
We’re so excited to celebrate our first kids’ attendance raffle winner of December! 👏
The winner’s name has been removed to protect client privacy.
Great job showing up, working hard, and giving your best effort in therapy—consistency truly makes a difference! 💪✨ 📣 Parents: Your attendance raffle starts TODAY!
The parent winner will be drawn on December 31st—good luck to all our amazing families! 🎁