Mrs. Staples' Speech and Language therapy class
Welcome! I'm so glad you're here! Please scroll for information and helpful links!
Class overview
Speech and language therapy can work on a variety of skills with your child. These include, but are not limited to, the following:
Expressive language (how a child uses words to express themselves)
Receptive language (how your child understands language)
Articulation (the way that sounds/words are formed and produced)
Pragmatics (social skills)
Fluency (stuttering)
About me
Hello! My name is Kerry Staples. I graduated with my Masters degree from The College of Saint Rose in 2017. Speech and language therapy (specifically with children) has been my passion ever since!
You can reach me in the following ways:
email - kerry.staples@wcsdny.org (preferred)
phone - (845) 463-7860 x14025
Resources
Please use the links below to find helpful resources and activities for your child(ren)!
This website includes resources/pages for a ton of articulation sounds to practice at home with your child!
Scroll down to see links for specific sounds!
This website includes great explanations and examples of fluency strategies that are commonly used for people who stutter!
It's helpful to encourage your child's specific strategies in all settings!
Parts of Speech - nouns, verbs, and pronouns - oh my!
Mad Libs are a great way to work on the parts of speech. The link to the left can help you find printables, books, and an app you can download to play the game!
Board games!
I love using board games to target a lot of different language/speech goals. To the right and below, you'll find examples of a few of my favorites and how to use them!
Overall, board games are a great way to always work on pragmatic skills such as turn-taking, being a good team player, encouraging friends, and following rules.
Pop the Pig - can be used when working on your child's speech sounds, naming items in a category, answering a wh- question, creating a correct sentence to talk about a picture, and so much more!
Guess Who? - can be used for inferencing, describing, asking/answering yes/no questions, deductive reasoning, and process of elimination!
HedBanz - can be used for inferencing, asking/answering questions, describing, categories, and functions of items!
Zingo! - can be used to work on matching, rhyming, sentence structure, articulation, describing objects, categorizing, and asking/answering questions!