Caffeine & Caseloads: The SLP Life with The Pedi Speechie

Five-Minute Prep, Big Impact: My Favorite Emergency Speech Therapy Activities


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Need a speech session yesterday? This episode is your emergency toolkit. Karen from The Pedi Speechie Podcast is sharing 10 of her favorite low-prep, high-impact activities that can be done in tiny spaces with minimal materials—perfect for school SLPs on the go.

From bean bag balancing and sticky note circuits to sound effect games and silly sentence building, you’ll walk away with fresh ideas that support communication goals and get your students moving. These ideas are sensory-friendly, regulation-boosting, and totally doable with what’s already in your speech room.

🎧 Listen in to hear:

  • How to use free online sounds to target articulation
  • A simple way to combine movement with expressive language
  • Why bean bags and sentence strips might become your new go-to tools

If you’re tired, overwhelmed, or just fresh out of ideas, this one’s for you. Because sometimes the best therapy sessions are the ones you didn’t spend all weekend prepping.

✨ Mentioned in the episode:

  • BBC Sound Effects Archive
  • Freesound.org
  • Story Retell Graphic Organizer: Yoga Mat Companion
  • Story Retell and Sequencing: Speech and Language Therapy Worksheets

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Caffeine & Caseloads: The SLP Life with The Pedi SpeechieBy Karen Krogg, M.S., CCC-SLP

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