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The Speaking of Speech.com web site does not charge a membership fee and does not accept advertising or other corporate support.  To help defray the costs of keeping the site online and free to all, several products are now offered:
                        Speaking of Speech CD volume 1
                           Speaking of Speech CD volume 2
                                 Speaking of Speech.com Wristbands


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Additional materials authored by Pat Mervine are available through Mayer-Johnson Company.  Please click HERE for more information.


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You won't believe the number and variety of materials included on the
                            Speaking Of Speech CDs volumes 1 & 2!

COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
from the free materials offered on the Materials Exchange pages, the Speaking of Speech CDs contain hundreds of pages of materials that are appropriate for students in regular and special education, all ready for you to print and use. By the author of I CAN COOK, TOO!, ART FOR ME, TOO!, PRINT 'N PLAY GAMES, and PRINT 'N LEARN COMMUNITY and THEMATIC UNITS, these CDs are chock-full of materials that WORK!



Speaking of Speech CD

                             volume 1

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Pricing:  $25 each for 1-4 CDs
                $20 each for 5 or more CDs
                   (Quantity Discount)
    
 
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Speaking of Speech CD
                                  volume 2


Click HERE to see the Table of Contents.

Pricing:  $25 each for 1-4 CDs
                $20 each for 5 or more CDs
                   (Quantity Discount)
    
   
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come with a letter for parents and a calendar for carryover practice.
Start a "Carryover Club!"  SOS.com wristbands are a great reward for students to work toward, and a visible reminder to the students, parents, teachers, and peers of how far the students have come in therapy!

$1.20 per wristband -- price includes US shipping & applicable taxes.
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Assorted colors will be shipped.


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The following materials were also authored by
Pat Mervine and were published by Mayer-Johnson Co.
 

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Artic-U-Print: 
A Symbol-based Articulation Curriculum!


Includes:

  • Articulation Screening of all consonant sounds, blends, and vocalic /r/ in all positions.
  • Probe Pages for each sound for easy baseline and periodic data collection for IEP development and progress reporting.
  • Auditory/Visual Discrimination Cards of all sounds in initial and mixed positions.
  • Speech Sound Posters for students' folders and display in the therapy room that picture the place, manner, and voicing features of each sound.
  • Artic-U-Wear - fun, fashionable, hands-on projects for consonant speech sounds that students can wear.
  • Artic-U-Play - colorful, customizable game boards for speech practice of any sound at any level.
  • Sentence Level Practice Pages for reinforcement at home.
  • Calc-U-Lator - a handy card for reporting a student's performance in percentages.
Compatible with all versions of Boardmaker.


 
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Looking for Motivating Symbol Recipes?

I Can Cook, Too! gives children the chance to participate in fun-filled, hands-on cooking activities. It includes 45 recipe units, containing a simple recipe with words and symbols, follow-up activities and communication cards. The recipes provide at least one theme for each week of the school year.

This is a book that can be photocopied.  Boardmaker is not required to use this book, although an optional CD of recipe-related symbols is available.  The CD does not replace the book.


 
 



Looking for Motivating Art Projects?

Art for Me, Too!  contains 45 theme related art projects including instructional preparation tips, adaptations for children with special needs, directions in words and symbols, communication cards, follow-up activities, recipes, books, toys, and computer programs. The projects provide at least one theme for each week of the school year which are compatible with the activities in I Can Cook, Too!

This is a book that can be photocopied.  Boardmaker is not required to use this book, although an optional CD of project-related symbols is available.  The CD does not replace the book. 
 



Print 'n Play Games:  50 Nifty Games for Language, Speech & AAC Development

Incorporate 25 Bingo and 25 Mystery Games into thematic teaching units to promote speech, language, literacy, AAC, and pragmatic skills development. Perfect for regular and special education teachers, English as a Second Language teachers and speech/language pathologists.

The games can be used with an entire classroom, or in small groups. Designed to be appropriate for elementary-age students, the games are also ideal for students in secondary special education classes.

Suggestions are included to allow learners who use augmentative communication systems to actively participate.

The manual also provides advice for incorporating skills such as reading, writing, counting and following directions into thematic units.
Compatible with any version of Boardmaker.


 



Beginners' Bingo

Now Everyone Can Enjoy Bingo!
These bingo games are designed to use limited vocabulary and shorter game time to simplify game play. Fifty PCS-based games in two levels are developmentally appropriate for younger players and players with significant disabilities.

Templates are included so that games can be easily customized to support specific curricular topics and individual interests or needs. These bingo games are designed to help develop reading, writing, speaking and listening skills.

Helpful Tools for Teachers
Measurable IEP objectives and data collection forms are provided for each game to track progress and expand skills into other curricular areas.

Transition to More Complex Bingo Games
Learners can progress easily from the 4 Pix and 9 Pix bingo games offered in Print ’n Play Beginners’ Bingo to the more complex bingo games offered in Print ’n Play Games.

Provide Differentiated Instruction
Use the various bingo games in small groups to provide differentiated instruction in a class of students with mixed abilities. All students can work on thematic vocabulary at the appropriate level.

Compatible with all versions of Boardmaker.



 
 

Print 'n Play Dice Games

Promote Math, Social & Fine-Motor Skills in a Playful Way!
Twenty-three familiar themes are reinforced in two creative game formats.

• Easy to make and to play, Roll ’n Draw puts a fresh new spin on drawing and coloring as players roll dice and complete partially-drawn illustrations. Supports groups of two to six per game board.

• In Roll ’n Make, players build craft projects by the numbers. Learners create items such as masks and holiday cards while developing essential skills.

Each game produces a tangible result that can be displayed, placed in a portfolio or taken home. Sample IEP goals are included to save educators time.

Compatible with any version of Boardmaker.

            
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Print 'n Learn Community Units

Five customizable community units (school, mall, restaurant, firehouse, and post office) provide students with frequent multi-level experiences with new words, symbols and concepts. Each unit contains ten fun-filled and ready-to-print activities including I Spy, puzzles, bingo, posters, and worksheets. Each unit comes with a log for tracking student progress.

Compatible with any version of Boardmaker.


   
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Print 'n Learn Thematic Units

Promote literacy and fine-motor skills with these printable activities! Each of 25 thematic units contains a progress log, an I Spy scene, a puzzle, match-ups and other student-driven activities.

Students will love these varied educational activities:

     • Vocabulary Pages provide practice in literacy, language and          handwriting.
     • “My Name” Pages document a student’s handwriting ability          over time.
     • Match-ups challenge students to match words and                    manipulable symbols for assessment and practice.
     • Puzzles engage students in independent play and practice.
     • I Spy games provide practice with words in context with           colorful, symbol-filled scenes.

Support for teachers is also included.

     • Progress logs make it easy to keep records for targeted               skills for each student.
     • Chalkboard Cards are large individual vocabulary symbols f          or classroom display.
     • Templates provide blank forms and grids so you can easily          make your own materials.

Compatible with all versions of Boardmaker. 
 


Scene Detective takes the game of I Spy to three new levels with three motivating vocabulary-building games!


Up to 25 thematic Picture Communication Symbols (PCS) appear in each of 25 colorful, fun scenes in on-screen games that build visual, auditory and reading skills.
  • In the Looking Detective game, students learn to match identical symbols in context.
  • The goal of Listening Detective is to identify symbols when given the spoken label.
  • In the Reading Detective game, students identify symbols after reading the text labels.

Each game in Scene Detective provides three levels of prompting, reinforcement, and a printout of student performance to assist teachers in baseline data, progress monitoring and IEP goal writing. Scene Detective extends the themes and vocabulary of Print ’n Play and Print ’n Learn into the realm of computer interactivity for individual student learning and fun. Requires BM Plus or BM with SDP.