Back in my day... Part 2.

I'm back with some more ' Back In My Day' materials. If you missed the first round, check it out here. Check out these materials from Connie Ziko from a few decades ago. 

This is the Fokes Sentence Builder  published in 1976 by Teaching Resources.

There are 5 color coded boxes . Who, What, Is Doing, Which, and Where for a total of 200 black line drawings .

There is a sentence line for the boxes. There is a box containing sentence markers and inserts.

The manual includes  lessons :

Level 1 for severe delays

Level 2 for moderate delays

Level 3 for no delays .

The lessons are arranged in order of linguistic complexity for declarative , questions and negative sentences .

Ok, I just have to say that parts of this were actually in the therapy cabinet when I showed up  a few years ago! Thanks for sharing Connie! 

Special Thanks to everyone who has sent in photos along with Connie's! Larissa Stewart submitted this photo that certainly wouldn't be appropriate any longer! 

The copyright is date is 1972! Tons of /s/ sounds in 'smoking cigarettes'. 

Back in my day.... Part 1

As part of my celebration of Better Hearing and Speech Month, a blog reader, Connie Ziko, is sharing some of her old speech therapy materials. It's clear I'm still a newby in this field. I have colorful fun decks and clipart galore. Many of you started speech therapy a few decades ago with a whole different set of treatment materials. Connie is taking us back in time to look at some old material sets that are still hanging around at her place of employment! 

When I accepted my first SLP job I used this language kit. It was a standard "in my day". There were 3 kits . This green kit was intended for 4 1/2 to 6 1/2 years of age.

This kit was copyrighted in 1965 and published by the American Guidance Service (AGS). An updated kit is now published by Pearson.

In the kit : 180 daily lessons in a spiral bound manual.

                 430 colored cards in 13 different categories .( Not real photos)

                 10 extra large poster scenes.

                 350 plastic colored clips .

                 2 puppets

                1 reel to reel tape with 6 narrated fairy tales .

 

(Check out that TV on the card :))

 

 The lessons were not intended to "replace the regular activities" in the daily classroom. The lessons have been planned to "provide repetition "in the oral language program. If you take a look at the activities on the lesson that is pictured some of the same tenets still hold true.

That was AWESOME! Ok, am I the only one thankful for voice recorders, ipads and youtube? Stay tuned for more pictures from Connie! If you have photos of some 'Back in My Day' materials, please submit them to speechroomnews@gmail.com.

BHSM 2013 {free download}

Happy May!

May is my favorite month of the year. It starts out with my Birthday (on the 2nd!) and ends with the Indy 500 where my family all flies in from around the country!

Oh, wait..... this is a speech blog you say? Ok then I guess we should celebrate Better Hearing and Speech Month too! Are you looking for free Better Hearing and Speech Month activities? Start here!

My May is crazy town. I don't know how much I'll be able to do in my own school/clinic to celebrate BHSM but I am bringing you a calendar today to get you started! Courtney Cole originally shared this on SRN last year. This year Tara Brown updated it for me! Thanks ladies!

Grab the freebie by clicking on the image above :)