by Enrichment Therapies | Feb 13, 2023 | Speech & Language
Did you know that students can benefit greatly from being taught how to visualize? Visualization is key for long-term recall of phonics concepts and irregular sight words. If our students can “make a picture” of words in their heads, they are using the part of their...
by Enrichment Therapies | Feb 2, 2023 | Speech & Language
With springtime upon us, now is a great time to incorporate some speech and language skills into the outdoors. Egg Hunt: Using plastic Easter eggs create an egg hunt. Talk about where you found the eggs (under the pillow, beside the chair, in the tree, etc.). This...
by Enrichment Therapies | Jan 30, 2023 | Resources
When it comes to completing tasks that often should follow a specific order like chores, homework, or creating crafts, children can benefit from direct teaching on how to organize their thoughts and actions. This is especially helpful for children who have executive...
by Enrichment Therapies | Jan 25, 2023 | Resources, Social Skills
I’m sure you’ve heard the saying, “Life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you react to it.” Implementing this motto into daily life is a lot easier said than done, and can be especially difficult for children who struggle with social and emotional...
by Enrichment Therapies | Jan 19, 2023 | Executive Function, Resources
Executive functioning refers to the cognitive skills we use to initiate and maintain attention, follow directions, remember events and information, organize information and demonstrate self-control. Trouble with executive functioning can be present in many different...
by Enrichment Therapies | Jan 3, 2023 | Speech & Language
At Enrichment Therapy and Learning Center, we value the importance of practicing speech sound targets at home to increase children’s accuracy toward meeting their articulation goals. It allows for faster acquisition of sounds at various levels of difficulty and...
by Enrichment Therapies | Dec 28, 2022 | Executive Function, School Aged Activities
The following are games and activities to improve executive functioning at home. These are just some of the many available games/activities, which are great for all ages, but age suggestions are also provided. Have fun with this while also working to improve your...
by Enrichment Therapies | Dec 5, 2022 | Developmental Stages, Executive Function
By: Jamie Seibert, Learning Specialist Writing assignments become increasingly more difficult when students have learning differences. Students with learning differences are likely to struggle with executive function skills. I think everyone can struggle with...
by Enrichment Therapies | Nov 28, 2022 | Executive Function, School Aged Activities
Cooking is a great way to help your child improve their attention and executive functioning. Recipes contain multiple steps that your child must follow in order. They also provide a variety of directions (e.g. mix, pour, measure) that can help your child increase...
by Enrichment Therapies | Nov 10, 2022 | Resources
We know FAST scores can be confusing. We can help! This is usually one of the times throughout the year when parents receive their child’s FAST scores from schools. These scores can be confusing for parents to understand, and it can be difficult to know what to do...
