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I created these free speech and language worksheets so you can easily download and print them out to use as part of your speech therapy program.  Just scroll down the page to view the worksheets by topic.  You will find free speech therapy worksheets for articulation, vocabulary , grammar, holiday articulation and language games…and lots of other miscellaneous speech therapy creations that I love!  If you would like more information on what articulation therapy is you might like to read a post I have written called  Teaching Speech Sounds: The Process of Traditional Articulation Therapy

Parents:  If you are a mommy or a daddy (or grandma or grandpa) who wants to work with your child at home, you can use these speech therapy activity pages for extra practice.  Just choose the sound position to work on (initial, medial, or final) and click on the corresponding link to view and print the worksheets.  To help make practice more fun, you can print out two of the same page so you have pairs, cut them out, and use them to play a game of memory or go fish. You can also use them as flashcards.  You will find free speech therapy worksheets by sound and at a variety of levels; word level, phrase level and sentence levels!

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Speech Sounds in Syllable Wheel

/th/ Sound Voiceless

/th/ Sound Voiced

Grammar Worksheets

Regular past tense.

Irregular Past Tense

Third Person Singular

Vocabulary Worksheets – Holiday and Seasonal Themed 

Fall & autumn memory game, christmas vocabulary 1, christmas vocabulary 2, summer vocabulary, summer vocabulary companion, grammar bingo games – holiday and seasonal themed, grammar bingo games.

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As Speech Language Pathologists, we are always on the hunt for a good Speech Therapy handout - and bonus if it’s free.

This massive list of free speech therapy handouts will help you find amazing handouts to share with parents, speech therapy assessment, and therapy planning. These free speech therapy printables cover a variety of topics, including developmental norms, speech therapy activity ideas, apraxia of speech, homework planning, play observation, and language processing.

This Apraxia Homework Planner is perfect for keeping parents in the loop! Use this easy to use checklist to note which cues are beneficial, which word shapes they are working on, which carrier phrases to target, and what their child's target words are.

Cues for Apraxia of Speech: Use this Speech Therapy Handout for Apraxia of Speech as a quick reference when using DTTC, Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing , with your students. Includes a hierarchy of cues that can be used with your toddlers, preschoolers, and school aged children during speech therapy! The cues are sorted by level of support, so you can appropriately support your students in saying accurate productions. **For more about DTTC, please visit www.ctsspeechhearing.org**.

Apraxia of Speech Homework Plan: This free homework planning sheet for Speech Therapy was designed with the busy SLP in mind! Use this easy to use checklist to keep parents of children with Apraxia of Speech informed of which targets they are working on, the type of cue their child benefits from, and so much more!

Speech and Language Therapy Strategies and Accomodations for the Classroom : This easy to use checklist is perfect to supplement any speech therapy consultation visit or to help you with writing your IEPs. Includes a variety of speech therapy strategies for expressive language, receptive language, articulation, phonology, early language, behaviour, and visual supports.

Word Shape Hierarchy: Use this visual representation of Word Shape difficulty with parents or teachers - or use for yourself! Children with Apraxia of Speech have difficulty combing a variety of sounds in a variety of ways - especially when the word is complex. This simple speech therapy handout for Apraxia of Speech will help you choose your goals for Apraxia of Speech!

Prosody Calendar for Apraxia of Speech: Children with Apraxia of Speech often have prosodic differences. It is important for children with Apraxia of Speech to practice speaking using different rates, volumes, and pitches from a young age!

Send this print and go handout home with your students with Childhood Apraxia of Speech, or use as a guide in your own therapy. Have fun practicing using different rates, volumes, and pitches with your students.

Speech Therapy on a Walk : Use this free handout for Speech Therapy for carryove r of a variety of speech and language skills.! With this free parent handout, teachers and Speech Therapists can provide parents with easy to implement strategies and activities to use during a walk.

What Question Handout for Speech Therapy: This handout is full of practical and easy to implement activities with everyday items, as well as effective strategies for teaching answering what questions. This one-page handout provides enough information for parents (or you!) to implement therapy for up to one month! That means less prep for YOU! This WH-Question Handout includes:

age of typical acquisition

example of correct and incorrect answer types

Fun activity ideas for speech therapy

detailed cueing hierarchy, with examples

a list of WH- questions to practice

Past Tense Verbs Handout for Speech Therapy: Share this grammar handout with parents, teachers, and school staff. This Handout includes:

Parent friendly explanation of when the past tense -ed morpheme is used.

Typical age of acquisition.

Example of correct and incorrect use.

Cueing hierarchy, with examples.

Classroom Strategies.

Activity Ideas and/or Book Suggestions

Categorization Handout for Speech Therapy : Give this Language Processing: Categorization handout to parents, teachers, and school staff. This print and go handout includes everything you need to teach this speech and language skill! This handout features:

Explanation of the Goal

Low-prep Activity Ideas

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6 Stages of Social Play Development: This handout will help you understand how play develops in childhood. Each of the six stages of social play development is explained and development norms are provided.

Ideas for Play Materials: Wondering how to get kids engaged in therapy? Make sure you are using toys and activities that are appropriate for their level of play. This quick and easy reference sheet includes materials ideas for different levels of play, including pretend play, parallel play, sensorimotor play, dramatic play, and constructive play.

Play Observation Form: This easy to use checklist will help with your play based assessments. Give to parents to complete or complete yourself. Gain an understanding of the child's interests, levels of play, and attention span.

Favorite Resources for themed therapy: Interested in starting to use themes in your speech therapy sessions? Use this list of books, board games, toys, crafts and gross motor activities to help you plan your speech therapy sessions. Includes ideas for pets, farm, zoo, food, monster, and baking.

Why we Play in Speech Therapy: This handout provides Evidence Based Reasons of why Speech Therapy involves a lot of play! Share this with teachers, parents, or school staff to explain the importance of play in speech and language development.

5 Characteristics of Playful Learning: Have you ever wondered what characteristics of play help a child learn? This handout tells you exactly which five features of play help kids learn and explains them in detail.

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Free Speech Therapy Tools: Worksheets and Printables

Worksheets and Printables Are Excellent Additions To Your Speech Therapy Regimen.

Our in-depth look at tools for speech therapy continues with a look at free speech therapy tools that you can use at home. Worksheets and Printable Handouts. We have searched the Internet for worksheets that you can use with your child to use as support material in your speech therapy efforts.  There are many different worksheets and handouts to choose from, so we have narrowed it down for you and organized these activities into two categories: activities to help build speech and language skills and activities to help build literacy. And, as we continue to emphasize, these are not a substitute for proper evaluation and treatment from an SLP. These handouts are purely to provide your child with hands-on resources for improving articulation, language building and increased literacy at home and to help build a foundation for correct speech patterns and comprehension.

Many sites contain cute printables that seem better suited for a child’s entertainment, rather than actual speech therapy. Our goal with the list below is to provide valuable links and resources for both families and speech therapists looking for engaging and effective material to use as a supplement to current speech therapy treatments. The benefit to using printable handouts as a speech therapy tool, (other than the price), is that you can find worksheets that treat a specific issue of speech therapy or articulation disorder. For example, you can work specifically on the sound of /r/, if that is the only area where your child needs help. Or, help your child recognize the sounds that vowels make.

We continue to learn from you, so we encourage you to share your best sites and printable sources, so that we can all have access to this helpful information.

Free Speech Therapy Tools — Worksheets for Building Speech and Language:

• www.do2learn.com – terrific resource for kids with special needs. Includes printables and worksheets designed for home and students who need help transitioning into a school setting.
• www.speakingofspeech – a good source for SLP’s including lesson ideas, data sheets and kids activities.
• www.quia.com – interactive speech and language games
• www.freelanguagestuff.com – a wide range of over 20 specific language building exercises and activities. This site breaks down language skills into specifics such as nouns, idioms, adjectives, questions and more.
• http://www.tampareads.com/phonics/whereis/index.htm – a comprehensive site to over 56 worksheets and printables focusing on consonants and vowels.
• http://kindersay.com/words – learning and saying English words. Similar to flashcards.
• Annie’s Rhyme Time  – answer riddles with a two-word rhymes. *update: Annie’s appears to be experiencing intermittent outages, if that link doesn’t work, be sure to check out Scholastic’s other relevant free offerings .
• Rhyming Picture Cards   – nursery rhyme worksheets and printables.
• Rhyme Zone   – has a rhyming dictionary and quizzes.
• International Tongue Twisters – over 3000 tongue twisters presented in 118 languages.

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FREE Speech Therapy Worksheets and Printables

Speech therapy worksheets and printables to help you save time planning and are great for take-home and carryover activities. Find our favorites below!

As a speech-language pathologist (SLP), you are likely always on the hunt for new worksheets and printables for your clients with speech and language delays and/or disorders. If you don’t need to print, I still like how they are super convenient to email home for extra practice or quickly pull up for my telepractice sessions! Tip: open the PDF and use the annotation feature in your video chat platform to fill them out.

Free worksheets and printables are even better for those with limited (or nonexistent) material budgets…we’ve got your back! To make your life easier, find a round-up of some of our favorite free speech therapy worksheets below.

Why Using Worksheets and Printables in Speech Therapy is Beneficial

• They require little to no prep
• They won’t make a mess
• They’re easy to organize and store
• They can make working on goals more fun and engaging
• They can be used for progress monitoring (e.g. do an articulation BINGO activity each quarter and measure progress with it)
• They can be used virtually or printed out

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Free speech therapy worksheets and printables and how to use them.

Within this blog post are worksheets to aid speech therapy practice in sessions and at home. These are suited for various ages and skill levels. They are either linked to our TPT store or via Google Drive link!

Free Articulation Worksheets and Printables

Use these to target specific speech sounds. These are great for getting a lot of reps in!

Articulation BINGO:

• /r/ initial position
• /s/ initial
• /th/ (voiceless) initial
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Data Collection Sheet

Free Language Worksheets and Printables

Use these to target specific grammar and vocabulary skills including wh- questions, plural nouns, parts of speech, and figurative language.

Plural Nouns (Regular & Irregular Nouns) Review

WH- Questions Visual

WH- Short Story Questions:

• Camping Trip
• Fall Edition (4 stories)
• Winter Story
• Valentine’s Day
• Fall version
• Halloween version
• Thanksgiving version
• Christmas version

Idioms Worksheet

Free Seasonal Worksheets and Printables

Have fun incorporating holidays and themes into your speech and language activities. These activities are great for mixed groups and can be customized based on whatever goal you’re targeting!

Back to School:

• About Me Activity
• Get to Know You BINGO
• Fall Edition
• Winter Edition

BINGO games:

Scavenger Hunts

• Thanksgiving (highlights the 5 senses)

Free AAC Core Word Resources - Printables

Find a mix of core and fringe word activities for your AAC users and groups.

Core Word of the Week Activities

• GO core word
• MORE core word

Back to School Fringe Vocabulary BINGO

Free Speech Therapy BINGO games

BINGO games are great because they can vary in complexity and goals you can target. Some ideas for use: work on identifying or labeling the chosen word on the Bingo board, hone in on inferencing skills, explore sentence expansion, and so much more!

Articulation:

• /r/ initial
• Back to School (interactive group activity)

Free Administrative Support Documents for Speech Therapists

Gather background information on clients and take data easily with these printables!

Case History/Intake Fillable Form

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10 Free Resources to Help Parents Facilitate Speech and Language at Home

As a Speech-Language Pathologist, I feel that a good portion of my job is parent education and helping parents find fun and functional ways to work on the carryover of skills and facilitate speech and language skills at home. When I first started as a Speech-Language Pathologist, I typically assigned extra “homework” to my students that consisted of printed-out pages for drill work. Like many of us do, I learned the hard way that going the “homework” route may help some families but it does not help the majority of my families because time is valuable. Family time is even more valuable. What kind of memory would you prefer a child to walk away with – working on handouts and drills or spending time reading books, playing games, and cooking in the kitchen with their parent?

Check out these ten free resources that I found to help parents facilitate speech and language at home. Although there are 10 links below to downloadable resources, some of the links actually include more than one resource! Jackpot!

• Speech and Language Handouts for Parents by Primary Punch – This download contains 25 different handouts! Seriously! It has 25 different handouts to help educate parents on ways they can help their child with articulation, fluency, language, topic maintenance, core words, and so much more!
• Speech Practice on the Go by A Perfect Blend – This handout provides suggestions for different language goals that can be targeted while in the car.
• Selective Mutism Parent/Teacher Handout by Speak Up Speech – This handout was created to give a general understanding of how to interact with our students with Selective Mutism.
• Pediatric Feeding Handout by Jenny’s Feeding Gear – This freebie provides information on tips and suggestions that parents can make feeding time fun.
• Parent Handout for Toddlers and Early Intervention by a Gift of Gab – This freebie contains strategies and techniques that parents can use to encourage language at home. Information is provided in both English and Spanish.
• Language Through Everyday Interactions by Speech and Language Family Education – This handout provides quick and easy ways that parents can create a language-enriched home. Information is provided in both English and Spanish.
• Facilitate Expressive and Receptive Language at Home by Speech2Teach – This freebie contains separate handouts for receptive language and expressive language suggestions.
• AAC Modeling for Parents by Ms. Petersen SLP – This handout promotes parent modeling and provides suggestions on ways parents can incorporate it into their routine.
• Help Children Develop a Healthy Attitude by Stuttering Therapy Resources – This is a wonderful freebie to share with parents for our students that stutter!
• Tips for Caregivers for Articulation by A Simple Home SLP – Great tips and suggestions for parents working at home with their children on articulation.

Looking for more ideas?  Check out these blog posts!

• Language-building Tips and Handouts for Parents from The Hanen Centre – Great information!
• 5 Fun Speech Therapy Ideas for Parents to do at Home by Adventures in Speech Pathology – This is full of really great ideas.
• 3 Tips to Share with Parents at an IEP Meeting – Woohoo!

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9 Ways to Make Speech Therapy Homework Work for You

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There are many benefits of doing speech therapy exercises at home. More practice usually means faster improvement 1 , and therapy with software 2  at home or with a volunteer 3  has been shown to be effective.

But do you or a loved one find yourself going home from the speech therapist’s office with the best of intentions only to lose enthusiasm after a day or two? Don’t get discouraged! This may be the first time you’ve had to do “homework” in years and you may need to (re)establish good homework habits to set yourself up for success. Here are some tips to help you get started:

Schedule a Time

Put homework on the calendar like any other important appointment. Pick a time of day when you have energy and can focus. Schedule your speech therapy exercises for that time every day to establish a habit. If your goal is an hour of practice every day, don’t feel that you have to do it all at once. You can break up homework into 20- or 30-minute chunks to help prevent mental fatigue and boredom. Remember: consistency is what matters.

Just 20 minutes a day for 4 weeks — that’s all it took for every single participant with aphasia to show improvement using our  Language Therapy 4-in-1 app  at home in a  research study at Cambridge .

Make a Plan

If your speech-language pathologist (SLP) doesn’t give you a specific set of exercises, it may be up to you to decide what you’re going to do each day and when. It’s a good idea to make a “sandwich” of difficulty. That is, start with something that’s not too challenging to warm up the brain, then move to the harder tasks, then finish up with something a bit easier to leave yourself feeling confident.

Pick a Good Spot

Find a place in your home that’s comfortable, but not  too  comfortable to do your work. If the couch or a recliner leaves you too relaxed, your focus may relax too. Sitting at the kitchen table or at a desk is a good idea, as it can put you into a work mindset. Of course, if sitting upright in a chair is physically uncomfortable, you won’t be able to focus on your work either.

Minimize Distractions

Background noise makes it difficult to focus, so turn off the TV or radio when you do your homework. Silence the alerts on your phone and computer. Pick a time when family members aren’t all in the same room. Sometimes a peaceful background of music can help you focus, so experiment with what works for you.

Have a Helper on Hand

A communication partner can be a big help with speech therapy exercises. A helper can let you know whether an answer is correct or clear, provide cues when you’re stuck, or engage in conversation to help you practice a strategy. They may be able to offer technical help, should you need it, if you’re practicing with a computer or tablet. Having your helper attend some of your  speech therapy sessions  can be useful too. The helper will learn tips from the therapist that they can reinforce at home. Homework helpers can join you via Skype, Facetime, or phone as well, so your loved ones can still support you even if they don’t live nearby.

One way to start is by using  Conversation Therapy , an app designed to be used by two or more people. The interesting topics and structured questions encourage discussion and back-and-forth communication to help you work on speech and language goals at home. Even couples who can seemingly read each others’ minds will find something new to talk about using this app.

Watch Out for Frustration

If you find yourself getting angry or frustrated while you’re practicing, stop. Take a break. Breathe deeply and calm down. Practice is supposed to help you get better. If the speech therapy exercises leave you feeling frustrated, they’re probably too hard or you’re too tired. Ask for help. Or pick an easier activity or setting. If you start to associate homework with negative emotions, you probably won’t stick to your schedule. You need to watch out for negative feelings, and change what you’re doing the instant you feel them.

Reward your Effort

It’s important to set goals for yourself, and just as important to reward yourself when you reach them. Simply sticking to your practice schedule is a huge achievement, so give yourself credit for that. The number of items you get correct doesn’t matter as much as the fact that you’re trying. Your efforts will pay off over time, and that can be its own reward.

Use your Skills Outside Homework Time

Younger brains tend to change faster than older brains, but improvement is possible at any age.

The point of home speech therapy exercises isn’t to get good at home exercises—it’s to improve your thinking and communication skills while you’re engaged in activities that matter to you. This is what SLPs call “carryover.” It isn’t always easy, but carryover is the goal of any exercise.

Practice your homework strategies throughout the day. If you’ve been working on describing words, for example, try to describe the words you can’t think of during dinner conversation. Ask family and friends to encourage you to use your strategies as you go about your day. Nobody likes being corrected all the time, though, so it’s okay to set times when you want reminders and times when you just want to be left to speak as you please. Make sure you’re clear with friends and families about which times are which.

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Practicing one skill can result in improvement of a related skill.

Try combining these tips with an app that’s specifically designed to help adults recover their language skills after a stroke or some other type of acquired brain injury. Tactus Therapy apps are designed by a Speech-Language Pathologist to allow you to practice the same skills you work on in therapy, at home.  You can trust that the speech therapy exercises are based on techniques known to help adults with acquired communication disorders. We want you to succeed!

With a Tactus Therapy app, you can get in more repetitions and practice between therapy sessions—and this can help speed up your progress. Answer a few simple questions and you’ll be shown the best apps for you with our  App Finder  wizard. Then you can try them for free!

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1: Bhogal, SanjitK., Robert Teasell, and Mark Speechley. “Intensity of aphasia therapy, impact on recovery.”  Stroke  34.4 (2003): 987-993.  Full Text 2: Palmer, Rebecca, et al. “Computer Therapy Compared With Usual Care for People With Long-Standing Aphasia Poststroke A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.”  Stroke  43.7 (2012): 1904-1911.  Full Text 3: Brady, Marian C., et al. “Speech and language therapy for aphasia following stroke.”  Cochrane Database Syst Rev  5 (2012): CD000425.  Full PDF

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Speech Homework: Helpful Tool or Waste of Paper?

During my student teaching I saw my mentor pass out a worksheet to each student at the end of each session. When I visited with my grad school friends they told me theirs did the same. So, naturally we all passed out those skill specific worksheets at the end of each session.  My first year working in my school I was so excited! I had binders of worksheets labeled, sorted, and ready to go. I was couldn’t wait to pass them out and see my students’ progress soar! Then reality set in.  I soon realized that only a small handful of students ever turned in the homework, that is of course if they didn’t lose it.

So, I pose the question: Is speech homework helpful or a just a waste of paper?  Let’s take a look at the pros and cons.

– Helps students practice and reinforce skills from therapy.

– Encourage family involvement in speech therapy.

– Helps students make faster, more steady progress of targeted skills.

– If homework doesn’t get done or is lost then no practice or reinforcement of skills is had.

– Paper ($) and time are needed in preparing materials for homework.

For me, the pros out weigh the cons. But, that doesn’t erase the frustrations that occur when speech homework consistently isn’t completed.  After years of this I come to a conclusion: The best I can do is give them the opportunity.    It took me some time to get there though, this light bulb did not turn on over night! I had to understand and accept that there will be reasons why speech homework isn’t completed: after school activities, too much homework already, family events, they lost it, etc.  So, I decided the best thing I could do for my students was to give them the opportunity to practice their skills and if it didn’t get done, it didn’t get done. 

I have gone through lots and lots and lots of different homework sheets and systems. Here are some of my favorites that have worked well for me and hopefully for you…if you want.

1. Speech and Language Homework for a Year

This has been my favorite tool to use! This homework bundle is so comprehensive it’s crazy. Each week, for 10 months ( a school  year )  there is a homework sheet. Each sheet has 3 different levels so I am able to find something for all kids. I hand had out these sheets to my students at their first or only session of the week.  They have until the following week to turn get the activities done ( which take about 3 minutes ).  Even if they don’t target my kid’s goals exactly, it is still addressing their language growth.  She also has a Social Language Homework for a Year.

2. Summer Homework Packet

This is a great packet from Natalie Snyders with summer activities to keep those language skills strong!  She also has packs for all the months of the school year and articulation too!

3. Speech and Language Therapy Summer Homework Program

This is another great packet from Sublime Speech to help prevent regression during the summer. It is set up like a calendar so it is super easy for families to follow and doesn’t take up much their day.

These are just some things I have found. I quick search on TpT will turn up lots more, so take a look and see if there is something out there that may fit your needs.

Now after all this talk about speech homework I am curious. Where do you stand on it?

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I give homework, but only once/week. I give them a duotang folder (the kind with 3 brads in it) that is provided by the school, and I put a note in it that that is the only folder I’ll give them. They get the folder at the end of the week and then should bring it back with a parent’s signature the next time I see them. I’ve never had much of a problem with getting the majority of them back…bribery always helps!

I too have used the folder idea, but this year I came up with a ring. The teacher practices with the student at the end of reading group. I place target words on a card at various levels and teachers take their time at the end of group and run through about 10 words. If anyone else has a ring system, please post.

I also give homework, but as a monthly calendar to my elementary kiddos. I encourage completion of the calendar, but the students are not penalized if they don’t bring it back. For those that do, I pass out a small reward. Even if it is only one activity attempted, I am happy. I guess the saying, “Nothing ventured, nothing gained” applies here!

Thanks for the love! I also keep track of when I assign it and if they return it. I can use it to tell parents that they need the home practice too!

I give homework once a month, along with a word list containing their speech sounds. I use Speech Activities by Miss Chelsea’s free homework calenders on TPT (SO CUTE!!): https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/January-2015-Articulation-Homework-1615457

I send a note home explaining the importance of homework to the parents and tell them to initial on the days they did the various activities with their child and send it back in to school. When a student brings me their calenders with parent signatures for the week they get an extra sticker on their behavior chart toward prize box. Even though it’s not behavior related it gets them really motivated because they want the prize box 24/7!! Works for me! 🙂

I agree with you, Maureen! I think it is important to provide that opportunity.

I still give homework for students in kindergarten through grade 5. The decision to give homework to 6-8 is done on a more individualized basis. Some of my middle school students feel terribly overwhelmed by their homework already and I don’t want to add to that burden. Others love it and have no problem completing it. I agree, homework is important and I remember this quote from one of my professors in 1982, “Homework is good.” I think that just about sums it up 🙂

Hi Maureen, Love this post, and it is something I am always questioning in my practice. I like to give my kids a weekly “mission” which is not paper-based, but embedded into their week. It might be just a single word to use every time they ask for something, or five repetitions every time they brush their teeth. I find these are achievable, easy and ‘real-life.’ I only tend to give paper-based or structured homework if I have a really eager family, otherwise I know I am just wasting paper. Another great tool that I use is an Australian website called elr.com.au – you can try a demo – you can register and then give kids guest access to play speech games at home – I find these actually get done, unlike other homework. Thanks for the food for thought! Alex.

I looked at some data on this a few years back as part of my personal goal. For my students, for those that consistently completed homework, 100% met their benchmark goals. For those who didn’t consistently complete homework, only 60% met their benchmark goals. I include this data in my beginning of the year letter.

That is really interesting! Thank you for sharing.

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