Last Day Before Christmas Break

Kids are always a little wonky on party days--the excitement of the break and the holidays is in the air and everybody is feeling it! And it's usually a fun day in speech.

During my social group today we were talking about unexpected behaviors and replacement behaviors. For instance, how else can we handle our anger without hitting?

To which first grader Haley replies, "Sometimes I get mad at my sister Isabella because she takes things that aren't hers and my mom doesn't get mad at her. And she's not cute. But Suzie is. Suzie is cute. Not Isabella though."


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Playing a game of Apples to Apples with my 2nd graders:

Green Apple word: stinky

Red Apple Card word/explanation: "owls. because they don't take showers and they just sit there and get all nasty and stuff."

Frog in My Throat

I recently had a cold and lost my voice. I'm still trying to recover it.

Today, one of my 2nd grade fluency boys asked me, "um, do you have a sore throat? or is something wrong with your voice box?"

In another group, a 2nd grader said to me, "What happened? Do you have a frog in your throat?" "Yes, I do have a frog in my throat."

"A real frog?" says Alex.

"No, not a real frog."

"Well, why did he say you have a frog in your throat?"

"It's just an expression. Something we say when our voice sounds scratchy."

"Well, I don't get it. Why a frog?"

Thank you, Dr.

I lost my voice yesterday and barely had a voice at work today. When my social skills group came in this morning, one of the 1st grade boys asked me, "what happened to your voice?"

To which a second grader responded (with correct pronunciation), "I think you may have laryngitis."

"Why thank you, Colin. I think you may be right!"

Overheard in a First Grade Group

Haley: I'm not gonna like 10 anymore. I'm gonna like 100 now.

Zoee: Like why? You wanna be 100?