This week our preschool and kindergarten prep camps kicked off, and the kids are having a blast! Alice and Lori picked a farm theme for their first day with the preschoolers, and there were smiles all around. If you’re wondering what these pigs are wallowing in, it’s not real mud. Alice told me it’s a… (read more)
Are you ready for summer and a totally different schedule? Ready, or not, here it comes! As my kids headed off to their last day of school this morning, we talked out their mixed feelings. Relieved to have made it through a doozy of a year. A little bit sad to lose the structure and… (read more)
It’s summer camp time! This year we are once again partnering with the Oregon Scottish Rite Speech and Language Clinic at Portland State University to offer a variety of experiences for children with speech and language needs. Read more about what’s happening at Camp Hello this summer, including groups for articulation, language, social communication, kindergarten prep, stop motion… (read more)
During the month of May, many of our Hello clinicians have been channeling the #LastBell movement! They are working hard to finish the school year with the same enthusiasm, high expectations, and contagious energy that they started with. For our SLPs this can mean using therapy time in new ways and thinking broadly about addressing… (read more)
It all started when I was asked to bring a salad to a potluck. I like salad ok, but making it feels hard and complicated. I figured I could come up with something that presents as a salad, but that skipped all of that difficult washing and chopping business. I think what I came up… (read more)
Are we there yet? It’s officially summer vacation for many of our families, and others are just days away. Did you sigh hugely with relief to have made it through the busy days of field trips, end-of-school parties, promotions/graduations, etc.? What does summer vacation look like in your family? Vacations, summer camps, sleeping in, picking… (read more)