Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Vocabulary Development Center {Review & Giveaway}

The folks over at Primary Concepts have let me pick out another great activity to review and giveaway! Since you all loved the Articulation Box, I know you will love the next item I picked!  The Vocabulary Development Center is made up of 200 miniature items in 26 categories.  




Speech Language Pathologists will be able to take this organizer full of items and turn it into hundreds of language lessons! The object organizer comes with labels for 26 different categories (i.e.: pets, vegetables, clothing, etc).  The 200 miniature items are perfect for vocabulary development in preschoolers and early elementary clients. Just make sure you don't have students who mouth items. 




The center also include sorting mats. Four laminated mats are included (mats that sort by 2-5 categories). The items can be used to work on vocabulary, categorization and classification, basic concepts, following directions and story telling. The possibilities are endless! Using concrete items will help our delayed language learners with the vocabulary plus it makes everything more fun! 



The Realia book contains ideas for using the items in language lessons! It contains lesson plans plus story mat scenes. 


Check these out to give you an idea of the lesson ideas! This activity focuses on temporal concepts (first, next, etc).

This example includes ideas and items to use for object/function activities. Also a great way to target verbs! I plan on making copies of these for my parents to keep on the fridge each week! A great way to remind them to be deliberate in how they play with their language delayed children. Of course we can use these items to target articulation as well! A list is included so you can run through the items and pick out the desired sounds!
The Vocabulary Development Center is currently listed for $189.00 on the Primary Concepts website. The very good news is that Primary Concepts is going to give the product to one lucky Speech Room News follower! Enter via the rafflecopter gadget below! 
a Rafflecopter giveaway

211 comments:

  1. this looks great! I was thinking of putting something like this together but it sure is nice when someone does it for me!

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  2. looks like there are endless possibilities with this therapy tool!

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  3. This looks like such an awesome resource! I can think of so many students I could use it with in therapy. Hope I win!

    Rebecca
    gloworm693@hotmail.com

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  4. This would be great for my group speech!!!

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  5. This is amazing!!! It's like therapy in a box!

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  6. I would love to use this with my kindergartners (and lower functioning students) as a way to boost their vocabulary. Manipulatives are such a great way of bringing new words to life!

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  7. This is awesome! So nice to have everything already put together for you!

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  8. WOW!!! Amazing is an understatement! Love how everything is sooooo neatly and compactly put together! Great for the classroom.

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  9. This would be great for the kids I have to see in larger groups. We could use it for those with language (verbs), artic, and ANYTHING else!

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  10. This is a great idea. I have a sound box that I made myself. I love this.

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  11. I am always looking for miniatures for my nonverbal communication systems! Love this

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  12. I would absolutely LOVE this for my therapy sessions!

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  13. This would be great for my prek-k students!!! Awesome!

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  14. I am a new SLPA in Arizona and this would be great in helping start my materials library.

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  15. Thanks for this opportunity! I am a brand new follower of your... I'm excited to expand my therapy tools and techniques with what I learn here!

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  16. This is so great! Would love to use this!!

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  17. This really is awesome... soooo much you can do with it!

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  18. Awesome!!! Would help so many kids!

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  19. I would LOVE this! So many ways to use it!

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  20. This is such an awesome and useful product. I love it!

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  21. This looks great for preschool!

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  22. I started my own Box like this! This would be so great!

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  23. This is so awesome! A vocab dream!!!!

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  24. I had no idea this existed! That is amazing!

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  25. I really would love this one! I had no idea something this great existed.

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  26. I would use this every day! Great product!

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  27. Ooohhhh I want one! What a great product!!!

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  28. Wow! This is awesome! I would love one of these for my kiddos!

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  29. This looks like it would get tons of use in my room!

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  30. This is so cool. So many kids need the visual and tactile stimuli that this will provide!

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  31. This looks amazing!

    Amber
    ambs98@nc.rr.com

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  32. This looks amazing! The kids love the miniature items. I have some and find lots of uses for them.

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  33. this would be an amazing addition to my therapy repertoire!

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  34. I've got 3 PK classes at my new school. This would be great to use with them!

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  35. Super! Sooo many uses for soooo many students!!!

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  36. Have been looking for something EXACTLY like this for my kids in pre-k and with more severe impairments. Amazing!

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  37. I haven't seen this yet! It looks great for Preschool and MD populations...both of which are on my caseload! :) I can think of tons of things that you could use this for!

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  38. Love this...so many options for artic or language building!!

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  39. This would be great for my hearing loss students.

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  40. My head is spinning with ideas on how I could use this! I would love to win this item :)

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  41. That looks like an amazing tool!

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  42. I just started working at a school district with students from k-12!!! I can see endless possibilities for this product from kinder group lessons to autistic support and beyond! Love it!

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  43. Would love this for my speech son!!!

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  44. This would be amazing to use with my students with Autism!

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  45. This would be awesome to add to my collection of materials!

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  46. I love this, chalked full of possibilities!

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  47. Umm yes. Definitely awesome :-)!

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  48. This is great! I want it for my preschoolers!!

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  49. This would be really handy to have. I have been collecting miniature items on my own but its not easy to find them.

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  50. I think we all agree here...but way to pick , MAYBE, the best giveaway ever. :)

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  51. As an SLP starting my private practice, this would really help me start out on the right foot materials-wise!!

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  52. This is awesome! Would be great with my preschoolers and a good addition o my speech collection at my new school!

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  53. I am just starting some object/function goals with a few little ones- I would love this!

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  54. I would love to have this product. I can think of a million ways to use it! Thanks for sponsoring the give-away.

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  55. This would be great as I am just starting my first year as an SLP!

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  56. This would be great for my preschoolers and a great addition for a new SLP like myself!!!

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  57. That's awesome! Would love to have it :)

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  58. This is wonderful--my collection definitely has a very wide variance in object size which helps or goes against comparisons.

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  59. OMG! I could use this over and over again!!!

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  60. I'd love to put this stuff in Ned's head!!!!!!! My kiddos are very motivated by that

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  61. I would love to use this with my new preschoolers!

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  62. Yes, Super awesome! Abby, great idea about Ned's Head.

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  63. That's a great little kit for my preschoolers and primary grade kiddos!

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  64. This collection looks great! Would love to win this.

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  65. This looks really cool and it wouldn't take up too much space!

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  66. Such a great giveaway! Would work with any group!

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  67. I have been eyeing this product!! This would be super to use with so many of my kiddos

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  68. I have been looking for a collection just like this....thanks for sharing it!

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  69. The possibilities are endless! I would love to start building my materials collection with something like this! Great giveaway.

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  70. This looks amazing...would love using this!

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  71. This looks like an excellent tool, that can be used for a variety of activities. For some, to see and hold the objects can make such a big difference!

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  72. I just love your blog and have gotten so many great ideas from you! Thank you!
    Chris in NH

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  73. So awesome! Would love to use this in therapy!!!

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  74. I can see so many things this would be useful for!

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  75. This is awesome!!! Would love to win!!

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  76. This is something I definitely need!!!

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  77. I love to have one of these!

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  78. I actually HAD this Vocabulary Box in my previous job but didn't have all the cool additions...sorting mats, Realia book...and I USED it all the time! Love this product...wish I had one of my own. Maybe this will be my lucky day!!! :)

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  79. So many language and speech possibilities! Awesome!

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  80. This is so awesome, I'm speechless and that doesn't happen very often to a speechie!

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  81. I am a second year graduate student and I love to see reviews from practicing SLPs! This looks like a great program and I would love to have it as a resource! :)

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  82. This looks like a fantastic therapy tool!

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  83. The Vocabulary Development Center looks amazing! I'm a brand new SLP and my school site doesn't have anything like it. I would be super excited to win it.

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  84. I am about to finish graduate school and think this would a great tool to have, especially starting out as a new SLP at the end of this year/beginning of next.

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  85. I love it! so many amazing ways to use it and work on language. I want it!

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  86. Yes! What a great addition for the beginning of the school year!!

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  87. I LOVE using real objects with my preschool caseload! This would be super helpful since I am always trying to piece together my own kits of objects. What a great giveaway--thanks Primary Concepts!

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  88. What an awesome set! This would take forever if I tried to make it myself. Also, kids love being able to use manipulatives during therapy.

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  89. wow this would be so amazing with SO many goals!!!

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  90. This is awesome I'm an AVT and this would be great for therapy with my kiddos!

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  91. Wow! This looks awesome for preschoolers. This would be great to use with the EET program that I use so often!

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  92. This is a awesome tool for speech. This would be great for the kids I work with.

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  93. This looks like an awesome tool for therapy!

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  94. This would be a great tool to have for therapy!


    www.mylittlegabber.blogspot.com

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  95. What a great tool for therapy

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  96. This looks so cool! I would love to use it!

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  97. This has got to be one of the best giveaways!!

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  98. OH...... That looks awesome! I can think of so many great things I could do with that!

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  99. The possibilities are endless! I would LOVE to win this product!!

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  100. What a great comprehensive tool that would be an asset to any therapy repertoire!

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  101. This looks so awesome!!! Would be amazing for sorting activities, labeling items, matching item to picture or word, etc!

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  102. This is sooo wonderful!! Very hands-on and will facilitate a lot of good (and natural) conversation!

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  103. I'm so excited to see this set. I hope I win!

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  104. I definitely try to use Realia during therapy especially for my kids on the spectrum. Use real objects can def. foster generalization!

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  105. This would be a fantastic tool for therapy!

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  106. Love it that it's already put together!

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  107. Love this and love Abby's idea to use with Ted's head. I have a CFY this year that I would be more than happy to take turns / share with. A 2-for-1 deal!

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  108. This looks awesome for my preschoolers!!

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  109. WHERE HAS THIS BEEN MY WHOLE LIFE??!?!

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  110. This is awesome! I think I NEED it!

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  111. My kiddos need this, please. Thank you!!

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  112. This would be a great tool to use with my ELL students. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  113. Looks good, I have 3 year old twins to work with that do not speak..need ideas!

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  114. Looks awesome! Would be perfect for my preschool and ELL kiddos!

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  115. This looks great!! I would love to get my hands on one of these!

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  116. Awesome!! I want one now! What a great find!

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  117. I love the idea behind it and the ease of use. Great for my ESL/bilingual children :)

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  118. This looks so awesome! What an amazing therapy tool! :)

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  119. This looks awesome! Would love to use it in therapy!

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  120. Very cute! Kids will LOVE THIS!!!

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  121. This would be an amazing addition to work with my students!

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  122. Love this give-a-way and everything about your blog! I'm a new SLP and I greatly appreciate you sharing your ideas and resources!

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  123. Love this product! I've always wanted to have something like this.

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  124. This would be so useful! Love it!

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  125. It's my CF year and I could really use some materials! Especially with my loads of preschool kids!

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  126. This would be so great to use with my kids! What a great tool!

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  127. I would love this for several of my kids!

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  128. I love coming across new therapy materials; this would be very useful to have!

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  129. TOTALLY awesome. like it, love it, WANT it!!!

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  130. What a fantastic tool for my kiddos!

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  131. Wow! I would love to win this! Fantastic!

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  132. AWESOME...I'd say by the 185 comments for this giveaway it sure is! What a great resource this would be for those students that need manipulatives.

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  133. What a great addition to any SLP's collection!

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  134. I would use this with half the kids on my caseload! Thanks for the opportunity!

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  135. This would be awesome! Keeping my finders crossed!

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  136. this looks like a great therapy tool!

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  137. oh yeah, it's pretty awesome, alright!

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  138. I need this!! I have 9 itinerant preschoolers on my caseload this year!

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  139. I work with students ages 3 through age 21, in 4 different schools. This would be so helpful with my young students, AND my students with cognitive disabilities who benefit from 3d objects, AND my non-verbal students, AND my students who need manipulatives to stay focused, etc etc. And it's all organized in one spot. Very cool.

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  140. OMG...This is an SLPs dream! Who couldn't use this in therapy! Good luck to whomever wins this wonderful prize! :)

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  141. This is definitely awesome! This is an amazing giveaway! :)

    -Brea
    Let's Talk Speech-Language Pathology
    www.letstalkslp.blogspot.com

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  142. I could use this!

    Mrs. P

    http://speechingaround.blogspot.com/

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  143. My kiddos love all things 'miniature'! This would be an amazing prize.

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  144. I love the miniatures. these are great for a "guess what?" bag!

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  145. I LOVE this and especially value the versatility because you can use it for SO many things in SO many ways!! speech, language, syntax, ordering, matching.....

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