Tasty Drinks for late fall and winter season

11/12/2011 13:07:00

These recipes were chosen from the Coffee-mate website (www.coffee-mate.com)

Gingerbread Mocha

Ingredients: 1 tablespoon Nestle Toll House Milk Chocolate Morsels, 3/4 cup hot brewed coffee, 3 tablespoons Gingerbread Latte, optional: whipped cream, ground cinnamon

Directions: Place morsels in mug, add coffee. Let it sit for 1 minute; use fork to blend chocolate and coffee. Sitr in Gingerbread Latte, top with whipped cream and cinnamon.

Hot Peppermint Mocha

Ingredients: 1 cup Peppermint Mocha flavor Nestle Coffee-Mate Liquid coffee creamer, 3/4 cup Nestle Chocolatier 53% Cacao Dark Chocolate Chunks, 1/2 cup of water, 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract

Directions: Combine Nestle Coffee-Mate, chunks, and water in medium saucepan over medium-low heat, stirring frequently , until hot and chocolate is melted. Stir in vanilla extract.

Enjoy!

Summers Here...What are we going to do?

06/19/2011 17:44:00

Summer Break: Tips for how to help kids maintain their skills through the summer.

Schools out! Kids are running in the streets and parents are scratching their heads..."Outside of the pool and camps, How am I going to help my kid maintain the skills they learned in therapy?". Here are some tips that may help you survive the long break:

Speech Baskets, 10 minute Intervals: Keep a basket with 5 items or picture cards with your child's target speech sounds or language concepts, have your child participate in short "drills" with you for 10 minutes, reward with hugs and verbal praise and you're done! They'll feel great and you'll feel like you did something productive!
Taste Testing Game/Survey: Conduct a "taste test" with various types of cold popsicles, various flavors, textures or do it with different ice cream flavors. Have your child describe the flavor, write down descriptive words and let them "rate" the flavors with stickers or markers on a board. You can repeat this weekly and keep a chart of flavors, textures you've tried.
Summer Chores: Create a "game" where you have your child help you sort clothes ("dirty" vs. "clean"), describing what makes them different, sort them by color and place them in/out of the washer and dryer. Take pictures of the steps you perform and create visual sequencing cards for the next time they pay the "laundry" game. Make it a little more challenging by having them take the clothes to the different bedrooms describing which clothes belong to which family member.

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Tasty Drinks for late fall and winter season

Summers Here...What are we going to do?