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Hailey Phipps

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Reach Speech Therapy Newsletter

August 2025

📚Stories 🧸Enrichment 🏕 Adventure


Book of the Month

The next book of the month is here! Check out our website for this month's free activity. We're making our own silly stories.

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Chapter Book Recs

Have you seen my growing list of chapter books for families? I am reading all of these and only sharing the best!

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New Recipe!

This month we have two recipes! Check out our Pita Lions and some homemade hummus to go with them!

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Recent Tips and Reflections from Across the Internet

A reflection on publishing and the benefits of picture books

The Importance of Picture Books by Lisa Von Drasek

Lisa Von Drasek talks about how important quality picture books are for young children, and older children! She brings up great points from reading levels to visual literacy.


Read the blog post or watch the video

What Is A Speech Language Pathologist by Hailey Phipps

This one is from the Reach Speech Therapy blog, but SLPs get asked this question a lot! Here's a helpful resource to share with families who are wondering what a speech therapist is and what we do.


Sticking with the play theme...what toys do you need?

Toy Time! by Marie Bloem

We've looked at risky play and taking intellectual risks, now let's shift gears slightly and look at toys. Here is an article from the Informed SLP about toys, and how less is more. Parents, scroll to the bottom for a free handout!


More Resources and Tools

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Picture Books with AAC Users

Love that list →

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Folding Frog Art Activity

So much fun! →

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What Happens In Speech

Tell me about it

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YouTube Channel

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Hailey is on Insta

I want more content →


The Book Guides Are Now In The Freebie Library

No More Book Club

We are moving away from the book club and are trying to provide more free resources to parents and SLPs! You can find our Book of the Month activities in the Freebie Library every month, more resources on the blog and YouTube channel, and more digital products coming soon!

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That's it for this month's newsletter. We hope you enjoyed our latest content and find it helpful in your journey to helping children reach their speech, language and communication goals. Stay tuned for more updates, and if you come across a resource you'd like to share, send it our way. We would love to hear from you!

Best,

Hailey Phipps

Speech Language Pathologist and Owner, Reach Speech Therapy

www.reachspeechtherapy.org

Reach Speech Therapy, LLC 6324 N. Chatham Ave #358 Kansas City, MO 64151
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Hailey Phipps

I talk about all things reading, writing, stories and literacy. Join the email list for updates on what I'm reading, my newest resources and writings, and book lists.