Love It and List It Linky…Organization: SpeechSnacks Style {and a FREEBIE!}

It’s time for another Linky Party! Speech Room News is hosting— and this month’s topic is ORGANIZATION!! I must admit, I am one of those “a place for everything and everything in its place” kind of people, so anything related to organization is right up my alley!! You’ve probably seen a million amazing organization ideas from other bloggers. They’ve all been very inspiring. I decided to put a fun and functional spin on this topic by adding a food/kitchen theme to my organizational ideas.

So here are three ways to organize your supplies, SpeechSnacks style! PS…read on to the bottom of the post for a TpT product I created, inspired by this organization-themed post!!

No I’m not going to cook anything in this post, but your speech room might be looking a little bit like a kitchen with a cutlery tray (from the dollar store), coupon organizer (also a dollar store find) and muffin tin (I didn’t get this one from the dollar store, but I bet you could find them there as well!)

1. Coupon Holders:

These little gems are the perfect size for storing all the great game cards I’ve been busy printing and laminating from the TpT Back to School Sale. They are sturdy and compact and a great alternative to the zip lock bag. Shop around because you can often find these for under a dollar in many discount stores.

I used the coupon holder for organizing all the various color-coded category cards from “Don’t Say It” Describing Dash (created by Teach Speech 365). The various sections in the holders are also perfect for organizing articulation cards into initial, medial, final positions as well as phonological processing activities and any language activities that have multiple parts that need to be kept sorted and separated for easier access.

2. Muffin Tins:

If your desk at work has a long top drawer, this is a great space to store this compartment organizer. I love how so many different items are right at my fingertips at a glance. Great for all those little items that would otherwise get lost, find their way to the back of a drawer, only to be recovered when cleaning out your desk at the end of the school year. I used the muffin spaces to store game pieces, tokens, dice, rubber bands, paper clips, push pins, erasers and of course little treats—I love chewy caramels and keep a stash available in my desk at all times!!!!

3. Cutlery Holder:

These trays come in various colors and sizes with lots of long spaces for pens, pencils, glue sticks, markers, scissors and other items. Sure, you could get your run-of-the-mill black desk tray from an office supply store, but they are more expensive and not as pretty as this hot pink one. You could even buy a couple and stack them on top of each other if you have a deep drawer for double layered storage.

Here’s my kitchen organizer-inspired TpT product. For a dollar a piece at your local discount store, you can feel good about splurging on a few more of these trays to accompany this fun organization game.

This game is great for addressing good organization, executive functioning and categorization skills.

Collect the cutlery in your tray according to the point value on the cards. After the player provides the response(s), they can draw the number of utensils indicated on the card. The player to collect the most utensils in their tray is the winner!

36 game cards and 12 blank cards to add your own categories included. The SLP/teacher should decide HOW MANY items the student will name, depending on the difficulty level they wish to address.

Make 3-4 extra copies of each of the cutlery pages to have enough for the game.

And if you want MORE ways to get ORGANIZED, check out my STUDENT ORGANIZATIONAL HOME PLANNER. I created it with my older students in mind. It’s a great way to help your kids get just as organized as you so that they too have a smooth-sailing, successful school year! Check out the blog post on Student Organization HERE! and the Student Organizer HERE!