Sound Monsters UK

13/03/2025

Minimal pair Fly swat! 🪰🪰🪰

Targeting the /s/ sound this week using these whiteboard flies and a fly swatter to "splat" the word.

Also using the Phonies and The Vowelies to support my student to produce the /s/ sound. Both sets of cards are available in my Etsy store
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10/03/2025

The importance of helping children learn about their diagnosis 🩷👾

So many of my students have a very limited understanding of their diagnosis. When one of my students told me autism means "my brain is broken," I knew I had to start helping the kids understand more about their neurotypes.

There is such beauty in helping a child learn more about what their diagnosis means for them and seeing the "lightbulb" moment when they realise they aren't the only one.

How will our children ever be able to advocate for themselves if they don't understand themselves?
It's not about painting autism as a "superpower" or ADHD as a bundle of creativity, it's about acknowledging the struggles and difficulties, and helping a child accept who they are, building their self esteem and helping them find their own voice.

3 resources that have really helped my students are:

👾 Self Advocacy Toolkit for Autistic young people- this is a free PDF download from The Autism Education Trust (you can find it on their website!)

👾 Wonderfully wired brains by Louise Gooding- a fantastic introduction into the world of neurodiversity.

👾 Autism, Identity, and Me by Rebecca Duffus- a fantastic workbook full of neurodiversity affirming activities.

Please drop any more useful resources in the comments 🩷

24/02/2025

🎉🎉 Sound monsters is 2!!! 🎉🎉

To celebrate 2 years of Sound Monsters we are offering 20% off everything in our Etsy store. Just use the code BIRTHDAY at the checkout to activate the deal 👾🎂

15/02/2025

👾👾 We are back! 👾👾

Phew, it's been a while! Sound Monsters took a little break whilst I navigated some big life changes!

Whilst we have been gone I moved into working in specialist provision supporting students with Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs- and am absolutely LOVING it! It also means I get to work alongside the fabulous
❤️ I'll be posting more frequently from now on- sharing some of what we get up to in the play room!

My husband and I also bought our first home 🏡 And we have begun navigating the current SEN system within our own family. It's been a busy few months!

I am happy to be back and have some new resources to release soon. Thank you to those of you who have continued making orders, it really does mean so much to me.

Link to the etsy shop is in our bio ✨️ More resources are to be added soon!

Glad you are still here ❤️ Monster hugs,
Sash 👾

24/01/2025

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Simple is sometimes best!

07/08/2024

👾Child-led Phonics 👾

When a student chooses a whiteboard, post-it notes, pretty pens, and sand during her session, making it a perfect opportunity to target specific sounds in speech therapy & practice phonics skills!!

The Phonies and Vowelies are useful tools for Children with SLCN and dyslexia- using them alongside sensory materials like sand and visual cues and gestures can be really effective, particularly when blending sounds together ❤️

06/08/2024

Speech therapy must haves! 👾

What's in your speech therapy kit? We have had lots of speech therapists let us know that they are now using The Phonies and The Vowelies in speech therapy! Here's why-

👾 They feature bright, colourful and engaging characters that children love!

👾 Are printed on durable and wipe-clean cards to withstand constant use.

👾 Feature graphics of mouth and tongue placement to help with articulation.

👾 Versatile and can be used in a number of ways, including alongside phonics programmes.

👾 Supports the blending of sounds.

👾 Apraxia, SEN and dyslexia friendly

Our full set is currently £10 off in our Etsy store for a limited time! (Link in bio)

Are you using Sound Monsters in your practice? We would love to hear about how you are using yours & the impact they have had- drop a comment below and let us know what you think!

04/08/2024

LIMITED TIME SPECIAL DEAL!

We are back from a well-deserved holiday in the sun! 🌞

To celebrate, we are offering some limited time Summer deals!

You will find The Vowelies and Phonies reduced by 25% in our store- AND for the first time EVER we are offering the full set (including sound spinner!) for just £25!!!

All orders will also come with a free badge!

Check out the deals in our Etsy store- www.etsy.co.uk/shop/soundmonsters 👾

Inclusive Educational Resources 👾

08/07/2024

👾👾 Emotional regulation PDF download 👾👾

I LOVE seeing the ways different professionals use our resources!

This lovely creation is by at isn't it beautiful 😍 We have some more resources to be added to our Emotional regulation set soon!

01/07/2024

This was such a fantastic day! I was so honoured to have been invited to attend and meet so many like-minded people fighting for more SLCN support 👾

01/07/2024

👾👾 My Speech Therapy must haves! 👾👾

The Phonies- Phoneme cards
The Vowelies- Vowel cards (essential for blending!)
Vowelie sound spinner
Mirror (OF COURSE!)
Talking postcard- So the child can listen back to their talking and monitor errors.
Same and different visuals

Throw in an engaging game and you have everything you need for successful therapy!

What are your speech therapy must haves?

25/06/2024

👾💙 Digital downloads! 💙👾

Did you know we also have resources to digitally download in our Etsy store?

Our Emotional regulation pack and Neurodiversity Affirming Pack are super popular at the moment & I LOVE hearing about how you are using them!

Photo above shows some of our resources with some of other fave Neurodiversity Affirming resources such as the brilliant books. (If you haven't checked them out- make sure you do!)

Do you have any of our digital resources? Drop a comment and let us know how you have been using them!