Movement Matters: How a Grammar Study Changed My Language Therapy Game
Update: 2025-07-27
Description
What if your students don’t need another worksheet… they just need to move?
In this episode, I dive into a fascinating research study comparing visual and movement-based grammar interventions for students with developmental language disorder (DLD). Spoiler: movement-based cues weren’t just effective—they were more successful for one student with attention challenges.
You’ll learn:
- The two simple grammar gestures used in the Springle & Hester (2019) study
- Why grammar taps into motor memory
- New gesture-based ideas you can start using tomorrow for targets like past tense, plurals, pronouns, and conjunctions
- How to use these cues in real-life therapy—no materials required!
Plus, I’m giving you a free printable with gesture cues for 8 grammar goals you can use across your caseload.
🧠 Based on research
✋ Easy to implement
📋 No prep needed
🎁 Grab the freebie: Grammar in Motion: A Quick-Start Guide for SLPs👉 https://karengoske-gmail.kit.com/66238ea525
✍️ Helpful Resources:
- 🧠 Read the full study (Springle & Hester, 2019)
- 🟪 Learn more about Shape Coding
- ✍️ Entire Year of Grammar and Sentence Structure Program (TpT)
- 🧘♀️ Yoga Mat Story Retell Companion (TpT)
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