Gain Confidence to Support Every Learner using Boom Cards

Boom Cards- an interactive resource for all learners

Do you remember the huge adjustment to distance learning and instruction most of us faced during the COVID-19 pandemic?  Not only was the period traumatic for many, but finding and accessing digital resources for my students was next to impossible.  That is, before I came across the Boom™ Learning website featuring Boom Cards. Boom™ Cards are an interactive resource for all learners! 

 

Within the Boom™ Store, I found hundreds of high-quality Boom™ Cards decks addressing my students’ speech and language therapy needs.  Whether it was articulation/phonology, stuttering, grammar/syntax, vocabulary, social-emotional, or language….it was all there in one location.  I was excited to share my newfound digital resources with my students!  While that excitement continued as we returned to in-person learning, it wasn’t even the best part! 

 

You see, Boom Cards are interactive, self-paced, engaging, and motivating.  They provide instant user feedback to students and subsequently report data to instructors.  Boom cards have accessibility options and can be differentiated for students with a variety of learning needs, In the Boom Learning News, see how “Using Boom Cards for Differentiated Instruction” is possible.  Additionally, you can learn why “Boom Cards for Special Education” is an exciting option.

 

Boom task cards can be used for in-person instruction, teletherapy, practice/homework, supplemental support, and reinforcement.  They are perfect for individual, small group, and whole classroom instruction.  It is compatible with Google Classroom, Microsoft, Clever, and ClassLink on a variety of digital devices. The data provided shows performance over time, response time, and specific task card responses for further analysis or instruction if needed.

 

Teaching Principles for Extending Boom Card Instruction

There is one important point I stress when providing instruction to learners.  As you might know, I am a firm believer in the mediated learning experience using metacognitive strategies.  So, when assigning Boom Decks to students, I am deliberate about the learning objective and guide them through strategies developed by Reuven Feuerstein for intentionality & reciprocity, meaning & significance, and transcendence.   To mention a few, the strategies I use are scaffolding for success, carefully framed comments, thoughtful questions with a focus on “how” and “why”, and expect oral/written/signed responses of information being learned.  Rather than allowing students to just progress through the task cards, I inquire about what they are learning, why it is important, how it can be used, as well as how it relates to other information, etc.

 

Overall, I encourage you to explore the Boom™ Learning platform and see what the excitement is all about.  My Boom Store “Of Mouth & Mind-SLP” may have exactly what you have been looking for.  You may even enjoy creating your own Boom Cards decks!

 

My Boom Store Gallery & Customer Reviews

• • “Highly recommend this set and other sets by this author. My upper elementary fluency groups are so engaged and eager to practice strategies with them.” Sarah S.

• • “My upper elementary fluency groups love these Boom cards! They are more engaged and eager to practice their strategies. I use them on a clear touch board and they use the stylus to manipulate the items. The movement is very helpful for keeping them focused and engaged. They request these activities every week!” Sarah S.

• • “This was a great resource. My clients were engaged and I thought it targeted the goals and objectives very well!” Sommer R.

• • “My student was very engaged with the skateboard visual! I also adapted this to be a physical visual support, so he could move the skateboard with a physical manipulative and have a printed resource on his desk.” Samantha S.

• • “This boom card encouraged sentence expansion with my students and worked well.” Rachel B.

• • “FANTASTIC resource. Love how it uses both visual and tactile cues, thus fully engaging the client while also better locking the experience into their memory. Thank you!” Alison L.