Then you need to head over to Toddler Approved right now and check out my guest post today! Today I am sharing 5 tips to help your toddler learn language and communicate. Some of them may seem obvious but ask yourself this: Are you doing them everyday? I want to hear! Head on over to […]
Top Toys & How They Can Support Speech & Language Development (Part Four)
Welcome to the final of my Top Toys series! To read more about why I am doing this series, please check out Part One HERE. You can also check out part two HERE and part three HERE. I am writing these posts to help parents pick good, quality toys for their infants, toddlers and preschoolers […]
Expanding and Stimulating Language Skills at the Park
I’ve mentioned before that language is not learned in a bubble. When children have delays in language it isn’t the hour of week of speech therapy that is going to make the biggest impact but rather how the parents and caregivers of those children change the way they interact with the child to provide the […]
Top Toys & How They Can Support Speech & Language Development (Part Three)
Welcome to part three of four of my Top Toys series! To read more about why I am doing this series, please check out Part One HERE. You can also check out part two HERE. I am writing these posts to help parents pick good, quality toys for their infants, toddlers and preschoolers that can […]
Top Toys & How They Can Support Speech & Language Development (Part Two)
Welcome to part two of four of my Top Toys series! To read more about why I am doing this series, please check out Part One Here. I am writing these posts to help parents pick good, quality toys for their infants, toddlers and preschoolers that can be used to help support speech and language […]
Top Toys & How They Can Support Speech & Language Development (Part One)
I have been working with children in a professional capacity for nearly 20 years and have had the pleasure of working with children of all abilities in a wide variety of settings (preschools, elementary schools, middle and high schools, child care programs, recreation programs, homes, etc.) My professional experience paired with my role as a […]
Strategies to Help Your Child Talk: Setting up the Environment For Communication
In my LAST POST about Strategies to Help Your child Talk, I talked about modeling and how you need to require that your child use language. However, when I say “language” here, I am not only referring to using words. The “language” you are requiring could be the use of gestures, signs, pictures, etc…anything that […]
Using Craft Activities to Expand & Stimulate Language Skills
I LOVE arts and crafts. I love drawing, painting, coloring, cutting, gluing, using clay, paper, paints, glitter, craft sticks, and other arts and crafts materials. Have you ever noticed that arts and crafts activities are a staple part of the curriculum in early childhood education? I challenge you to find a preschool that doesn’t incorporate […]
Strategies to Help Your Child Talk: Modeling and Requiring Language
Today, some more strategies to help your child to talk! Model the language you want him to use: This may seem like a no brainer, but modeling the language you want your child to use doesn’t always come naturally (and remember, that’s ok!) I remember when my daughter was a toddler and she would walk […]
Strategies to Help Your Child Talk: Commenting and Asking Questions
In my last two posts on Strategies to Help Your Child to Talk (that you can read HERE and HERE), I explained the strategies of self talk, parallel talk, descriptions, expansions, extensions and repetitions. Today I am going to discuss how to use comments and questions to help expand your child’s language. Make comments about […]
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