Playing With Words 365

Educating, inspiring, and empowering parents & professionals in supporting young children's overall development

Five Playful Ways to Work on Listening and Following Directions

by Filed Under: How to Help Your Child Talk, Language Enrichment Activities for Parents, Playful Ways to.....Series, Therapy Ideas and Activities 31 Comments

I recently got an email from a parent who was wondering how she could work on her son’s listening skills. As I was responding to her email I realized that many parents would benefit from this information- so I decided to make this into a post. There are many FUN ways that you can work […]

Stick People Story Telling

by Filed Under: Fine Motor Activities, Language Enrichment Activities for Parents Leave a Comment

I’m happy to bring you a guest post from a great Occupational Therapist, Cindy, who blogs at Your Kids OT. Today, she is going to share an adorable & simple activity that can help build fine motor & speech & language skills.  Puppets are a wonderful way to foster your child’s imagination. Puppets encourage storytelling, communication, social […]

5 Playful Fall Activities to Expand Your Toddler’s Speech & Language Development

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Fall is my most FAVORITE time of year! I’ve collected FIVE Playful FALL activities that I think would be super great for building speech and language skills in your toddlers. I’ve provided my tips for encouraging speech and language development for each activity below. General Tips When Doing these Activities: Slow down and be present […]

Summer Fun Books & Crafts For Speech & Language

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As many of you know, my family and I are expecting baby number three in just a few short weeks. As I take some time off from work and blogging to spend time with my family both before and after my new son’s birth, I am thrilled to share with you some amazing posts written […]

Speech on the Road: For Preverbal and Minimally Verbal Children

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On Monday, Jenn from Crazy Speech World shared some AWESOME ideas on how to work on speech and language skills in the car. Her ideas are fantastic for kiddos who are already verbal and need to practice speech and language skills. But what about children who are preverbal or just beginning to talk? Today, I […]

Honk Honk! Speech Practice for the Car!

by Filed Under: Articulation & Phonology (aka Speech Sounds), Games, Guest Post, How to Help Your Child Talk, Language Enrichment Activities for Parents, Listening & Following Directions 2 Comments

As many of you know, my family and I are expecting baby number three in just a few short weeks. As I take some time off from work and blogging to spend time with my family both before and after my new son’s birth, I am thrilled to share with you some amazing posts written […]