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Five Playful Ways to Work on Listening and Following Directions

February 12, 2018 by Katie 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

September 15, 2014 by Katie 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

October 31, 2013 by Katie Filed Under: How to Help Your Child Talk, Language Enrichment Activities for Parents, Playful Ways to.....Series 5 Comments

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 […]

Science Activities to Promote Language and Communication

August 19, 2013 by Katie Filed Under: How to Help Your Child Talk, Language Enrichment Activities for Parents 5 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 […]

Summer Fun Books & Crafts For Speech & Language

August 8, 2013 by Katie Filed Under: Crafts for Kids, Guest Post, How to Help Your Child Talk, Language Enrichment Activities for Parents, Listening & Following Directions Leave a Comment

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 […]

Core Language Skills Children Should Have Before Starting Kindergarten

August 1, 2013 by Katie Filed Under: Guest Post, How to Help Your Child Talk, Language Enrichment Activities for Parents 3 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 […]

Speech on the Road: For Preverbal and Minimally Verbal Children

July 31, 2013 by Katie Filed Under: How to Help Your Child Talk, Language Enrichment Activities for Parents Leave a Comment

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 […]

Building Speech & Language with Goodnight Goodnight Construction Site

July 30, 2013 by Katie Filed Under: Books and Literacy Activities, Guest Post, Language Enrichment Activities for Parents 4 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 […]

Honk Honk! Speech Practice for the Car!

July 29, 2013 by Katie 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 […]

Summer Activities to Promote Language & Communication with Older Children

July 25, 2013 by Katie Filed Under: Guest Post, How to Help Your Child Talk, Language Enrichment Activities for Parents Leave a Comment

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 […]

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