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I’m Ready!â„¢ How to Prepare Your Child for Reading Success {Review, Giveaway, & a FREEBIE!}

May 27, 2014 by Katie Filed Under: Early Literacy, Product Reviews 41 Comments

Recently I shared some information about the relationship between early language skills and literacy skills development in young children. The research is very clear: children with strong early language skills tend to have higher literacy skills later on. Specifically researchers Hart & Risley found the quantity of words spoken to a child in the first three years of life were strongly […]

1-2-3 Just PLAY with Me: Review and Giveaway

October 16, 2013 by Katie Filed Under: How to Help Your Child Talk, Play, Product Reviews 62 Comments

I am a HUGE advocate for PLAY. Children learn SO MUCH from play…including speech and language! When parents ask me how they can best help their young children with their communication skills, one thing I always say is: PLAY WITH THEM! However, many parents out there are unsure what this looks like or why it […]

My Toddler Talks: A Review and GIVEAWAY!

July 1, 2013 by Katie Filed Under: Book Reviews, How to Help Your Child Talk, Language Enrichment Activities for Parents, Product Reviews 124 Comments

You may have noticed I have been doing a lot of reviews lately! I am finishing up all review requests I have had as I get ready to go out on maternity leave. Today, I am really excited to review a great book by fellow SLP Kimberly Scanlon called My Toddler Talks: Strategies and Activities […]

You Are a Social Detective! Explaining Social Thinking® to Kids {A Review}

June 26, 2013 by Katie Filed Under: Pragmatic/Social Skills, Product Reviews, Social Thinking by Michelle Garcia Winner, Therapy Materials and Product Recomendations Leave a Comment

I am so thrilled to be part of the Social Thinking Blogging team. As part of the team, I’ll be bringing you reviews of Social Thinking products, curriculums, books and conferences. If you are not familiar with Social Thinking, don’t worry. In each post I’ll give a quick explanation with links for more information. I have […]

Thinking About You, Thinking About Me {A Review}

June 20, 2013 by Katie Filed Under: Product Reviews, Social Thinking by Michelle Garcia Winner 3 Comments

I am so thrilled to be part of the Social Thinking Blogging team. As part of the team, I’ll be bringing you reviews of Social Thinking products, curriculums, books and conferences. If you are not familiar with Social Thinking, don’t worry. In each post I’ll give a quick explanation with links for more information. I have […]

Tell Tale Fairy Tales {A Review AND a FREEBIE!}

June 3, 2013 by Katie Filed Under: Product Reviews, Therapy Materials and Product Recomendations 2 Comments

Last month I shared with you the game Tell Tale and told you all how much I loved it. So I was super excited to become involved with the games developer Blue Orange Games. A couple weeks ago I shared a fun new game called Chicky Boom with you, also by Blue Orange Games (super […]

Chickyboom (TM) Game Review

May 20, 2013 by Katie Filed Under: Games, Product Reviews, Therapy Materials and Product Recomendations 1 Comment

I am constantly looking for new games to play with my clients (and my own children as well). I recently shared with you a new game I love called Tell Tale which is fantastic for story telling and can be used to work on all types of speech and language goals. So I was pretty […]

The Gruffalo: Product Reviews and a Giveaway!

March 26, 2013 by Katie Filed Under: Books and Literacy Activities, Giveaways, Product Reviews, Therapy Ideas and Activities, Therapy Materials and Product Recomendations 72 Comments

Disclaimer: The items reviewed in this post were supplied to me by the great people at The Gruffalo for me to review and keep at no cost. The opinions and thoughts are mine alone. This post contains affiliate links.  Last week I shared some fun activities we did to go along with The Gruffalo. Today I’m going […]

Fun with Abby & Alyssa: An Introduction to Sign Language {A Review & Giveaway}

December 19, 2012 by Katie Filed Under: Book Reviews, Books and Literacy Activities, Giveaways, Product Reviews, Sign Language and Baby Sign 24 Comments

I became familiar with these books several months ago when my friend ( and fellow SLP) Kristy reviewed them on her blog Hear My Hands. I was thrilled when the author of these books Don, who goes by Grandpa Don, and I had the chance to talk via Facebook and he offered to let me […]

Hidden Picture Scenes: Review and Giveaway!

July 25, 2012 by Katie Filed Under: Giveaways, Product Reviews, Therapy Materials and Product Recomendations 36 Comments

It has been a while since I’ve had a giveaway, so I thought it was about time! 🙂 Hidden Picture Scenes from Super Duper Publications: A Review Product Description The Hidden Picture Scenes for Articulation and Language from Super Duper Publications consist of 80 laminated word scenes (40 cards with scenes on both sides) to […]

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