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Five Playful Ways to Work on Listening and Following Directions
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… [Continue Reading]
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How to Help Your Child Talk: Imitation & Turn Taking
Welcome to my How to Help Your Child Talk series. These posts are intended to give you simple tips to help you work with your child so YOU can be your child’s best “speech therapist.†You may want to try out a new tip/strategy for a week or so and then when you feel like you’ve “got… [Continue Reading]
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How To Help Your Child Talk: Providing Opportunities for Communication in Play
Welcome to my How to Help Your Child Talk series. These posts are intended to give you simple tips to help you work with your child so YOU can be your child’s best “speech therapist.†You may want to try out a new tip/strategy for a week or so and then when you feel like you’ve “got… [Continue Reading]
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How to Help Your Child Talk: Providing Opportunities for Communication in Daily Activities
Welcome to my How to Help Your Child Talk series. These posts are intended to give you simple tips to help you work with your child so YOU can be your child’s best “speech therapist.†You may want to try out a new tip/strategy for a week or so and then when you feel like you’ve “got… [Continue Reading]
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Literacy Starts With Language: 20 Tips for Creating a Language Rich Environment for Your Toddler {I Can Teach My Child}
Did you know that a child’s language skills are a strong predictor of later literacy skills? Children with strong language skills in the preschool and early elementary years tend to have stronger literacy skills later on. Literacy development is so much more than the ABC’s: Literacy starts with language! Today, I am over at I… [Continue Reading]