Today we made some hand-print spiders for Halloween! Even in such a SIMPLE craft like this, there are so many opportunities to learn and use language. Here is what you will need Black construction paper White crayon Scissors Hole Punch Glue PomPoms Googly Eyes Yarn Vocabulary you may use/target during the activity Paper Glue […]
(Almost) Wordless Wednesday
One of the best things you can do to promote early learning, exploration, critical thinking skills, and early language development is to expose your children to all kinds of experiences. In October, that means a trip to the pumpkin patch! Happy Wednesday! Have you been to the pumpkin patch this year? What did your children […]
Hand-Print Pumpkins Craft
I LOVE LOVE LOVE doing arts and crafts projects with my children, as well as in my therapy sessions. There are so many language learning opportunities when doing a craft project with a child or group of children: following directions, basic concepts and vocabulary development, etc. In the theme of fall and Halloween, this week […]
Cute Song to Help Teach Body Parts
I found this simple and cute song recently in a book, The Encyclopedia of Infant and Toddler Activities, that parents can sing to their infants and toddlers, (and SLPs can sing to their students), to help teach body parts. The song is called Baby’s Little Nose and was contributed by Karyn Everham. I sang it […]
There Was an old Lady Who Swallowed a…BAT!
I’m sure you remember the book from your childhood, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly? You know, that fat old lady that was ingesting cows and horses and flies? Well the chick just can’t get enough because that story has sparked the creation of several like books…and in this one she prefers […]
Five Little Pumpkins Activities
In my last post, I talked about 10 Fun Fall and Halloween Songs and Fingerplays that you can do with your child/client/students. I mentioned at the end of my post that the fingerplay Five Little Pumpkins has an array of activities that can go along with it, and I would just love to share some […]
The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything: Language Building Activities
My ALL TIME most FAVORITE fall book is (Affiliate link->)Â The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams. As a speech pathologist, I use this book with my preschool students up through about first or second grade to work on listening, answering “wh” questions, sequencing, etc. As a parent, I […]
Tips for Reading Aloud to Your Young Child (and Infant!)
I was recently asked by a friend of mine how to, well, physically, read to her nine month old. You know, at that age babies can be super grabby (I have one of those grabby nine month old’s myself…). My friend said that her daughter is constantly trying to grab the book from her which […]
12 Fall & Halloween Books for Young Children
Ahhhhhhh. Fall. How I love Fall. From the cool, crisp weather to the changing leaves to the Pumpkin Spice Latte’s (darn you Starbucks…). I love everything about Fall! Even the sounds of Football that fill our home every Saturday and Sunday. I also LOVE the rain, as does my little E. Last weekend she sat […]
Bedtime: A Great Time to Work on Building Language in Infants, Toddlers and Preschoolers
When you read the baby books, one of the things you read over and over is to set up a “bedtime routine” for your baby. The good old four B’s: Bath, Bottle (or Breast), Book, Bed. Having a solid bedtime routine can help “cue” your infant and toddler that it is time for bed. But […]
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