8 Jan · Chatting Children · No Comments

FALL FUN!

There are so many wonderful activities to do with children during the fall that I’ve decided to organize this post based on my three favorite fall activities …

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8 Jan · Chatting Children · No Comments

SPEECH AT THE BEACH!

One of the things I love the most about speech and language therapy is that carryover can be done in any setting and the beach is practically perfect …

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8 Jan · Chatting Children · No Comments

ENDLESS LANGUAGE ACTIVITIES

Would you believe that there are endless amounts of language activities you can incorporate into play with wind-up toys? They are an inexpensive, fun, versatile and useful language toy that can be used with children of all ages …

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8 Jan · Chatting Children · No Comments

MORE TIPS FOR PRE-READING

Our last post discussed the concepts of RHYMING, SEGMENTING and BLENDING to help improve a child’s pre-reading skills. This week, we are going to review two more phonemic awareness skills to practice with your child …

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8 Jan · Chatting Children · No Comments

TIPS FOR PRE-READING

In order for children to get a head start on reading, they must have a strong understanding of how sounds and letters operate. We, as parents and educators, can help build a child’s phonological awareness skills …

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8 Jan · Chatting Children · No Comments

BOOKS, BOOKS, AND MORE BOOKS

Reading books is a perfect way to work on both receptive and expressive language skills. Although it is very tempting to simply read a book to your child, take an extra few minutes to talk about each picture on the page …

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