If you follow my blog you know that I contantly talk about having little people available for your child's pretend play. Once again, I visited a...
Put Pretend People in Child’s Play for Language Development
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Circo Train Set for Play and Speech Therapy
Target offers many house brand toys for creative play that are affordable and fun. I thought I would try out the Circo 70 piece Train Set after much...
Playing Board Games Helps Children with Autism
Playing fun, engaging board games with kids helps build social skills. For higher functioning children on the autism spectrum, games provide many...
Creative Parents Add to Pretend Play
I have often told parents that they should be the Producer, not the Director of their child's pretend play, meaning, set out some fun toys and...
Testing Toddler Toys for Review
When I choose a toy for review, I am often surprised at how kids react to the toy. They show me new dimensions for play or sometimes the lack of...
Speech Therapy Activities for Spring
As speech pathologists, we are always looking for new activities to keep our students engaged and improve their speech and language skills....
Happy Mother’s Day!
I want to wish a very happy Mother's Day to all of you incredible moms out there! I know we aren't perfect but even Oprah says we have the hardest...
Happy Easter and Passover!
I want to wish my readers a happy Easter and Passover. Many of the kids I work with are off on vacation, escaping to warmer weather or visiting...
A Clever Preschool Teacher
While I was visiting with a mom today, her 4 year-old daughter was creating a pretend world with her blocks. The blocks had many different shapes,...
Teaching Preschoolers To Share Through Books
Having just spent an hour with two three year-olds, facilitating play, I realized that sharing is an ongoing challenge for preschool peers. As...
Play-Doh for Preschoolers and Speech Therapy
Certain toys and games are winners as they amuse children and allow for discrete turns so a child can repeat your model, and you give them one more...
The Importance of Children’s Play
My son sent me an excellent article on "The Serious Need for Play" in Scientific American. Psychiatrist Stuart Brown has been studying the effects...
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