Category Archives: Preschool

Getting Your Child to Talk About School

Posted on May 16, 2010 by sherry

Recently, Heidi Stevens  , the Features Editor at the Chicago Tribune contacted me because she liked my article on “Nine Tips to Get Your Child to Talk About Her School Day,” and wanted to interview me for an article she … Continue reading →

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“Wildlife Care Station” Teaches Compassion

Posted on April 24, 2010 by sherry

Introduce your child to Playmobil’s “Wildlife Care Station” and you’ll lose them to great creative play involving compassion and care for the injured animals. Two wildlife workers have the tools to round up the hurt animals in the fenced yard … Continue reading →

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Interactive Noah’s Ark Book Builds Childrens’ Language

Posted on April 18, 2010 by sherry

I’m a fan of “Snappy Books” because I like the big bold drawings, pop-ups and rhymes. In their newest addition, Snappy Builder Noah’s Ark, your little one, 3 years old and up, can hear the story and then make her … Continue reading →

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Using Toys to Extend a Story Book

Posted on April 13, 2010 by sherry

Cuddle up with a good picture book, add a plush character from the story and you have literacy plus play! I introduced Opal from Toot and Puddle: The One and Only, by Holly Hobbie to little Caroline. She immediately tucked … Continue reading →

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Playmobil’s “Family Van With Boat And Trailer”

Posted on April 12, 2010 by sherry

Summer vacation never looked so good. Load your family of four into their SUV, hook up the boat trailer, pack a picnic and grab the sand toys. This new Playmobil adventure set highlights the company’s incredible engineering and attention to … Continue reading →

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Taking Spring Speech Therapy Outside

Posted on April 11, 2010 by sherry

Now that temperatures in the northeast have gone from the 50′s to the 70′s in one week, it is time to take speech therapy outside–spring is here! This week I commented to a mom that it was so sunny on … Continue reading →

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Kids’ Creative Play Starts With The Right Toys

Posted on April 5, 2010 by sherry

A good language enhancing toy will spark a child’s imaginative play.  It is a delight to watch them build on their story as they take a prop and change the action, surroundings and storyline. Yesterday, I made a “Silly Roller” … Continue reading →

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Learning Language Lessons With “The Very Greedy Bee”

Posted on March 28, 2010 by sherry

Certain books make it easier to teach language. Give me beautiful, clear illustrations, a simple but engaging story and I can use it to work on many different language goals. The Very Greedy Bee by Steve Smallman is the story … Continue reading →

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Bible Lesson, Five Loaves and Two Fish

Posted on March 15, 2010 by sherry

I was volunteering in a children’s Bible class this week and loved sitting back watching someone else manage the lesson. I was assigned to help in a 4 year-old class whose lesson was the story of Jesus’s miracle of feeding … Continue reading →

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Teaching Parents to Play With Their Kids

Posted on March 15, 2010 by sherry

I love to see parents evolve into great play partners for their children. Part of the therapy I do with kids is to educate their parents on how to be involved in building their child’s language. Today I was working … Continue reading →

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