I guess it that time of year again, when the central isle of the grocery store is filled with costumes and mini-portions of candy. I’m hearing funny...
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Is It Okay If Our Son Doesn’t Watch TV?
As you can imagine, I get all kinds of questions when I have “play on words” sessions with moms and dads. Is it okay if she watches TV? Is it okay...
Good Boy Books For Toddlers
This morning after I finished working with a two-year-old delayed in language, his mom wanted to show me a new toy she had gotten. It was a series...
Good Books for Boys to Encourage Language
After raising three boys and being an advocate for literacy and effective books that promote language, I have been asked to make a list of good “boy...
Reading Tactics for Babies
Today I spoke to the new mothers’ group at Greenwich Hospital. The babies ranged from six weeks old to four and a half months. As usual, I asked how...
Bilingual Books, Anyone?
One of the challenges of raising your baby bilingual is finding good books in your language other than English. Katerina’s mom shared the...
Happy Birthday One-Year-Old!
I’ve just spent a delightful weekend celebrating our grandson, Will’s first birthday. Of course I took him on a joy ride through the toy store...
Bringing Up Bilingual Babies
I just had a “play on words” session with one-year-old Katerina who was saying, “Queso?” for “Que es esto?” (What is this? in Spanish). Katerina’s...
An Old Friend Returns
You all know that I love a good toy and mourn the loss when a great language toy is retired (like the old Fisher Price pirate ship or Robin Hood’s...
Speaking of Preschool
We all want to know how our child’s day went at school. I am often asked how to “draw out” a child and find out what he did that day. But when we...
Welcome to Preschool
Okay, this weekend I encountered two moms who were a little anxious about sending their first child off to preschool. Ironically, one mom was...
The Vocabulary Explosion
I love to read research and see it played out with kids. Today I saw Jack, 22 months, and was reminded again that kids really do experience a...
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