Sherry Artemenko, Author at Play on Words

6 Tips For Navigating Early Intervention Screening To Receive Speech Therapy Services

Last week a mom called to ask me about working with her 21 month-old little girl who had been tested by birth-Three Services twice since July and...

Challenging Behaviors in Speech Therapy Within A Child’s Home

| 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, 8 years and up, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

I have been thinking a lot about how to address several situations I found myself in lately as I entered a home for the first time to meet a family...

Language-Gap Study Bolsters Push For Pre-K, Article in NYT Today

| 3-6 year-olds, Birth-3 year-olds, Language, Preschool, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

The front page story in the New York Times today has a fascinating article on a new study reinforcing the results of research two decades ago,...

Playonwords.com Announces Fall 2013 PAL Award Winners

| 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, 8 years and up, Birth-3 year-olds, play, Strategies to Encourange Language Development, Toys

Playonwords.com Presents Their Fall 2013 PAL Awards - Best Toys, Games and Books That Spark Language Development Through Play Play On Words LLC, led...

Easy Gingerbread House For Speech Therapy

| Uncategorized

I pride myself in surprising kids with new, exciting toys since I have wonderful products sent to me weekly for review for our PAL Award. But I must...

Halloween Spider Fun in Speech Therapy

| 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, Articulation, Autism, Language, Speech and Language Delay, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

Okay, spiders aren't my favorite bug, but as long as they are cute in a book, I am okay with them. Let's not get into snakes though! Today I brought...

Halloween Preschool Speech Therapy Carryover

| Birth-3 year-olds, Language, Preschool, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

I have the privilege of working in homes so parents of preschoolers can watch their child's speech therapy sessions and carry over techniques to...

6 Tips For Picking Smart Baby Toys

| Babies, Birth-3 year-olds, play, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

When baby arrives, it’s time to play. Since newborn babies prefer a variety of shapes, curves, angles and contrasts in light and dark, your face is...

littleBits Base Kit

8 years and older | $99.00 | 2013 Toys

Most waking hours we are connecting, being entertained or working with some form of electronics. The fundamental elements of these pervasive gadgets...

Doodle Jump by Ravensburger

8 years and up | 2013 Games

Leave it to Ravensburger to use their exceptional die cut engineering magic to fashion a 3D Doodle Jump playing surface adapting the popular app to...