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...
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Challenging Behaviors in Speech Therapy Within A Child’s Home
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Halloween Books and Apps for Speech Therapy
As speech therapists, we love a holiday to use as a theme in our lessons with kids! Here is my post from last year which is worth revisiting for...
Tickey Toc Talking Tallulah/Tickety Toc Talking Tommy by Just Play
Little fans of Nick Jr.'s Tickety Toc series can take Tallulah and Tommy along on their own adventures or re-enact their favorite chime time...
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