Okay let’s take a look at the combination of two things I enjoy when I get a chance-- watching Jimmy Fallon and reading Parents Magazine. I think...
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Let the Children Learn Through Play in the New York Times
My daughter-in law texted the link to this article before it arrived on my driveway Sunday morning. She knows I am a big proponent of play in young...
Bring Your Beauty Kit to Speech Therapy for Fun
We have been reading "Ruby's Beauty Shop" by Rosemary Wells for several sessions with a little boy on the autism spectrum. He loves the book, as...
Mixing Puzzles and Playdoh in Speech Therapy Activities
Everyone has challenging preschoolers to work with who go through your therapy bag of activities quickly and you scratch your head trying to find...
Easter Fun for The Grandchildren
I hope everyone had a wonder Easter and Passover this past weekend! We were excited to have one of our sons and his wife and twin 2 year-olds and 4...
Plush Book Characters Encourage Language
Over the years I have gathered several plush book characters to introduce when reading some of my favorite picture books with kids. They naturally...
Splat the Cat Lesson Plan for Preschoolers in Speech Therapy
This winter just never seems to end (we're home AGAIN with schools closed and this beautiful fluffy stuff coming down all day), so the opportunity...
Sneak Peek at New Games Debuting at New York Toy Fair
Blue Orange (they brought us the fun Spot It! game series) has a big surprise for you... They tell us," We will release our first "heavy" board...
Best Play Food for Toddlers
After spending 2 days with my twin 20-month old grandchildren, I am stuffed with soup, cheese topped cheerios, blueberries, and apples. They spend...
Back to Work, Hello 2015
Taking a break is wonderfully refreshing and essential, I might add, when you are working with kids. I've enjoyed my 2 weeks off for the holidays...
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving to you all! I am certainly thankful for all of you, my readers, that keep me blogging and inspire me to keep sharing. This will...
How to Curb Rude Toddler Talk, Parents Magazine
The February issue of Parents Magazine just came out and Tamekia Reece wrote an excellent article addressing the topic of a toddler's "Bossy Talk."...
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