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Kids Making Their Own Language Toys

| Elementary School Age, Games, Language, play, Preschool, Speech Therapy, Strategies to Encourange Language Development, Strategies to Enhance Language

Okay, it's an ice storm in the northeast today and I am once again stuck inside, so I found myself going through old pictures. I came across this...

Sneak Peek at New Games Debuting at New York Toy Fair

| 10 and up, Birth-3 year-olds, Elementary School Age, Games, Language, play, Preschool, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

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...

Playonwords.com Named A Top Website for 2015

| 10 and up, 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, 8 years and up, Articulation, Elementary School Age, Games, Language, Preschool, Speech and Language Delay, Speech Therapy, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

Thank you to Kidmunicate, for naming playonwords.com #12 in their "Top 75 Speech Pathology Websites / Blogs for 2015" based on nominations "and...

More Games for Teaching Preschoolers on the Autism Spectrum

| 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, Autism, Elementary School Age, Games, Language, Preschool, Speech Therapy, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

Okay, here are some more of my favorite games to play with kids on the autism spectrum, teaching social language as well as language concepts to...

New Research Shows Preschoolers with Special Needs Benefit from Typical Peers’ Strong Language

| Autism, Elementary School Age, Games, Language, play, Preschool, Speech and Language Delay, Speech Therapy, Strategies to Encourange Language Development, Strategies to Enhance Language

I'm always interested in current research to back our therapy and planning for kids with special needs. As a pediatric speech language pathologist,...

Back to Work, Hello 2015

| 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, 8 years and up, Birth-3 year-olds, Books, Games, Language, Toys

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...

Being a Speech Therapist is More Than Delivering Therapy

| Books, Games, Language, Speech and Language Delay, Speech Therapy, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

It occurred to me this week that there are many extra tasks associated with being a speech language pathologist besides delivering speech therapy....

New Spot it! Games by Blue Orange Games Teach Numbers and Shapes

| Games

Want to help your preschooler become quick with the vocabulary of preschool? Grab one of Blue Orange Games new Spot it! games that feature images of...