I have often told parents that they should be the Producer, not the Director of their child's pretend play, meaning, set out some fun toys and...
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Speech Therapy Glitter Activities
Whenever therapy needs a little excitement, I bring out the glitter glue! This week I added a pad of paper, markers, plastic wiggle eyes and glitter...
What Parents Can Expect From Preschool Speech Therapy
Any speech therapy practice is constantly changing--clients are being dismissed and new ones are beginning therapy for the first time. It occurred...
Speech Therapy Activities for Spring
As speech pathologists, we are always looking for new activities to keep our students engaged and improve their speech and language skills....
More Tips on Raising a Bilingual Child
My last post included a note from a parent raising her child bilingual. She encountered some resistance from her child as she entered school and mom...
Seeing Differences In Preschools, Choosing the Right One
Last week a mom approached me for my opinion on whether her 2 year 3-month old daughter was on track with her language. I could understand some of...
Products for Children with Special Needs
Parents of children who I work with are always looking for fun and effective products to use with their kids to promote their skills. One of the...
Articulation Speech Therapy Games
I find the easiest way to motivate kids working on sounds is to have a cache of fun, motivating games to play with them. Have them say several...
Educational TV for Preschoolers, “Sid the Science Kid”
Parents know that I stress creative play and offer lots of suggestions for good educational toys, books and games, particularly for the preschool...
A Clever Preschool Teacher
While I was visiting with a mom today, her 4 year-old daughter was creating a pretend world with her blocks. The blocks had many different shapes,...
“One,” a Story About Bullying and Inclusion
Everyone I have read this book to--parents and kids--wants a copy. That is quite an endorsement. Through simple blotches of color,...
Thank You Latentdesign.com, Best Children’s Photography
I want to thank my youngest son, Peter of latentdesign.com, for the use of his beautiful artistic photography on my website. I love using pictures...
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