Many times I ask parents if I can have a speech therapy session in their child's preschool class that week so that I can confer with the teacher and...
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PAL Entries Donated to Bridgeport Rescue Mission’s Guest House for Women and Children
One of my favorite parts of running the PAL Award is giving away the many wonderful toys, games and books after they have been reviewed. I look for...
Playonwords.com Features PAL Award Winners on FOX Milwaukee 11/30/20
Talking Points FOX6 Real Milwaukee Taping, 11/25/20 Toy expert and speech-language pathologist, Erika Cardamone, joins us from PlayOnWords.com We’re...
Encouraging your Dyslexic Child
Wow, I am so overdue for a blog post. Not that I don't have a bunch of ideas in my head, just not enough time to sit down and get them on paper! As...
PAL Award Toys and Games on FOX6 Milwaukee
Talking Points FOX6 Real Milwaukee Taping 4-16-20 Toys and Games for Smart Play, Extending Learning at Home Silly Spaghetti by Hape, 3 years and up...
FOX Milwaukee Skype Interview Featuring PAL Award Winning Toys and Games During Shelter at Home
Talking Points FOX6 Real Milwaukee Taping 4-1-20 Fun Toys and Games for Smart Family Play During Shelter at Home Background on Sherry: Sherry...
Great New Picture Books About Dragons, Beach and Twins
One of my favorite things to do is hang out in a neighborhood book store and check out the new picture books. As a matter of fact, when my husband...
Speech Teletherapy vs. Traditional Speech Therapy
After more than 40 years practicing in my field of speech language pathology, I am still energized by my role in helping my clients as well as my...
Playonwords.com Presents Their Fall PAL Awards
We're excited to share our Fall PAL Awards--Best Toys, Games and Media that Spark Language Development Through Play. I continue to be fascinated by...
How to Write the Best Toy Review
First of all you have to play with the toy or game to be familiar with it. When I was doing speech therapy I had a whole group of kids I could play...
New York Toy Fair 2019 Toy Trends, Learning Through Play
Just walking into the New York Toy Fair got my heart pumping to the beat of the drums as the parade of characters assembled to lead the opening of...
Homeschooling a Child with Special Needs: The Pros and Cons
From time to time I like to feature guest posts by either Speech language pathologists or those in other fields working to positively impact kids...
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