Wilbur doesn’t get it. He loves fancy clothes. Why do naked mole rats have to miss out on dress up? Who made the rules? Scooped up by his colony...
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Picture Books Build Social Language
I love to go to our children's library and browse through the books. I use good children's literature for all the kids I work with, whether they are...
Picture Books To Teach Sharing
This is the time of year that parents are starting to make the decision about whether their child is "ready" for kindergarten. Often that decision...
Diner Provides Preschool Play Dinner
My friend, Jody, wrote to say that she had gotten the Step2 Diner for her 5 grandchildren from birth to 2 years old. Christmas morning the diner was...
Kids’ Poetry–Laugh and Learn Language
Poetry is a wonderful way to enrich and build your child's language. For the preschool gang, hearing the rhyme and rhythm sets the stage for...
Kid’s Frog Tent for Pretend Play
I included the Circo Frog Tent from Target as one of my selected items for holiday giving. Since we celebrated Christmas as a family at...
Games for Speech Therapy and Home Fun
I love to hear from parents and Speech Therapists with ideas to stimulate speech and language. Keep the e-mails and comments coming! Today I heard...
Christmas Nativity for Toddlers and Preschoolers
We know that children learn language best when it relates to their everyday experience. This is the season of several religious holidays so parents...
Speech Therapy Game for the “R” Sound
I always play with toys or games when I work with children so they forget that they are doing "work!" It occurred to me the other day that...
Taking Time to Talk with Toddlers
In the midst of writing reviews and my list of best kids' toys for Holiday giving, I am reminded that speech and language skills can be enhanced in...
Turn Off the TV When Toddlers Are Around—Could Impact Language Learning
Recent research, by Daniel Anderson, professor of Psychology at the University of Massachusetts, looked at the impact of background TV while...
Thanksgiving Craft to Build Your Child’s Language
I was at 4 year-old Isabel's house yesterday and she had a family project to do, sent home from preschool. She had a drawing of a turkey with three...
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