5 Ways to Help Your Child’s Language Development As a speech-language pathologist, if I could impart one piece of advice to parents it would be to emphasize the value of ordinary moments. These little things, like getting dressed in the morning, going on a ride in the car with your child, helping them with their …
10 Creative Activities to Promote Preschool Language Development Language development is an essential aspect of a child’s growth and development. In preschool, children are at an age where they are building a foundation for language skills that they will use throughout their lives. There are many ways to promote preschool language development through creative activities …
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Top Poems to Teach your Child We all learned poems as we grew up! So, today let’s talk about top poems to teach your child. Poems have several benefits for everyone. In other words, children as young as a year old can follow simple poems. Poems are like a bridge connecting speaking, language learning, reading, …
Teaching the /L/ Speech Sound The /l/ speech sound is an alveolar sound. This means that the sound is produced by touching the tongue tip to the alveolar ridge. Children usually acquire the /l/ sound by 4 years of age. Often, children with speech sound disorders have difficulty producing the /l/ sound correctly. This blog …
What is cognition? In this blog, we will be discussing what is cognition? How cognition and speech development are related? Some other aspects related to cognition. Now, the word cognition may look like a fancy big term but it’s not. Cognition is the process of learning to reason, think and understand various stimuli in our …
Pre Linguistic Skills : Everything you need to know This blog talks about pre linguistic skills. These skills are the foundation of language development. What are pre linguistic skills ? Pre linguistic skills are those skills which develop before a child learns to talk. Hence, it is a way of communicating without words. It includes …
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Blank Comics to Boost your Child’s Language Conversation and talking are all about the exchange of information, ideas, feelings, beliefs, and thoughts. Here are some great ideas for using blank comics to boost language skills in your little ones. Why would blank comics be interesting? Illustrations tend to grab a child’s attention almost immediately. The …
Top Five Songs for Language Development The classic nursery rhymes which have been sung through the generations are considered to be the best songs for language development. Singing nursery rhymes to babies and toddlers would facilitate them to be aware of and imitate novel sounds, build vocabulary, be creative and improve their language memory. Usually, …
Fun Movement Activities for Speech Development Speech development activities, Motor movements including moving, crawling, sitting, standing are crucial parts of a child’s development. These skills help a child to explore his environment. This variety of movements in a child’s environment will help to grow. The American Academy of Pediatrics, 2007, explains, play is the “work …
Teaching Turn Taking and Imitation for Communication Did you know, children can learn to have conversations even before they talk! One of the key features of communication is taking turns. Just as we hit a ball back and forth when playing tennis, we use the same kinds of ‘turns’ when we communicate. You can work …
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