by Enrichment Therapies | May 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
By: Mallory Carr, M.A., CCC-SLP As COVID-19 canceled, postponed, and generally threw a big wrench in everyone’s life, PROMPT training was delayed for some speech-language pathologists in the North Liberty office. Now, eight Enrichment Therapy & Learning Center...
by Enrichment Therapies | May 25, 2022 | Reading
As your child moves on through early elementary school, they will make the shift from “learning to read” to “reading to learn.” Parents can foster the development of comprehension and set a framework for how their children “learn” from the words they are reading. 1....
by Enrichment Therapies | Apr 14, 2022 | Speech & Language, Toddler/Pre-K Activities
First words begin to appear in a child’s expressive communication around the age of one-year-old. Taking a closer look at those first words, we can almost always expect certain speech sounds to come out first. Bilabial Sounds These early developing speech sounds...
by Enrichment Therapies | Apr 7, 2022 | Feeding & Swallowing, Speech & Language
By: Kaylie Wright, M.A., CCC-SLP Are you concerned that your child has a tongue or lip tie? Have you been told tongue ties “rarely cause issues” or “treating tongue ties is a fad?” There is a lot of misinformation around the topic of tongue ties. It is important to...
by Enrichment Therapies | Mar 31, 2022 | Speech & Language
By: Suzanne Moore, M.S., CCC-SLP Between virtual learning and the increased availability of electronic entertainment for children, teaching our kids play skills is more important than ever. Children can learn endless valuable skills through modeling by adult play...
by Enrichment Therapies | Mar 24, 2022 | Reading, Speech & Language
Are you looking for fun, enriching activities to do with your preschoolers? What better activity to engage in than reading books? It is never too early to encourage a love of books, stories, and reading. Below are 7 books to foster pre-literacy and language skills: ...
by Enrichment Therapies | Mar 8, 2022 | Speech & Language
By: Mallory Carr, M.A., CCC-SLP Making the Most of Minimal Pairs Your child’s speech-language pathologist (SLP) might be using a minimal pair therapy approach with your child if they are struggling with a phonological disorder. This means that a child is making...
by Enrichment Therapies | Feb 16, 2022 | Reading
My child struggles with reading and sounding out words.What can I do to help him/her? Many children struggle with reading. As a parent, you may be wondering what you can do to help your child become a more confident and successful reader. I’ve put together 5 things...
by Enrichment Therapies | Nov 18, 2021 | Speech & Language
By: Kacy Leuke, M.S., CF-SLP Speech and language therapy shouldn’t be something that you have to fight to fit into your schedule. Make it easy on yourself! Practicing speech and language in the car is a great option for families who are always on the go. Below are a...
by Enrichment Therapies | Oct 21, 2021 | Speech & Language
By: Mallory Carr, M.A., CCC-SLP Halloween is such a fun time of the year for kids (and adults!). There are so many things to look at, and lots to talk about! Here are a few ideas to sneak speech and language practice into Trick-or-Treating or your other Halloween...
