by Enrichment Therapies | Feb 3, 2017 | Enrichment TLC Events
Get Ready to Meet One of our Great Students! ETLC Student of the Month Urbandale Location Nominated by Jaimi Bird, M.A., CCC-SLP In 2017, we are starting a new tradition at Enrichment Therapy and Learning Center. We are recognizing one student from each of our ETLC...
by Enrichment Therapies | Feb 3, 2017 | Social Skills
Does your child become overly upset and anxious about tiny things? Do you think your child overreacts to mistakes or changes in their schedule? Problems can occur in many different social as well as academic settings. They can create challenging behaviors if children...
by Enrichment Therapies | Feb 2, 2017 | Social Skills
Last week, I posted about using charts to help children develop an understanding of basic emotions. If you haven’t seen the blog post on emotion charts, check it out here before reading on! As students begin to better understand the emotions they are experiencing, we...
by Enrichment Therapies | Feb 1, 2017 | Social Skills, Speech & Language
MORE Motivation Ideas We all lose motivation sometimes. When I have a long list of things to do (laundry, dishes, cleaning bathrooms…..ugh) I usually need to find a way to motivate myself to get going, or nothing will get done. Often it feels so good to just...
by Enrichment Therapies | Jan 30, 2017 | Speech & Language
Basic concepts are words a child needs to know in order to follow directions, participate in routines, and engage in conversation. A child needs to know basic concepts in order to be successful in reading, writing, and math. Basic concepts are words that depict...
by Enrichment Therapies | Jan 25, 2017 | Speech & Language
Is your child, husband, or whole family excited about the Super Bowl? Are you worried about Super Bowl Sunday and the days surrounding it might be filled with too much TV and not enough learning? I will provide you with a few football-themed language-building...
by Enrichment Therapies | Jan 25, 2017 | Reading
By Jaimi Bird, M.A., CCC-SLP Do you have a hard time following your child’s stories? Does it seem like they have difficulty expressing themselves clearly? It may be that they have difficulty with sequencing. When it comes to storytelling, sequencing is very...
by Enrichment Therapies | Jan 23, 2017 | Social Skills
We previously posted about some books that are great for teaching young children about emotions… But how can we help our school-aged students understand and regulate their emotions? If your school-aged child struggles to simply understand the emotions he or she is...
by Enrichment Therapies | Jan 23, 2017 | Science
Last week, we did a fun science experiment where we created snow dough! This is a very easy experiment that is sure to entertain kids of all ages. You’ll need: 16 oz. corn starch (put in the freezer overnight to make it extra cold and “snowy”) ~10...
by Enrichment Therapies | Jan 23, 2017 | Reading
Does your student demonstrate frequent loss of place during reading, skipping lines, skipping or substituting words during reading, finger-pointing during reading, and/or slow reading speed? They may be having difficulties with visual tracking! In order to use our...
