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...
by Enrichment Therapies | Jan 19, 2017 | Social Skills
Does your child become anxious or scared going to a new place? Can simple errands such as running to the grocery store turn into a time-consuming event? A social story is a great way to alleviate the anxiety a child experiences about going to a new place. Social...
by Enrichment Therapies | Jan 18, 2017 | Social Skills
By Jaimi Bird, M.A., CCC-SLP Is it difficult to motivate your child to want to come to speech-language therapy to tutoring sessions, or even go to school? Does your child say, “I don’t like it” or “It’s too hard”? Here are some ideas to make things that give your...
by Enrichment Therapies | Jan 17, 2017 | Reading, Speech & Language
Between 3 and 4 years of age, children begin to recognize letters and start to make some letter-sound associations. Knowledge of letter names and the sounds letters make is a very important pre-literacy skill and builds a strong foundation for reading. This knowledge...
by Enrichment Therapies | Jan 16, 2017 | Math, Reading
When students struggle in school parents often decide to enroll their child in learning services to help them learn the skills they need to succeed. The first option that comes to mind for extra help typically is tutoring service. Here at ETLC, we offer tutoring...
by Enrichment Therapies | Jan 16, 2017 | Math
Does your child have a hard time memorizing their math facts? Whether your child is working on addition, subtraction, multiplication or division facts, you can use the following strategy to help master them! You may have heard the staff here at ETLC talk about the...