By Tessa Lancaster, M.A., CCC-SLP Does your child struggle to use spatial concept terms correctly? There are many ways to teach preposition words, including teaching through play! In order to teach prepositions in play, use your child’s toys (e.g., figurines or...
Does your child stutter or often have disfluent speech? There are a few changes that you as the parent can make to decrease disfluencies and increase your child's communicative success! Tip #1: Speak slowly. If you speak in a slow and relaxed manner, your child...
Written by Jaimi Bird, M.A., CCC-SLP Phonological awareness is a term that refers to a group of pre-reading skills that are important for literacy and language development. Phonological awareness is the ability to hear sounds that makeup words in spoken language. This...
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 cross...
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...
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...