SCHOOL IS BACK IN SESSION! AFTER A LONG SCHOOL DAY, COMING HOME TO A YUMMY AFTER-SCHOOL TREAT IS THE BEST! Cooking and baking provide a multitude of speech and language opportunities. They can be used to stimulate vocabulary or to work on direct skills a child may have difficulty with, such as following directions or […]
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Welcome to Part One of our Back to School series! It seems like the dog days of summer are here to stay in Virginia, but the start of a new school year is just around the corner. While it seems like Fall is still so far away, it’s time to start preparing your back-to-school routines.
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Heading to the beach this summer? With all the summer travel to the coast, today’s blog post will feature activities that promote speech and language skills on vacation. Research continues to show the importance of learning and gaining experiences through play. The beach offers a wide variety of experiences for children, as it is filled
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Read, read, read this summer! Books are meant to be used for the ENTIRE year- not just the school year! Below we included some of our favorite summer books for you to enjoy with your little ones. Happy reading! Olivia Opens a Lemonade Stand by Kama Einhorn That’s not my Flamingo… by Fiona Watt Jabari
Prepositions are incredibly important in a child’s language development. Preposition words are a part of speech that begins a phrase and adds details into a sentence. For example, a preposition can tell information about items such as location, time, or position. In everyday life, a child may use a prepositional phrase to make a request
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Celebrate summer with a cute (and yummy) craft! Crafts are an excellent way to target speech and language skills. They are filled with fun, so much so that a child may not realize they are “working” on skills! Items Needed: Items needed: Vanilla pudding cup Teddy grahams Scissors Airhead Belts Mini Umbrella Graham crackers Instructions:
As the saying goes… April showers bring May flowers! The beautiful spring weather is finally here to stay, and we simply can’t get enough! Today, we are sharing all about the theme of spring- bugs, flowers, weather, oh my! Implementing themes within learning is so important. Research shows it helps children make connections between concepts,
May is Better Hearing and Speech Month (BHSM)! This month was created in 1927 by ASHA, the American Speech-Language Hearing Association. BHSM aims to raise awareness to speech and hearing problems and encourage those to seek the help they need. SLPs can evaluate and treat so many areas! Keep scrolling to learn about all the
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Summer is here! Looking for some local family-friendly activities to do this summer? Check out our recommendations below to keep the fun going all summer long! JUNE Enjoy a summer craft! On the first Saturday (June 4th) of every month from 9am-12pm, The Home Depot provides free, do-it-yourself project kits for kids! https://www.homedepot.com/c/kids Cool down
Spring has arrived and so have all the egg-cellent crafts! Just TWO items are required for today’s craft- an egg coloring sheet and crayons! Super easy, engaging, and endless ideas for incorporating a speech and language skills. The egg coloring sheet is a free download from In the Playroom blog, where many other egg designs
