Using a stair step approach with your child is an effective strategy no matter where your child is in his/her language development. Imagine that the top of the stairs represents adult conversation and the bottom of the stairs represents a… Continue Reading
Hanen books are excellent choices for parents who are looking for tools to help them teach their children language. I highly recommend them: It Takes Two to Talk You Make the Difference: In Helping Your Child Learn Let’s Talk Together… Continue Reading
Sign language is an excellent tool to help promote your child’s speech and language skills. It may seem to go against common sense to teach sign language as a method to increase talking, but it does work. By teaching your child… Continue Reading
Vehicle play is a fun method to use to help promote your child’s speech and language development. Most toddlers enjoy pushing their little cars around the floor. This strategy works best for a child who is not talking yet or… Continue Reading
While picking up a book and reading it aloud to your child is an excellent thing to do, this reading together strategy is a little different. Start by picking one of your child’s favorite books. If you child is uninterested… Continue Reading
Sabotage is a fun strategy to use with your child. It is hard for a child to resist communicating when this strategy is used. Sabotage is doing something unusual or setting up a situation where your child has to tell… Continue Reading
Turn Taking is an important skill for a young child to develop. Communication is a give and take process much like taking turns. Of course many young children are still learning to share and take turns with their toys. However,… Continue Reading