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Kimberly Atkins
Jul 16, 20202 min read
Hooray! Imitating Exclamatory and Symbolic Words
If you’ve been with us the last few weeks, you know we have been chatting about imitation skills. We are moving right along in our...
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Kimberly Atkins
Jul 13, 20202 min read
Playing with Sounds
Now that we’re hopefully imitating actions with our bodies, let’s talk about imitating action using our sounds! This is typically the...
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Kimberly Atkins
Jul 9, 20203 min read
Peek- A- Boo
As we previously talked about, imitation is a learned skill. As much as we want our kids to repeat our words, it isn’t that simple. Kids...
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Kimberly Atkins
Jul 6, 20203 min read
Monkey See, Monkey Do
Children learn how to communicate by copying what they see and hear. However, learning how to imitate words isn’t a one and done deal....
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Kimberly Atkins
Jun 22, 20201 min read
Can Books Improve Speech Sound Productions?
We’ve been talking about using books to expand expressive and receptive language skills, but did you know books are also helping...
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Kimberly Atkins
Jun 14, 20201 min read
Using Books to Increase Language Comprehension
Reading is one of the best ways to promote language skills, including receptive language skills which includes the understanding of...
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Kimberly Atkins
Jun 7, 20202 min read
Books and Expressive Language Skills
Using books is one of my favorite ways to improve language skills in children of all ages. You’re never too young or too old for a book!...
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Kimberly Atkins
Jun 2, 20201 min read
Literacy Milestones
Happy June! This month we’ll be talking all about books, language, & literacy, and I couldn’t be more excited! I practically grew up in a...
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Kimberly Atkins
May 31, 20202 min read
The Power of Books
It’s the last day of May which means kids are home for summer! More time with our little ones means more time for fun, play, books, and...
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Kimberly Atkins
May 24, 20202 min read
I WANT IT!
Using the word 'want' to increase language skills.
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Kimberly Atkins
May 17, 20202 min read
Providing Choices
Providing choices is a great way to model and expand upon your child's language skills. Offering choices is when you give your child two...
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Kimberly Atkins
May 10, 20202 min read
Providing Communication Temptations
This week, we’re talking about using Communication Temptations to promote language development. What are communication temptations?...
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Kimberly Atkins
May 3, 20202 min read
Modeling
This week, we’re going to talk about the language stimulation technique “modeling”. What is modeling? Modeling is the act of saying the...
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Kimberly Atkins
Apr 26, 20201 min read
Language Stimulation Techniques
Remember when your mom used to say “it’s not what you said, it’s how you said it” (no, just my mom?). Guess what, she was right! The...
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Kimberly Atkins
Apr 19, 20202 min read
First Words
A good vocabulary should contain a variety of types of words including nouns, verbs, adjectives, names for favorite people, prepositions,...
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Kimberly Atkins
Mar 25, 20201 min read
Verbal Routines
I don’t know about you, but I love having a routine. It keeps me focused, on task, and provides some structure to my typically busy day....
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Kimberly Atkins
Mar 21, 20202 min read
Birth- 5 Milestones
Is my child on track developmentally? With so many areas of growth occurring in the first few years of life, it can get overwhelming...
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Kimberly Atkins
Mar 21, 20202 min read
Prerequisite Skills to First Words
Help! My child’s not producing words yet and my friend’s child whose younger has multiple words. I’ve heard this sentence, or a variation...
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Kimberly Atkins
Mar 21, 20202 min read
Creating Language During Daily Activities
You don’t need special ‘language time’ built into your day to help facilitate vocabulary growth. Try these tips throughout the day and...
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