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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...

Now that we’re hopefully imitating actions with our bodies, let’s talk about imitating action using our sounds! This is typically the...

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...

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....

We’ve been talking about using books to expand expressive and receptive language skills, but did you know books are also helping...

Reading is one of the best ways to promote language skills, including receptive language skills which includes the understanding of...

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!...

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...

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...

Using the word 'want' to increase language skills.

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...

This week, we’re talking about using Communication Temptations to promote language development. What are communication temptations?...

This week, we’re going to talk about the language stimulation technique “modeling”. What is modeling? Modeling is the act of saying the...

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...

A good vocabulary should contain a variety of types of words including nouns, verbs, adjectives, names for favorite people, prepositions,...

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....

Is my child on track developmentally? With so many areas of growth occurring in the first few years of life, it can get overwhelming...

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...

You don’t need special ‘language time’ built into your day to help facilitate vocabulary growth. Try these tips throughout the day and...