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June 13, 2024
How I Use Music to Build Speech and Language Skills

Music can be so fun for our little ones in speech, and even kids in general! And it’s a great way for them to practice their speech and language skills. I have this big tub of instruments that one of my daughters received as a gift when they were little. They may just look like […]

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May 30, 2024
How I Use “Doggies” To Build Speech and Language Skills

This is one of my favorite all-time dog books! I read this book to my girls when they were younger and I will throw it in my therapy bag if I have a little one on my caseload. I’m always recommending Sandra Boynton’s books to friends who are about to have babies or to parents […]

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September 7, 2023
Tempting Your Child to Communicate

I’m a pediatric speech therapist and also a mom and I absolutely love talking to parents about ways they can help their children communicate. One strategy I talk about often is communication temptations. Communication temptations is a strategy where you structure or manipulate the environment so the child must use communication in order to receive […]

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March 17, 2022
How I Use “MOO, BAA, LA LA LA!” To Build Speech & Language Skills

Books are great to have for therapy. In this post, I share 4 ways you can incorporate books for your kids to help with developing speech and language skills.

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April 23, 2020
Using Stacking Cups to Build Speech & Language Skills

It's amazing on what you can do with kid toys. In this post, I'll be sharing how I use a simple toy in my therapy sessions.

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March 23, 2020
Our Simple Homeschool Schedule

One of the best decisions we made in educating our kids, was to do homeschooling. In this post, I share with you our day and what we do.

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July 15, 2019
7 Fun Summer Activities That Build Speech & Language Skills

Summer is a great way to get kids outside. In this post, I share fun activities that can help with your kids speech and language skills.

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June 7, 2019
5 Easy, No Prep Speech Therapy Activities

Finding activities to use on my client's kids can be hard to find. In this post, I share with you easy and simple activities I use in my therapy sessions.

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April 5, 2019
4 Fun & Engaging Activities to Implement in Speech Therapy

Keeping children engaged during therapy sessions can be a challenging time. In this post, I share with you activities I use during my sessions to make my therapy easy.

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February 5, 2019
How I Use Sensory Bins In Speech

Sensory bins have been a great asset to my therapy sessions. In this post, I share how I use sensory bins in my therapy for speech.

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