Speech Doc

Use this beautiful summer weather as an opportunity to teach your children special summer vocabulary words! It’s not every season you get to use the outdoors as a parent classroom.

Hearing the same word (or phrase) over and over again helps your child retain that word in their lexicon (working vocabulary). Try it! It’s simple and it works!

Ever wonder why cartoons are so annoying for adults? It’s because the use of dramatic intonations draw kids into language! They LOVE listening to over emphasized conversation. So why not give it a try! Be as dramatic as you’d like while talking to your child.

Try leaving the top of a container on and waiting for your child to request help. This will eventually teach them to request independently.

Getting ready for the beach? This is a wonderful opportunity to work on labeling items (saying the name of an object) or any other activity to increase your child’s vocabulary. Beach time is speech time!

See what we did there..? 😝 Rhyming is an essential foundational skill that has been researched to help with early literacy. Make the best of the time you have this weekend!

Happy Friday!

Isn’t it interesting how songs get stuck in our heads, even when we don’t want them to? Well, use this strategy to teach your child new words and concepts. Making it funny also helps!

Make it easy for your child to understand what you’re trying to say by using short and simple phrases. Remember to say things a bit slower for them so they can process your message.

In order to teach new vocabulary words, choose the same word and use it multiple times. Hearing the word over and over in the same situation and/or different situations will help your child acquire the new word.

Happy Father's Day!!!

Was your child first word Dada?