3-6 year-olds Archives - Page 10 of 44

Auditory Discrimination Lessons in Articulation Therapy

| 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, Articulation

Soon after I get into articulation therapy with a child and they can make their error sound correctly, I find myself playing little games to improve...

What Constitutes A Good Language Toy?

| 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, Language

I'm constantly teaching parents and toy manufacturers what constitutes a good language toy. I demonstrate good and bad options and today I want to...

Alphabet Anatomy: Meet The Capital Letters Teaches Kids The Alphabet

| 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, Language, Reading, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

Learning the alphabet, all 26 letters, can be daunting. Some pick it up quickly through repeated exposure to educational TV shows, DVD's, books, and...

Wordless Picture Books Can Teach More Language

| 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, Books, Elementary School Age, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

Last week research came out from the University of Waterloo finding that children hear more complex language from parents when they read a storybook...

My First Day, Comparing What Animals Do On Day One

| 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, Books, Strategies to Encourange Language Development, Uncategorized

I was in an annual review yesterday for a first grader that I work with and his teacher was saying that next year they will be talking about...

Eco Friendly Pretend Play Toys by Green Toys Build Language Skills

| 3-6 year-olds, Strategies to Encourange Language Development, Toys

My newest PAL Award winners come from Green Toys™ and are great for pretend play to build language skills. Kids these days are much more savvy...

Lesson Plans for Screen-Free Week: Pretend, Play, Talk

| 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, 8 years and up, Games, Strategies to Encourange Language Development, Toys

Turn off the TV? Set aside the iPad? Give up video games? That’s just what millions of people will be doing April 29-May 5 as they turn off screens...

Penguin and Pinecone, A Friendship Lesson For Speech Therapy

| 3-6 year-olds, Books, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

I love Penguin and Pinecone by Salina Yoon for language lessons because of its simplicity in storyline and illustrations which leaves a lot to talk...