I'm blogging and posting some favorite gift ideas for your kids for the holidays. I think that parents should have fun playing with their kids too...
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Parents Ask for Best Holiday Toys for Painters and Campers
I often get asked by parents or grandparents about specific kinds of toys they want recommended for their kids or grandkids. I thought as we...
Toy Fair 2016, Look What I Saw
I'm moving fast to cover the thousands of companies displaying at the Javitts Center but I have my eye out for companies who are creative and...
New York Toy Fair 2016 Hot Trends for Learning Toys
Every year I get so amped for The International Toy Fair in New York City--no caffeine needed--as we scour the isles of the Javits Center for fun...
First Games for 3 year-olds, Setting up Play
My twin grandchildren are approaching 3 and interested in playing games. There are so many wonderful first games for 3 year-olds by companies like...
Pumpkin Books for Speech Therapy Activities
It's that time of year again when classrooms are a buzz about pumpkin patches, corn maizes, harvest time and seeds. I have a real live pumpkin...
Back to School and Back to Blogging
I am reminded it is Back to School time as I see empty busses practicing their routes, parents running around with lists in their hands looking for...
Plush Book Characters Encourage Language
Over the years I have gathered several plush book characters to introduce when reading some of my favorite picture books with kids. They naturally...
Let’s Teach “She” and “He”
More on yesterday's topic of teaching personal pronouns to preschoolers. I had a session today with my little girl who is also working on he/she and...
Tips For Parents on How to Read Aloud to Their Children
I aways enjoy hearing from former colleagues and got a note this week from Patti, a fellow speech pathologist with whom I shared a room when I...
Using Art Sets in Preschool Speech Therapy
Most kids love art and creating their own masterpiece. I often use art kits in preschool therapy because I can easily engage a child and offer her...
Language-Gap Study Bolsters Push For Pre-K, Article in NYT Today
The front page story in the New York Times today has a fascinating article on a new study reinforcing the results of research two decades ago,...
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