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This straightforward book shows parents the most effective ways to move beyond baby talk and to teach, guide, and evaluate their child's speech habits, from birth through age five.
From "Goo" to Gab — Guiding Your Child to Effective Communication The first five years of a child's life are the most critical for speech and language development, and, as a parent, you are your child's primary language role model. So what are the best ways to help your child develop the all-important skill of communication? Fun, easy, and engaging, this book shows you how! Inside, you'll discover all of the essential steps and checkpoints from birth through age five, tips to help your child progress on schedule, and easy methods to: · Evaluate and monitor your child's language development · Understand and deal with environmental impacts such as television and cultural styles · Recognize the signs of language development problems · And much, much more!
All parents and caregivers, no matter how busy, want to provide their children with the most stimulating environment for learning and using language. A trip to the supermarket, taking a ride, playing outside, or doing everyday activities at home provide great opportunities for developing speech and language skills. Talking On the Go is loaded with everyday activities to enhance speech and language development in four major areas: * building vocabulary * listening and speech production * reading and writing readiness * participation in conversations Durable and easy to use, Talking On the Go offers simple and fun suggestions for parents and caregivers to use in a variety of settings. Activities are geared for children from birth through age five.
Three specialists from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association illustrate the most effective ways parents can guide their children through the early years of language development.
Baby! Talk! is a first word book perfect for sharing . Baby! Talk!'s interactive format promotes early language and important communication skills. Baby! Talk!'s big, bright photographs will put a smile on your baby's face, because babies love to look at babies.
Many parents do not know that the simple act of speaking to a child, even before he or she can respond, stimulates the child to learn speech. This book shows how babies learn and encourages parents to use all settings -from parks to stores to car rides -as opportunities for rewarding exchanges.
In this powerful follow-up to her groundbreaking book, Learning Their Language, Marta Williams presents fascinating stories that explore the connections among humans, nature, and animals and demonstrates the effective and life-enhancing techniques of intuitive communication.
During the year after giving birth, some mothers struggle to recover from the wearying days, sleepless nights, and assorted other troubles ��� mental, physical, and spiritual ��� that childbirth brings. If you're one such woman, know that you don't stand alone. Author Allison Auth has experienced all these woes and more, growing wise along the way in the art of postpartum life ��� a healing art she illuminates and shares here with you. In these lively, plainspoken pages, Auth introduces you to powerful exercise, health, and nutrition practices that can relieve ��� and often even eliminate ��� most of the troubles you might suffer during that difficult year after your baby is born. These practices will help you find the energy, balance, and healing ��� physical and spiritual ��� that you need to care confidently for your loved ones, your home, and your soul. Auth will even teach you a surefire way to slay, once and for al
