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A guide to using play routines to build and accelerate a child's communication skills. Includes instructions and examples, language stimulation tips, techniques, and strategies, charts to monitor progress, ways to incorporate speech development activities into daily routines, etc.
A HANDY PARENT'S GUIDE THAT TURNS PROFESSIONAL LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT INTO CHILD'S PLAY Are you concerned that your child is not verbalizing? The solution may be as simple as a game. Talking with Your Toddler teaches you how to stimulate speech using everyday play. It makes learning to talk fun and engaging for your child. With proven therapies and easy-to-follow activities, Talking with Your Toddler makes an ideal home companion. - Tips to promote talking throughout the day - Hands-on games that teach new words - Tricks for turning drive time into talk time - Fun ways to promote further practice - Techniques for keeping kids engaged Written by experienced speech professionals, this book’s straightforward approach is equally useful for parents at home, teachers in the classroom or therapists in a clinic.
Is your toddler struggling with his or her first words? Discover evidence-based techniques to model, elicit, track, and expand your toddler's language. Speech language pathologist and bestselling author Kimberly Scanlon specializes in helping toddlers find their voice. And now she's here to help you build a strong foundation for your toddler's early communication skills. My Toddler's First Words: A Step-by-Step Guide to Jump-start, Track, and Expand Your Toddler's Language contains step-by-step instructions to stimulate your child's verbal skills. With expert guidance, you'll discover what to expect from your child's first words and learn to recognize each milestone along their language development journey. Through Scanlon's interactive book, you'll learn simple speech therapy techniques to catapult your toddler's communication skills to the next level. In My Toddler's First Words, you'll discover: - Proven speech therapy techniques and real-world examples to encourage language growth - Lists of words that tend to develop early on that may be missing from your child's vocabulary - A systematic approach for tracking progress to pinpoint which activities work best for your toddler - How to coordinate your developmental efforts with speech language professionals to compound the benefits - Straight answers to your most pressing questions and concerns, and much, much more! My Toddler's First Words is the must-have interactive workbook for parents and speech professionals alike. If you like encouragement from experts, structured guides, and actionable steps you can start today, then you'll love Kimberly Scanlon's approachable how-to companion book. Buy My Toddler's First Words to jumpstart your child's language development today!
When it comes to language acquisition, all parents have questions…and?this invaluable resource?has all the answers. When should I expect my baby’s first word? Is my toddler on his way to talking soon? Is my child speaking as clearly as her peers? All parents end up thinking questions like these during their children’s formative years, but too few act on them, assuming the answers are too unpredictable to be certain. Time to Talk answers these questions for the curious parent. Written by an experienced speech-language pathologist and mom, this practical and proactive guide will help parents: Understand the building blocks of speech and language Monitor progress against expected milestones Enhance their child’s communication skills Spot signs of potential problems with hearing, speech, or language development Address common concerns, such as articulation, late talking, stuttering, dyslexia, etc. Foster literacy Raise bilingual children successfully Your child’s language acquisition no longer must be a guessing game for you. From baby’s first babbling to reading readiness, Time to Talk provides everything a parent needs so this vital fundamental skill doesn’t have to be left to chance.
Help your child learn and practice talking with this fun activity book packed with family-friendly exercises, conversation topics, and vocabulary recommendations—perfect for parents who want to make sure their child develops a firm grasp of language and speech. Teaching your child to talk doesn’t have to be all work and no play! This ready-to-use activity book is perfect for practicing talking and encouraging verbalizing, whether you’re at home or on the go. Packed with interactive exercises that promote verbalization and vocabulary-building in young children, this book includes: Coloring pages Cut-and-paste activities Seasonal and holiday-themed projects And much more! Written by experienced speech professionals, the activities in this book make for a wonderful bonding experience between parents and children, and can also be used by speech language teachers as a supplement to their lessons. The end of each activity, you’ll find conversation topics, book suggestions, and relevant songs to sing to get you and your child talking and communicating effectively!
Klein argues that adult success is often established in the developmental preschool years. She shares advice for parents on how to promote such success-driving positive attributes as resilience, self-regulation, and empathy.
You Can Stop Fighting With Your Chidren! Here is the bestselling book that will give you the know–how you need to be more effective with your children and more supportive of yourself. Enthusiastically praised by parents and professionals around the world, the down–to–earth, respectful approach of Faber and Mazlish makes relationships with children of all ages less stressful and more rewarding. Their methods of communication, illustrated with delightful cartoons showing the skills in action, offer innovative ways to solve common problems.
A read aloud book to be used by parents and caregivers to help build children's speech and language skills by practicing essential words and phrases. Includes tips for encouraging children to speak.
