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So what’s the deal with gratitude anyway?
This past week Dr. Maya Angelou passed away. I was introduced to her in college with her poem “I know why the caged bird sings,” and many times on the Oprah Winfrey show. I have learned so much from so many teachers and inspirational women, but perhaps my greatest revelation in my life thus far…
Speech/language with simple Christmas chains
We’re in the Christmas spirit around here and we started with a classic Christmas chain. * I first had Ashlynn sort the strips into their respective color piles. Great for developing early sorting and categorizing skills. * I then instructed her to put glue on the “end” of the strip. Many kids with language delays…
Under the influence. Goodbye Sarah. I love you. RIP
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Does my child have a speech delay?
When you baby is born, you can’t imagine anything more perfect you have ever seen on Earth. Their newborn baby smell, their soft skin, cuddly folds, pouty lips, their eyes little windows to their soul. In that moment and from then on, you experience a love you have never known before. An instinctive and protective…
So many things require motor planning, including a computer mouse.
I’m so frustrated today! To make it worse, I’m frustrated with myself for being frustrated. I went to put Ashlynn on abcmouse.com, and early learning site for kids as young as two. Since she’s 3.7, I figured this should be great. Wrong. Turns out using a mouse requires a high degree of motor planning and…
Going off script, overcoming her language disorder
Two years ago I wrote a post called, “Speaking in scripts with a story in her eyes.” The point of the post was to describe how Ashlynn who was in Kindergarten at the time was speaking in sentences, and her apraxic component of her speech was resolving (meaning she had all of her speech sounds…
