Looking for a fun way to incorporate some speech practice into your summer schedule? All you need is some sidewalk chalk and your kid! I picked some sound combos Ashlynn is currently working on in speech and drew them in the boxes of a hopscotch grid. We then would throw a rock and whatever the rock landed on, we would hop to that picture and say the picture. She was
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 nature instantly resides within you now, and you will literally go to any lengths to
What a busy month! Life definitely doesn’t slow down just because I’m off for summer break! I signed both the kids up for swimming lessons. Ashlynn would be in the Guppy class for probably her 5th time, and Jace and I would be in the parent/tot class. I decided that since it was the first day, and considering Ashlynn’s aversion to water now following two traumatic pool events, here: I would
Parents are always looking for ways to incorporate speech and language activities at home. Whether it is to stimulate a typically developing child’s vocabulary and language, or to help a speech or language delayed child; baking is great and fun way to work on speech and language. The first and most important rule before you start, is you have to accept the fact that your toddler will make a mess,
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 is to be grateful. With gratitude comes the fortitude to push forward despite any struggles
Let’s face it. Being a parent is rough. Whether you have a child with special needs or not, we all want for their happiness, that they will feel successful, that they will be confident, and that they will never hurt. Of course we know that without trials they cannot fully appreciate the successes, without sadness they could never fully experience complete happiness, without hurt they simply wouldn’t be human. School