Children’s Book Week: May 10-16
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Children’s Book Week online has something for everyone; including parents, children, and  professionals! You can play games, solve puzzles, join contests, and find out about new books. The site features Children’s Choice Book Awards, a national child chosen book award program. It is great to know what books are recommended for your kids by kids!…

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Apraxia 101
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The Apraxia Guide: What Every Parent Should Know About Childhood Apraxia Apraxia is a motor disorder. The child is unable to transfer a speech messages from the brain to the mouth. This disorder can cause a child to be a “late talker” because of his/her inability to coordinate jaw, lip, and tongue movements.  In cases…

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Phonology 101
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Let’s Take Articulation to the Next Level: Phonology Phonology is the term used to describe how the act of articulation is neurologically organized and just like any other brain function is an extremely rule governed human behavior. Phonology, like articulation, is performed at the unconscious level and is too a highly complex process. It involves…

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Better Hearing & Speech Month is Here!
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May is Better Hearing and Speech Month. This nation-wide event is hosted by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). We will be hosting FREE events at early childhood education facilities.  That will include: hearing screenings and parent consultations. Additionally, parent outreach events and faculty training sessions are available upon request. These consultations and trainings offer a…

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Free Audio Downloads of Popular Children's Books!
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AudibleKids has partnered with Reading is Fundamental (RIF) to offer free audio downloads of popular children’s books including Rapunzel and R.L. Stine’s Rotten School: The Song, and so on… Click here for more information http://www.audible.com/kids

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All About the ABC’s…
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A, B, C, D, E, F, G…the alphabet song is usually the method used to teach children their alphabet. Although the alphabet song does help, it usually causes children to memorize the melody of the song rather than the actual letter. Especially in the L, M, N, O, P part, it sounds more like “elemeno-pee”…

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FREE Resources for Reading!
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Please see an excerpt from the Reading is Fundamental, Inc. website below: Reading Is Fundamental, Inc., prepares and motivates children to read by delivering free books and literacy resources to those children and families who need them most. Founded in 1966, RIF is the oldest and largest children’s and family nonprofit literacy organization in the…

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Articulation 101
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Articulation By definition, articulation is the act of vocal expression.  In other words how we enunciate or the manner in which we produce a speech sound. Although articulation may seem simple and  is not be something that we do on a conscious level, in actuality it is a complex process where we use the structures…

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Dialogic Reading is the Way to Go!
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I found this article regarding teaching our children reading skills. I thought it would be helpful for many of our parents. The discussed method is called Dialogic Reading. This method has been found to improve children’s reading skills significantly. It is important to remember that reading is a very important skill. Not only does it…

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When To Worry…
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The New York Times recently posted an article addressing parents about when to be concerned about your child’s speech and language development and the important role your pediatrician plays in helping you to detect a speech and language delay and make an appropriate referral to a speech language pathologist.  It also denotes important questions that…

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Interactive Websites for Educating Children
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Dear parents and allied professionals, We ran across this information on our monthly professional newsletter and thought it was noteworthy for passing along. Please do comment and let us know if these links are useful. Also feel free to post additional links that you feel are helpful. Barb & Bec Here are the sites: Interactive…

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Welcome!
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Welcome to our new website. We are very excited to have this blog in order to facilitate active communication between our therapists, our parents and our community. Feel free to post questions; concerns and or information you have, that would benefit our community of bloggers. We will add information about articles, books, and therapy activities…

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