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“Teach Me To Play WITH You”
I’m so excited to share a wonderful resource to teach toddlers to connect with you during play! Teach Me To Play WITH You: Easy Games, Songs, and Play Activities to Teach Social Interaction to Toddlers...
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Best Toys & Techniques for Targeting Language in Toddlers with Speech Delay
BEST TOYS FOR SPEECH THERAPY WITH TODDLERS who are LATE TALKERS I’m re-publishing a list of toys I LOVE and use in my practice as a speech-language pathologist with babies and toddlers during speech...
View ArticleGreat Toys and Games from Play On Words!
On Monday, September 23, 2013, SLP Sherry Artemenko joined me for the podcast and talked about GREAT toys and games to use with toddlers and young preschoolers. Sherry is a “toy expert” and authors the...
View ArticleToy Rotation
Are you drowning in the sea of all the junk, I mean, presents your kids received for Christmas? Are you frustrated when your child has a room full of toys but doesn’t seem to want to play with...
View ArticlePlay Ideas for Kids Who Don’t Like Toys
Do you have any kids you’re seeing who don’t seem to like ANYTHING you plan for therapy? Are you frustrated when your own toddler would rather play with the box than with the $30 toy you just bought?...
View ArticleBooks Come to Life with Props
Have you noticed that many toddlers with receptive language delays don’t enjoy reading books with another person? This can break a mom’s heart, particularly if she likes reading or if she feels...
View ArticleAdd Novelty to Expand Play and Reduce Boredom!
Are you “stuck” with a child who only wants to play with the same toy in the same way over and over? That kind of perseverative play is often seen in toddlers with developmental delays. We need to...
View Article5 Reasons to Use Simple, Homemade Activities with Toddlers
While I love toys as much (probably more!) as any SLP I know, I have also learned to value very simple homemade activities for toddlers. I’ve come to think of these activities as “games,” and that’s...
View ArticleIdeas for Fine Motor and Cognitive Skills – Therapy Tip of the Week for 3.12.14
Therapy Tip of the Week is back!!! I’m so excited to share this darling idea for making ribbon toys. Beyond being fun for toddlers, this homemade activity targets fine motor, cognitive, sensory, and...
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“Discover The Best Approach To Teach Your Toddler To Talk”
PARENTS ARE YOU FRUSTRATED TRYING TO TEACH YOUR TODDLER TO TALK? ARE OTHER CHILDREN HIS AGE ASKING FOR WHAT THEY WANT AND NEED WHILE HE CAN ONLY CRY? Find help for toddlers with speech delay… Maybe...
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Fall Therapy Ideas for Toddlers…Squirrels!
Squirrel Therapy Activities for Toddlers Can you believe it’s November already? You’ve probably used all of your standard therapy ideas for this time of year by now, so this week I want to share a few...
View Article“First Sessions” Toy List for Toddlers in Speech Therapy from teachmetotalk.com
Both therapists and parents of late talkers email me at teachmetotalk.com to ask me a version of this question… What are your favorite toys? I want to begin every response to that question with, “I’m...
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Speech Therapy Ideas for Christmas for Toddlers
Providing new, interesting, and developmentally-appropriate activities are important ways to keep therapy sessions fresh and hold a young child’s attention. At this time of year, this can be easily...
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Build Joint Attention with Toys
Do you have a little late talker who has a hard time listening to you, paying attention, and staying with you as you try to talk to him and teach him new words? This a problem with joint attention....
View ArticleBoard Games for Late Talking Toddlers
Board Games for Late Talking Toddlers Introducing board games with any toddler can be hard, and it’s even more of a challenge for toddlers with developmental delays. Does that mean we give up and don’t...
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Sneaky Squirrel Board Game for Late Talkers
SNEAKY SQUIRREL GAME FOR LATE TALKERS I love this game year-round, but it’s especially fun in the fall! As I explained in this earlier post Board Games for Toddlers, I rarely play a game with “rules”...
View ArticleWhen a Toddler Doesn’t Play With Toys
Did your child gets lots of new toys for Christmas? Don’t be too disappointed if he doesn’t seem to know how to play with new toys on his or her own. AND… don’t fall into the trap of assuming “he must...
View ArticleAdd Novelty to Expand Play and Reduce Boredom!
Are you “stuck” with a child who only wants to play with the same toy in the same way over and over? That kind of perseverative play is often seen in toddlers with developmental delays. We need to...
View Article5 Reasons to Use Simple, Homemade Activities with Toddlers
While I love toys as much (probably more!) as any SLP I know, I have also learned to value very simple homemade activities for toddlers. I’ve come to think of these activities as “games,” and that’s...
View ArticleIdeas for Fine Motor and Cognitive Skills – Therapy Tip of the Week for 3.12.14
Therapy Tip of the Week is back!!! I’m so excited to share this darling idea for making ribbon toys. Beyond being fun for toddlers, this homemade activity targets fine motor, cognitive, sensory, and...
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