by Lorraine Bukilica | Aug 5, 2022 | Article, Communication, Early childhood education / early intervention
A child’s play is their work and playing blocks with your child is a fun way to engage in an activity together. Block play allows your child to work on some fine motor skills. For example, stacking objects on top of each other requires the coordination of little...
by Lorraine Bukilica | Jul 29, 2022 | Article, Communication, Early childhood education / early intervention
Bubbles are happiness in a bottle. Those magic bubbles are known to change the attitude of a shy, reluctant child or one that just needs an attitude adjustment. They can be a good distraction, a fun playtime activity, or work as a reward. Because a child’s play...
by Ashlyn Kukula | Jul 15, 2022 | Article, Communication, Early childhood education / early intervention
Is your child reaching that two-year-old age and still not talking? Or maybe you want to get a head start on communicating with your child but do not know where to begin. Sign language may be a great place to start. Babies can start learning sign language around 6...
by Lorraine Bukilica | Jun 3, 2022 | Article, Communication, Early childhood education / early intervention, Reading
All parents want their children to do well in school. But what do you think is the most important thing parents can do with their preschooler to help them be successful? That one thing would be to READ to them. Statistics show that children read to, learn to read at...
by Patricia Looney-Burman | May 27, 2022 | Article, Communication, Early childhood education / early intervention, Speech Techniques (total communication, prompt)
This is a subject that I wager all parents hope never happens—but it does. Here is my experience from when I was 11 years old, having been in speech therapy for a lateral lisp: Near the end of the first semester of therapy, my classroom teacher said, when I got...
by Lorraine Bukilica | Jun 9, 2021 | Communication, Early childhood education / early intervention, Reading
On May 23rd, 2021, Eric Carle, a prolific writer of children’s books passed away at the age of 91. During his lifetime, he wrote over 70 books and contributed greatly to the development of language skills in young children. Books like The Hungry Caterpillar, The Very...
