As your child’s speech and language skills develop there are activities and tips that you can do at home to enhance your child’s speech and language skills.

The American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA) has compiled a list of activities and tips to encourage your child’s communication development.  

Tips to Encourage a Child’s Communication Development For Elementary-Age Children:

• Have your child retell stories and talk about their day.

• Talk with your child about what you do during the day. Give them directions to follow.

• Talk about how things are the same and how things are different.

• Give your child chances to write.

• Read every day. Find books or magazines that interest your child.In Home Speech Solutions provides free speech and language screenings for families who are concerned about their child’s speech-language development. For more information on our free screenings, please call 813-485*4104 or visit www.speechtampa.com.  Additionally, feel free to contact In-Home Speech Solutions if you have questions or concerns or if there’s anything we can help with.

Jennifer Price M.S., CCC-SLP Lead Speech-Language Pathologist & Owner

Resources:

Member Press-Release Template Speech Language in Children. American Speech Language Hearing Association. Retrieved from https://www.asha.org