Halloween Speech and Language Activities

Halloween is quickly approaching! Holidays like Halloween are a fun way to build your child's language skills and understanding of traditions. Language skills are easy to incorporate whether you are working on them at home or during speech-language therapy. Below are some of my favorite Halloween activities you can do with your child.

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Halloween Books for Language Development

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays to incorporate into speech-language therapy. Over the years, I have found several books that teach children about Halloween and give a perfect opportunity to work on speech and language skills. Over the years, I have found several books that teach children about Halloween and give a perfect opportunity to work on speech and language skills.

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Fall Speech and Language Activities

Happy fall everyone! The weather is starting to cool off, Halloween decorations are going up and the leaves are beginning to change color. Fall is an excellent time to foster your child’s speech and language development using these fun season-themed activities.

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Fall Books for Language Development

Books are my favorite way for parents and/or caregivers to work on language skills at home.  Reading with your child can easily be incorporated into your daily routine.  Language skills you can address while you read with your child include vocabulary, adjectives, wh-question (‘what’, ‘who’, ‘where’, ‘when’, and ‘why’), sequencing, and syntax.  Below is a list I complied of my favorite fall books for language development.

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Ways to Encourage Your Child’s Communication Development for Elementary- Aged Children

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 913-735-5312 or visit www.speechkc.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.

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Ways to Encourage Your Child’s Communication Development For Young Children

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.  

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How to Practice Articulation at Home

One of the most common questions I get from parents is how can they help a child’s articulation skills outside of traditional speech-language therapy.  I have compiled a list of tips and tricks that parents can incorporate into your child’s day to help with articulation skills.

 What is Articulation?

Articulation is the ability to physically move the tongue, lips, teeth and jaw to produce sequences of speech sounds, which make up words and sentences.

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Know The Early Signs of Autism Spectrum Disorder

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is becoming more and more prevalent in today’s society.  ASD is a neurodevelopmental disorder that is characterized by deficits in social communication and social interactions and by restrictive, repetitive patterns of behavior.

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9 Activities to Promote Speech and Language Development in Toddlers

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

 

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Early Signs of A Speech Language Disorder

Are you worried because your child hasn’t started talking yet? Or that your child can not always pronounce certain sounds in words? Whatever your concern, early intervention for speech and language concerns can improve your child’s future communication skills and give him or her more confidence when speaking.

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Signs of Auditory Processing Disorder

Auditory Processing Disorder (APD), also known as Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD), refers to a child’s ability to manage what he or she hears.  APD makes it difficult for the individual to process and use auditory information. Many of the symptoms of APD overlap with ADHD as well as learning and language disorders.   APD can negatively impact a child’s ability to interact with people, learn, and concentrate.

It is important to use a multidisciplinary approach to fully understand the cluster of problems associated with APD.  This being said only an audiologist can make the diagnosis of APD.

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How to Respond to Articulation Errors

Children working on articulation skills can benefit greatly from feedback from those around them. Feedback from parents, caregivers and others can significantly improve articulation errors and intelligibility. Below are some tips on how to respond to articulation errors. If you’re working with a speech-language pathologist, he/she can help train you on how best to give feedback.

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Summer Themed Speech & Language Activities

Summer is finally here! While your kids are at home more during this time of year it provides an excellent opportunity to foster your child’s speech and language development using these fun season-themed activities.

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Summer Themed Books To Build Speech and Language Skills

Summer just around the corner, and I am anxiously awaiting warmer weather, days at the beach, and fun summer adventures! I have compiled a list of my favorite summer books to help teach your child about all about summer! As you read each story ask questions related to the book and have your child identify the objects in pictures. This will also help improve vocabulary. These books are easy to bring along on your next trip to the beach or park and a great way to work on speech and language skills.

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Benefits of In-Home Speech Language Therapy

In Home Speech Solutions is a therapist owned and operated company based in South Tampa that specializes in providing individualized in-home speech-language therapy to children ages 3 through 18. Jennifer Price, owner and lead therapist, spent over a decade working within the public school system and knows the system and its shortcomings from the inside. After experiencing firsthand the challenges of providing quality speech therapy within the school setting, Jennifer realized the only way to truly provide the therapy needed to consistently move children forward is in the child’s most comfortable and natural setting. After thinking about the best way to positively impact the community and to address the real speech-language needs of local children, Jennifer decided to open a private practice. That practice, In Home Speech Solutions, was built on one simple belief: the best place for children to receive speech-language therapy is in their own home.

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What is a Speech-Language Pathologist?

Better Hearing and Speech Month is a time to make the field of speech-language pathology known to the community. This is our fourth post in our Better Hearing and Speech month series. In this post we will be answering a common question, “What is a speech-language pathologist?”

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Happy Memorial Day and Summer Break From In Home Speech Solutions

IHSS offers in home speech-language therapy to children in the Tampa area. Therapy during the summer is a great way to maintain speech and language skills and get your child ready for the upcoming school year.

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