This is the youngest age at which infants have been shown capable of segmenting fluent speech. Young infants have a powerful aid available to them for cracking the speech code. Their emerging familiarity with particular words, such as their own and other people...
For those of you that have read some of my previous posts on how to teach specific sounds you may have noticed a pattern. That’s because when teaching kids how to say sounds there IS a general pattern to follow even though each specific sound changes. Speech-Language Pathologists know this...
Phonological processes are patterns of sound errors that typically developing children use to simplify speech as they are learning to talk. They do this because they don’t have the ability to coordinate the lips, tongue, teeth, palate and jaw for clear speech. As a result they simplify comple...
My favorite way to practice initial /f/ syllables is to practice saying, “Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum (and with my own kids) I’m going to tickle your tummy, tum tum. We have a lot of giggles with this one as I chase them around the house! They especially love it when it’s their turn...
It will be our life’s work. Thank you to everyone who supported us last weekend, and who continue to support us in our endeavor. And as I said in my speech, our efforts are not just for us. We hope to pave the way for other families as well, make their journey just a little ...
Practice:Say your main statements often to yourself – and practice feeling them as true, in every part of your body and subtle body. For the elevator speech versions, practice saying them to others, and emanating out your own contagious enthusiasm and belief as you do so. ...
He felt certain that she does not now, nor ever will she, have any of the larger complications of her LEN resulting in the syndrome. Those symptoms typically arise at a very early age, with the exception of potential learning disabilities such as delayed speech, which has never been an iss...
This is the youngest age at which infants have been shown capable of segmenting fluent speech. Young infants have a powerful aid available to them for cracking the speech code. Their emerging familiarity with particular words, such as their own and other people's names, can provide initial ...
I knew the Secret Stories was a keeper last year when one of my Intensive Needs kids, who was really struggling with speech and connecting letters and sounds, pointed to his name and said, “Those letters are bad. They always stick out their tongues!” and then proceeded to make their so...
Today was Day 1 of 2024’s Geekway to the West, an annual board gaming convention in St. Louis. We’ve been going for more than a decade, and I still lose most of the games I play — but I find ways to have fun anyway. Here’s a rundown of today’s plays and my initial re...