Here are some early math games for kids that you can do with your toddler to help them learn numbers and to count to 10: 1. Speech Blubs’ “Awesome Numbers” and “Numbers and Me” section Speech Blubs is an award-winning speech therapy and vocabulary-building app that helps toddlers an...
I’m in the same situation as far as his being almost 24 months, showing lots of interest, but not talking in a way I can understand yet. We just started a little speech therapy to help him along in talking, because he definitely understands what I say and even follows directions well...
The fact that these children hadn’t been on a standard trajectory to begin with, Goldberg says, underscores the importance of recognizing initial signs of autism. Early intervention and rigorous treatment – speech therapy, for example – are the best tools parents have to foster the social deve...
It is when a toddler turns 2 years and older that she actively engages in a conversation, grammatically connecting sentences, often into an entertaining and a dramatic piece of argument. This is a stepping stone for her speech development, moulding her into a better speaker and a great conversa...
And honestly, if people could just start answering their phone for contact tracers and wearing masks consistently, we’d probably be able to do a lot of things we can’t now. But I’ve learned over the last six months that the American populace can’t be trusted to do these things ...
a good idea to seek professional advice, particularly if your child is between 18 and 30 months and appears to have problems understanding language, uses very few gestures to communicate and is slow at learning new words. The first step is to contact a local speech and language therapy ...
This is a question that people ask me often. I have been travelling with my son since he was four and a half months old, but I must say I always preferred to plan well and take it slow when he was a baby and later on a toddler. Now that he is a teenager, I can do a more ...
The truth is that babies as young as 0-6 months may start dancing. My youngest son did. He “danced” to the beat of me grating carrots while in his high chair. Hillarious! Studies have shown that babies respond to music even more positively than speech, giving way to the questions we...
If you have access to therapy, it's unlikely your therapist will ever ask you about your laundry. I've worked in mental health for about a decade. I've been in therapy even longer, and the only time I ever had a provider talk to me about things like cooking and cleaning and brushing...
Although it won’t always be awesome to have to chase down a toddler, it was certainly awesome today! We have a runner! What Age Do Children With Down Syndrome Start Walking On Their Own? One of the questions people often ask is “When do children with Down syndrome walk on their own...