First words begin to appear in a child’s expressive communication around the age of one-year-old. Taking a closer look at those first words, we can almost always expect certain speech sounds to come out first. Bilabial Sounds These early developing speech sounds...
By: Kaylie Wright, M.A., CCC-SLP Are you concerned that your child has a tongue or lip tie? Have you been told tongue ties “rarely cause issues” or “treating tongue ties is a fad?” There is a lot of misinformation around the topic of tongue ties. It is important to...
By: Suzanne Moore, M.S., CCC-SLP Between virtual learning and the increased availability of electronic entertainment for children, teaching our kids play skills is more important than ever. Children can learn endless valuable skills through modeling by adult play...
Are you looking for fun, enriching activities to do with your preschoolers? Build their love of stories by reading these seven books that strengthen pre-reading skills to set them up for success as they learn to read.
By: Mallory Carr, M.A., CCC-SLP Making the Most of Minimal Pairs Your child’s speech-language pathologist (SLP) might be using a minimal pair therapy approach with your child if they are struggling with a phonological disorder. This means that a child is making...
By: Kacy Leuke, M.S., CF-SLP Speech and language therapy shouldn’t be something that you have to fight to fit into your schedule. Make it easy on yourself! Practicing speech and language in the car is a great option for families who are always on the go. Below are a...