My son really enjoys the book, The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything, and we have read it many, many times this fall. There are so many things I love about this book: the personification of the clothing, the gross body movements we have fun making while reading, sequencing parts of the story, […]
Working in the public school system is always a challenge when it come to holidays. As speech pathologists we want to talk about the appropriate vocabulary and culturally appropriate experiences children participate within their homes and communities. However, in this day and age, political correctness (and in my humble opinion over sensitivity to these matters) […]
I have a LOVE-LOVE relationship with the “I Spy” book series. When they began publishing their toddler series AND began offering them at discounted rates on Scholastic Books, I wanted to kiss someone! “I Spy” books are SO GREAT for the younger population for many reasons: 1. Vocabulary development: Oh the things we can see […]
I LOVE books so much, this was a difficult blog to write. But here is a list of my Top 10 Early Language Learning Books (in no particular order(pictures in this blog are courtesy of Amazon.com unless otherwise specified)):1. Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Eric Carle: I love using this book to introduce and teach […]
This week I’ve been talking all about summer reading so I thought it would be fun to make some summer reading materials for your kiddos to use to track the books they are currently reading and the ones that have already read. So check out my packet below! Grab your freebie here! Here are a […]
There is so much research out there that supports the need to “read” to and with your children over the summer months to ensure that they maintain their current reading level and can even aid in improving their reading skills even before that bus shows up at your doorstep in the fall. So my question […]
Busy Bee Speech posted her summer reading list last week (you can find her post here). As you all know I am a BIG fan of reading and LOVE summer because of all the reading I usually get to enjoy. I loved Lauren’s post so much that I decided to share my own summer reading […]
A few weeks ago a brilliant follower on my FB page (you know who you are) commented on a story about my son and she gave me a great idea! Why not make a transportation themed book that imitates a much loved children’s book that is repetitive and rhythmic in nature? At that moment, Blue Car, […]
Recent Comments