Top Christmas Toys to Help Your Child’s Language Development
We are quickly approaching the busiest shopping season of the year. And parents will spend countless hours searching for the best Christmas toys for their children. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to identify toys that are safe, fun and support your child’s development. Tips to get you started: Avoid noisy toys. Some […]
Steal These Questions to Get Your Child Talking About School
Remember when your kids were little and wouldn’t stop talking? I admit, there were days when I succumbed to preparing dinner with headphones on… volume set just loud enough to drown out the non-stop voices, yet soft enough to hear if anyone were to scream. I just needed some quiet time, some “no listening” […]
Understanding Social Language Skills
Social language skills, also known as pragmatic language skills, refer to the unspoken verbal and nonverbal rules governing our interactions. These rules vary according to whom you are speaking with, where you are, and typically vary across different cultures. Someone with good social language skills will respond appropriately and flexibly to an ever changing social […]