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What can you do instead of correcting your child’s language? It’s easy for us to automatically correct children when they make language mistakes! Instead of correcting them, try modelling the correct words for them. For example:... 1 YOUR CHILD SAYS: A doddy! 2 INSTEAD OF SAYING: No, that’s a doggy. 3 TRY SAYING: A DOGGY! Look at the DOGGY! You can help your child learn the correct form of a word by highlighting it in your speech by saying it louder, slower, and more salient. Give this post SAVE and try this tip out with your child!

W: Hun, did you turn our clocks back one hour? H: Oops, I forgot. W: We could have enjoyed one extra hour of sleep. H: Time to switch to a smart phone clock. ... #fallback #daylightsavingsends #moveourclocks #dontforget #oneextrahourofsleep #fallisBOOtiful

Got these two cute and interactive books from @vankidsbooks! #snuggleandreadabook with your little ones @speechmeta #booksforbabies #booksfortoddlers #mommyandme #childrensbooks #mychildreads #snuggle #readmeabooktoday #onebookaday #christmasdecor #christmas2020

FIRST WREATH @speech.meta what do you think?!? #littlebylittle #christmasdecor #welcomingchristmas #wreath #christmasiscoming #speechclinic #speechtherapy #richmondspeechtherapy #vancouverspeechtherapy

This book is perfect to read with Halloween coming up! Sophie’s Masterpiece by Eileen Spinelli is a heart-warming story about a spider and her journey as an artist. Sophie the spider is an artist, who spins beautiful web creations. However, she struggles to find acceptance, as the humans who find her and her creations, shoo her away. One day, Sophie comes across a woman who is not afraid of her. The woman accepts Sophie, and lets her rest in her yarn basket. As Sophie h...as finally found someone who accepts her, she is inspired to make the masterpiece of a lifetime. Sophie’s Masterpiece is a sweet book that can teach children about the importance of acceptance. Additionally, it can encourage children be less afraid of spiders! Do you have any book recommendations for Halloween? Let us know!

Super realistic washer/dryer!! The best part is when you turn the dial, it activates the spinning drum and it SPINS and makes realistic sounds as it goes through the wash/dry cycle!! Our speech language pathologists plan to use it for goals such as: model words such as wash, go, in, out, on, again, wet/dry (check out our post on modelling language while doing laundry) ... sequencing (first, then, next) pretend play executive functioning skills cause and effect independent living skills sorting/categorizing target the use of AAC and more!! #speechmeta #slp #toddlerlife #preschooler #toysforkids #kidsactivities #housechores #kidsplayallday #learnandplay #momsofinstagram #aac #speechtherapy #vancouverspeechtherapy #richmondspeechtherapy @officiallittletikes

It turned out to be a beautiful day! So lovely to have Hannah, Zoe, Fiona S, Fiona H and Paulina at the office today!! We also miss seeing the SLPS who are doing virtual sessions!! . . #almosttheweekend #howimissthesun #coworkers #slp #speechtherapy #vancouvermoms #vancouverspeechtherapy #richmondbc

Why is gesturing beneficial to children? Gesturing includes actions such as pointing, waving, blowing a kiss, reaching, waving, nodding, and more! When children gesture...... it promotes overall communication development predicts storytelling abilities help children learn the names of objects sooner help children communicate if they can’t yet verbally Gesturing provides many benefits for children’s language development! What kind of gestures does your child make?

Do you find it difficult to think of different words to use when talking to your child? We tend to only tell children the names of things! But, it’s important for your child to learn many other kinds of words! Try talking about actions words, words that describe, location words, and more. ... Here are examples of a variety of words to use when eating cookies during snack time!

How can you talk to your children about phone and technology usage? This book is called The Fabulous Friend Machine!! In this book, a chicken on a farm finds a phone and discovers its amazing ability to allow you to connect with others. However, the chicken quickly discovers many lessons after using the phone too much. For example, the chicken learns the importance of:... limiting phone usage when with others being cautious about meeting strangers online not using the phone when crossing the road This book is a fun and creative way to spark a conversation about using phones and technology with your child! You can use it to teach them the benefits and the consequences of phones and technology. Have fun reading!!

Tips to: ENCOURAGE IMITATION! The ability to imitate plays an important role in encouraging and producing early language. When children imitate, there are so many benefits! Here are some examples of how you can encourage your child to imitate you. You can encourage them to imitate YOU by imitating THEIR actions, gestures, or words/sounds. ... Give these tips a try and have fun playing! Chart adapted from: Scanlon, K. My Toddlers First Words. Scanlon Speech Therapy

Modelling language can be done ANYTIME and ANYWHERE! It can be as simple as incorporating it into everyday activities, such as when washing the dishes!! You can model language by describing what you’re doing, expanding on your child’s phrases, or commenting on your child’s actions! This chart shows just a few examples of how you can model language for your child at various language levels. Try these phrases to describe, expand, or comment while washing the dishes. ... Give this post a save and try some of these phrases out the next time you wash the dishes! Do you have any other phrases that you model with your child? Let us know in the comments!!

How amazing is this dollhouse kitchen? Not only are dollhouses super fun to play with, they let your child practice everyday language you can use at home, like in the kitchen! Whether it be practicing verbs, nouns or following directions - there are endless things to work on while playing with a dollhouse If your dollhouse has a kitchen, try these tips while playing!... practice action words like cook eat open talk or ask about kitchen items and what they’re used for like what is a fork for? or cups are for drinking! practice turn taking by taking turns washing or cooking something engage in pretend play and create a narrative while playing identify categories or list items in a category such as food, kitchen utensils, cold food, etc. There are so many things you can talk about when playing in the kitchen!! Have fun playing Picture source via melmarieblog.com

Children LOVE to re-read books they already know!! You don’t always have to be reading new books to build speech and language skills. Re-reading books has many benefits for developing speech and language skills! Here is why repeating books is beneficial for your child:... re-reading books helps build confidence since they know what to expect, they can fill in the blanks of the story when they know what to expect, they are more excited to participate re-reading books create a comfortable routine for them Have fun reading! Let us know what your child loves to read!

One of the best ways for our children to learn what they have read is to ACT IT OUT! Bring the story to life!!! I have been reading Fancy Nancy’s Ooo La La Beauty Salon with my 3-year old at home. Have you read that story? In the story, Fancy Nancy set up a beauty salon in the backyard for her mom, offering facials, massage, manicure and pedicure services to her clients (aka her mom). That sounds pretty nice to me and we have already made plans to act this out for real... in our backyard this weekend. Acting it out involves a lot of planning, communication, creativity, and imagination. The weather is so nice lately, try acting out your child’s favourite stories in your backyard, at the beach or at the park! #raisingabookworm #readingstrategies #readingisfun #actitout #kidslearn #learningisfun #readingisfun #child #booklover #enjoyreading

Do you wanna increase your child’s engagement during book reading? Try this strategy - IMAGINE BEYOND THE PAGE. Simple ways include: look at the book cover together and see if you can make guesses about what might happen in the story talk about what you hope won’t happen ... talk about if you were the character, what would you do act out the story with your child, playing different roles change up the ending to make it silly, exciting, happy or sad :) Have fun reading !! @paulinakvazquez @withslp (Richmond Library Project) See more

Reading strategy for targeting speech and language goals #5! Children need to hear a word several times before they start to use it. Using the language target in different contexts is also very helpful. If you have modelled the target multiple times, you can try to use the waiting technique to allow them to fill in the blank . . . . .... #inspire #takethepressureoff #parentingtips #momtips #momsofinstagram #instamama #reading #languagedelay #speechdelay #asd #readwithyourkids #vancouverspeechpathologist #richmondspeechtherapy #vancouverspeechtherapy #richmondbc #vancouverbc #kidsbooks #languagefacilitationstrategies #talkingtips #slp #slp2be #slps #vancouvermoms #readingtime See more

Games are great to target specific speech and language goals! This Bus Stop game is one of our favourites as it can be used for so many different therapy targets, including: s-sound (bus; passenger), pronouns (he/she), relative clause, following instructions, prepositions, sentence expansion, turn taking, future tense, past tense, etc! . . Quick Example: For sentence expansion, you can play this game while using sentences such as The man who has _______ / The man who is we...aring a _______ wants to get on the bus. This game also teaches basic math skills too (addition and subtraction)! Have fun playing! . . . @speech.meta @orchardtoys #toysforkids #kids #kidsactivities #speechpathologist #vancouvermoms #richmondmoms #vancouverbc #richmondbc #kidsgames #childrenboardgames #learnthroughplay #play #kidsplayallday #language #preschoolactivities #playideas #vancouverspeechtherapy #richmondspeechtherapy See more

Praise is a powerful tool! Be specific when giving praise to our kids so they can identify exactly what they did well and what you want them to repeat. . . . #bespecific #praise #wednesday #learninglanguage #moms #languagedevelopment #delay #asd #speechdelay #speechpathologist #richmondspeechtherapy #vancouverspeechtherapy #vancouvermoms #604mom #positiveparenting

If your child is working on using descriptive language, you can take turns describing a flower and then see if the other person can guess what it is! . . . .... #childrenbooks #flowers #choices #pickaflower #bloom #blossom #beauty #calmsmysoul #slowdown #smelltheflowers #vancouverspeechtherapy #richmondspeechtherapy #momsofinstagram #mommyandkids #today #choicesinlife #beautifultuesday #breathe #mindfulness See more