by Abby | Dec 2, 2019 | language development
Learning is a dynamic process that happens as soon as our senses are open to the world around us. I often encounter curious, motivated people who, understandably, have no idea where to start when it comes to teaching their children something new or expanding their own...
by Abby | Aug 19, 2019 | language development
Language is truly an amazing thing. It has the power to foster relationships, get us wherever we want to go, and make a clear open window into our minds where there once was a brick wall, or a muddy entryway. Language is so deeply ingrained into our everyday lives...
by Abby | Aug 1, 2019 | Blog, language development
August is here and that usually means it will start to get hot! My family is planning on trying out a few local splash parks to have some fun and stay cool. Focusing on verbs, or the action words, is a great way to support your child’s speech and language...
by Abby | Jun 11, 2019 | Blog, language development
School’s almost out and summer is officially here! Summer is my favorite time of year in the Pacific Northwest. Our family has started a tradition of creating a summer “bucket list” of activities we’d like to see or do. Since my children are relatively young,...
by Abby | Feb 12, 2019 | Blog, language development, literacy
Written By Lana Van Boven, M.S. CCC-SLP Parenting books have very strong opinions about the importance of reading to your children. Read to them frequently and they will go to Harvard at age 13! Don’t read to them enough and you may as well sign them up for juvenile...
by Abby | Aug 8, 2017 | Blog, language development, literacy, music
Written by Lana Van Boven, M.S. CCC-SLPMusic and language share many features. Scientists from diverse fields have devoted entire careers to figuring out how these two unique domains of human behavior are related. Psychologists, neuroscientists, music educators,...
