Wings Speech & Language Center

08/27/2026

Just another day at Wings Speech and Language Center! 🧸🚂🏀

08/25/2026

What a sweet week of learning, laughing, and making memories! From building delicious s’mores to practicing communication, following directions, requesting, turn-taking, and social interaction, our little campers had a gooey good time! 🏕️💬

08/21/2026

08/17/2026

Building a s’more is a great hands-on speech and language activity because it naturally targets:
🗣️ Following directions: “Put the chocolate on the cracker.”
📚 Sequencing: First → next → then → last.
🧠 Vocabulary: graham cracker, marshmallow, chocolate, sticky, crunchy, sweet, hot.
💬 Requesting: “I want chocolate.” “More marshmallow, please.”
👄 Describing: Practice adjectives, colors, textures, and tastes.
🔄 Concepts: on/off, top/bottom, between, big/small, more/less.
❓Answering questions: “What do we need?” “Where does the chocolate go?”🤝 Social communication: Taking turns, sharing materials, and asking for help.
🎯 Articulation: Choose target words such as s’more, marshmallow, chocolate, cracker, sweet, and sticky based on the child’s speech goals.It’s especially useful because the child is motivated by a functional, real-life activity while practicing communication skills.

08/11/2026

📢 Important news regarding our HIGH DESERT location. 📢

08/03/2026

Hi Wingers!

Be sure to check out our August calendar and keep an eye out for upcoming events and reminders.

Thank you for being part of our Wings family. We hope you have a wonderful month filled with new adventures!

07/26/2026

Cause and effect toys are an excellent way to encourage language because they naturally motivate children to communicate. When a child performs an action and sees an immediate result (pressing a button, pulling a lever, stacking blocks, etc.), it creates opportunities for interaction and learning.

They help increase language by:

* Building vocabulary: Introduce action words (push, pull, turn, open), descriptive words (fast, loud, big, colorful), and object names.

* Improving turn-taking and social communication: Taking turns with the toy promotes conversational skills like waiting, commenting, and responding.

Because the reward is immediate and engaging, cause and effect toys keep children motivated to communicate, making them a highly effective tool for supporting both receptive and expressive language development.

07/14/2026

Mr. Potato Head is a fantastic hands on speech therapy tool because it’s engaging, interactive, and easy to adapt to a wide range of communication goals. Here are some fun ways to use it at home! 🏠

* Vocabulary Development: Teach and label body parts (eyes, nose, ears, mouth, arms, feet), clothing, and descriptive words (big, small, long, short, round).
* Following Directions: Give multi step directions such as, “Put the blue hat on his head, then add the glasses.”
* Receptive Language: Have the child identify requested pieces or answer questions like, “Which piece goes on the face?”
* Expressive Language: Encourage children to request pieces using words, phrases, or complete sentences (“Can I have the nose, please?”).
* AAC Practice: Motivate AAC users to request pieces, comment, answer questions, and make choices using their communication device.
* Social Skills: Take turns, practice waiting, sharing, asking peers for pieces, and giving compliments about silly creations.

Because children can physically manipulate the pieces, Mr. Potato Head keeps therapy playful while supporting language, speech, cognition, and social communication goals. The combination of movement, visual supports, and hands-on learning helps many children stay engaged and retain new skills.