Olive Tree Speech Therapy California

Olive Tree Speech Therapy California Mobile Pediatric Speech and Language Services

Habari Gani (What’s the news?) Umoja (Unity) Wishing you a celebratory Kwanzaa season
12/27/2022

Habari Gani (What’s the news?) Umoja (Unity) Wishing you a celebratory Kwanzaa season

The simplist and most effective way to impact your child’s language development at home is through play and narration of...
12/21/2022

The simplist and most effective way to impact your child’s language development at home is through play and narration of daily activities.

Play skills lead to language skills. During play children learn to turn taking skills, to understand facial expressions, read body language, express themselves and interact with others. Ideas: pretend play, what your child already loves to do, singing songs, reading together, or repetitive play activity (e.g. blowing bubbles).

Throughout the day, narrate what you or your little one is doing. This creates opportunities for good modeled language and for your little one to connect words with actions. Try to keep your sentences short, simple, and repetitive. For example - “open door,” “Mommy is pouring the milk,” “You went fast!” “We are walking.”

Be sure to show related facial expression and exaggeration in your voice. This is teaching them to understand intonation and supports learning facial expressions.

Sometimes a child may need extra support producing sounds we may expect them to have by a certain age (developmental nor...
12/20/2022

Sometimes a child may need extra support producing sounds we may expect them to have by a certain age (developmental norms). Sometimes a child may mix up sounds, drop sounds, or need extra support combining sounds in their speech. These are all areas that working with a speech therapist can confirm if intervention is needed, and support the development of.

Early signs of speech sound development delays can be seen within a child’s first year. Call/email us today for a free c...
11/28/2022

Early signs of speech sound development delays can be seen within a child’s first year. Call/email us today for a free consultation to discuss your little one’s speech sound development. 🌿

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