Speech pathologists have an important role to play in literacy instruciton. Unfortunately, my graduate program never taught me what that role was or ... Read more
Viewing posts tagged with: phonemic awareness
Self-Awareness to develop Speech
Sometimes all you need to help a child's speech sounds is a little self-awareness. Turn up your volume and listen carefully to my THREE year old ... Read more
When a child inadvertently swears due to pronunciation
A question from a super reader: My just turned 4 year old son started (about 3 months ago) to say /sh/ instead of the /s/ sound. Saying "**it" ... Read more
Vowels
I love some of the things my students come up with. One of my students, who has autism, often echos things he has already heard (echolalia). He ... Read more
A word, is a word, is not a word?
"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." Okay... so let's call it a "booger". "Ah sweetie! Thank you for the dozen boogers! That is so ... Read more
In a People House
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. It's an oldie but goodie book today! I remember this book from my childhood and was thrilled ... Read more
Sheep in a Jeep
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. One of my all-time favorite board books, Sheep in a Jeep perfectly blends short rhymes ( pre ... Read more
My favorite Dr. Seuss book
I have so many favorites, but since I'm trying to tie this blog into Speech and Language, I will say that my favorite Dr. Seuss book (for today) is ... Read more