Talk Tips To Go: Fall Activities at Home!
By: Brooke Stoyak M.A., CCC-SLP There are so many exciting activities to participate in once fall arrives during the year! Fall is the perfect season to target many different speech/language goals. Here are some ways for your family to engage in the fall fun: Fall Scavenger Hunt: Hide some of your favorite fall items inside/outside…
Dialogic Book Readings
By: Brooke Stoyak M.A., CCC-SLP What is Dialogic Book Reading & Why it works! During a Dialogic Book Reading, an adult becomes the “teller” of a story. The adult takes on the role of actor, listener and questioner for the child. How adults read to children is just as important as how often we read…
Talk Tips To Go: Fun with August National Days!
By: Susan Dabo, M.S.,CCC-SLP Working on speech and language goals at home can be challenging. A fun idea to help practice a little every day is to use National days. National days help us celebrate every day in a fun way and are great for working on a variety of speech and language goals. You…
Talk Tips To Go: Gestalt Language Processing
By: Sarah Denman, M.A., CCC-SLP This month’s Talk Tips to Go article by Sarah Denman offers a helpful overview of “gestalt language processing”. Gestalt language processing is a type of language development that is seen more often in neurodiverse populations, such as autism.
Talk Tips To Go: Tips to Practice Articulation at Home
By: Melissa Friend, M.A., CCC-SLP Are you looking for easy and fun ways to practice articulation at home? Articulation therapy is really teaching new motor patterns for your mouth. To establish a new motor pattern, you need daily practice! Spending 5-10 minutes every day practicing those motor patterns can significantly increase progress in therapy. Here…
Talk Tips To Go: There’s a Correct Way to Hold my Mouth?
There’s a correct way to hold my mouth? Answer: YES!
1. Lips lightly closed together
2. Tongue tip on alveolar ridge
3. The rest of your tongue suctioned lightly along the roof
Orofacial Myo-what?
Talk Tips To Go: Chatterbox
By: Andrea Flowers, M.S., CCC-SLP Are you curious about your child’s speech and language development? Do you ever wonder are they where they should be in comparison to same-aged peers? Most families are so busy with their day-to-day schedule that they don’t have time to sit down and think about their child’s development. No worries,…
Winter Speech/Language Activities for Home!
By: Anna Woos, M.S., CCC-SLP We all know that month of the year when the Holidays finally draw to an end, the weather somehow becomes that much colder, and managing a 5:00 p.m. sunset starts to seem impossible…that’s right, it’s January. But, have no fear! Columbus Speech & Hearing is here to give you some…
Talk Tips To Go: Holiday Events Around Town
By : Claire Slavik, M.A., CCC-SLP December brings colder temperatures, Winter Break from school, and plenty of festive events happening all throughout Central Ohio. Take advantage of these family-friendly events happening around town to target speech and language skills this holiday season! Wildlights at Columbus Zoo When: November 19, 2021 – January 2, 2022 Go…