Fine Motor Skills – Why they Matter and How to help Fine motor skills in simple terms is being able to use the muscles in our hands and fingers. These motor skills are extremely important for school readiness and for everyday skills. Children need fine motor skills for: drawing writing cutting getting dressed (buttons, zips […]
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Toys that encourage talking As speech pathologists, we are asked all the time by parents what toys we recommend they buy for their children to help expand their speech and language skills. So today we’re going to share with you our top recommendations for toys that encourage talking and why we love them. 1. Toy
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Your Child as a Whole: A Simple Framework Being a parent is tough. There\’s always so much to learn and do and it feels like you just figure out one thing and something new comes up. Being a parent of special needs is even tougher. There\’s even more to learn and do and it can easily
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Pretend Play & Why it matters Pretend play is a fundamental part of childhood. It might seem like it\’s all fun and games but pretend play is serious business when it comes to child development. Here are just a couple of the vital skills children learn from pretend play: Thinking Skills Problem solving opportunities are
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