The Million Word Gap
READ ⬇️Research has shown that kids who are read to daily hear around 1.4 million more words by age 5 than those who aren’t. That’s a HUGE differen...
READ ⬇️Research has shown that kids who are read to daily hear around 1.4 million more words by age 5 than those who aren’t. That’s a HUGE differen...
Why it matters ⬇️ For some reason, adults have fallen into a pattern of speaking in the third person to our kids. For example, people often say "co...
Do this ⬇️⬇️Did you know that teaching your child what SOUND each letter makes is way more important than them learning the name of the letter?E.g....
This is magic ⬇️YES it's lovely to have kids snuggled beside us or on our knee during reading time, but there's a BETTER WAY when it comes to suppo...
Teach this ⬇️Are you and your parent friends waiting to hear first words?! Share this with them.From birth, babies are working on these 8 Pre-verba...
Your little one is learning how to communicate from the second they're brought into this world.Communication isn't just talking, it's noises and fa...
⚠️don't make this mistake⚠️Saying the SOUND that letters make can be so powerful for early literacy. We speak, spell and read in letter SOUNDS, not...
Throwback ThursdayA little video of Auggie (age 2years and 7 months) and I playing with playdough and retelling the story of the very hungry caterp...
Tired of playing pretend?Save this list for later - it'll come in handy when you're totally over toys and ready for another activity.Playing with t...
Read for more ⬇️We all want to hear our children speak and when they DO speak we want it to sound polite and respectful. Especially in public.I kno...
Stuttering? Don't panic.I get so many parents reaching out to me about their child suddenly becoming dysfluent/ stuttering - it can come as quite a...
Here's how you can help.It starts with shifting your perspective: verbal words aren't the only goal. There are many steps that come before words an...