water the sponge blog
These posts reflect the culmination of years of education and work experience with an incredibly diverse and wonderful client population. This blog covers various topics for children from birth to eight years of age. I am excited to share these resources with my WTS family. To get the latest blog posts, subscribe below!
Tip: Read the Let’s Water the Sponge section at the end of each post to learn about activities to do at home to boost your child’s communication skills.
5 Must-Have Toys for Language Development (0-12 month-olds)
I am thrilled to share some of my absolute favorite toys for kiddos that help boost expressive and receptive language skills! These can all be purchased off of Amazon and are reasonably priced. I have personal experience with these products as I have used them as...
Expressive Language (4 to 5-year-olds)
What do I mean when I say "expressive language?" How is that different from speech? Feel free to check back on my post regarding different categories for birth to three-year-olds which breaks down various subcategories within expressive language. Here's a quick...
COMING SOON!
Dear Readers, This is a new endeavor and I am SO thrilled to share information with you over the coming weeks! I will be writing more about several new topics! Hang with me and you'll be reading a new post about a topic related to speech, language, and/or learning! So...
Speech Sound Development: Bridging Babbling & Words
Note: The target age-range of this post is 10-months to 18-months of age, but this information is still useful for older children who are learning to speak. If your child is 18-months-old and not yet saying words then I highly recommend seeing a speech therapist. Some...
Speech Sound Development: Ba-ba-babbling!
In my previous post, I covered the beginning and fundamental building blocks of what talking looks like in the earliest months. I left off discussing babbling, which is always an exciting milestone for parents! As a refresher, babbling is when a child starts to string...
Speech Sound Development: The Early Stages
Note that the target age group for this post is 0-6 months old. This is a very exciting time in your little one's development as you are probably waiting for him or her to start making sounds which aren't crying, haha! Each step in development plays a critical role in...
