Help Your Child Learn To Talk Through Play
Simple strategies and tips you can use to boost speech and language skills
Help Your Child Learn To Talk Through Play
Simple strategies and tips you can use to boost speech and language skills
Why focus on play to improve speech and language skills?
Because play and language go hand in hand.
Play is the key to unlocking your child's full speech and language potential. Let me show you how!
At Play Say Learn, you will discover:
The different stages of play and how they relate to speech development
What play skills your child should be working on
activities, toys and games for each stage of play
Typical speech & language milestones by age
skills your child needs to master in order to start talking
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Why early gestures are important for language development and tips for teaching your baby gestures
Milestone Checklists
What are the typical speech and language milestones by age? Click on each age range below to learn more:
Three Important Cognitive Milestones That Are Linked To Language Development
Object Permanence
A child understands an object still exists when hidden
how to address object permanence in play, coming soon!
Cause & Effect
A child learns that her actions can cause something to happen
how to address cause & effect in play, coming soon!
Simple Problem Solving
A child learns to manipulate objects and use them as tools
how to address simple problem solving in play, coming soon!
Meet The Expert
Hi! I'm Kelly, Speech-Language Pathologist.
I have been working with young children for over 20 years to help them learn to communicate. I coach caregivers so that they can help their children at home using the same strategies we use in therapy. My hope is that using the resources I provide here, you can work with your child at home as well and help her reach all those speech and language milestones.
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