Author Archive for Laura
Sensory Bottles - New myei2.com Therapy Guide
My friend and great DI Kelly Nelson has a new Therapy Guide for using sensory bottles with toddlers. In the 37 minute video and 13 page written guide, you’ll find SUPER ideas for making and intentionally using sensory bottles with toddlers and young preschoolers. These activities go waaaay beyond giving a child something pretty to [...]
Therapy Tip of the Week for 4.22.13
This week we have ideas from Kelly Nelson, Developmental Interventionist and contributor to myei2.com.
Kelly will be sharing ways to help a toddler learn body parts, make choices, and sequence steps in an activity all with STICKERS! Click the link for some cute ideas…. (and a great song!)
Teaching Body Parts to Toddlers
Check out any milestone list for toddlers, and you’ll see some variation of “knows body parts.”
Assessment tools used by pediatric speech-language pathologists include the following age ranges for this early skill:
Points to two different body parts by 12 months
Identifies at least 6 different parts and/or clothing items on himself or a doll by 18 months
Parents often begin [...]
Therapy Tip of the Week for 3.14.13
Using Social Games like Peek-a-boo with Toddlers:
Learning to play a social game like Peek-a-boo is CRITICAL first step in helping a child learn to understand and use words.
Click here for the article I posted earlier this week listed step-by-step instructions for teaching a child to play Peek-a-boo.
Here’s a link to an article with even more ideas for [...]
How to Play Peek-a-boo! Advice for Parents with Toddlers with Developmental Delays
Playing peek-a-boo is a time-honored ritual between babies and parents. Many times parents of young children with developmental delays miss out on this fun because they’re not sure how to modify the game for a toddler with special needs.
A mom may have instigated peek-a-boo a few times to try to quiet her fussy baby, but when her child didn’t seem to understand [...]
Therapy Manual Combo Pack SPECIAL
In honor of launching my new website at www.myei2.com we’re offering a special deal from today 2/25/13 until 3/1/13.
When you buy all 3 of my therapy manuals, Teach Me To Play WITH You, Teach Me To Talk: The Therapy Manual, and Building Verbal Imitation in Toddlers, you’ll receive my best selling Creating Verbal Routines Therapy Guide for FREE.
Here’s a brief [...]
Structured Teaching for Valentine’s Day Therapy Guide
If you’ve wanted to try one of my new Therapy Guides, here’s your chance at a special price!
Until 2/11/13 this Therapy Guide is only $9.99!
After that day, the price returns to the regular price of $19.99.
You’ll receive an access code to a watch a 53 minute video and a 12 page written summary. Don’t miss [...]
Valentine’s Day Sale!
Here’s a Valentine’s Deal you can’t resist….
Order the Entire Collection from teachmetotalk.com and receive my new Winter Therapy Guide (a 60 minute downloadable video and 22 page pdf) for FREE.
As an additional bonus, residents in the USA will receive free shipping!
If you’re ordering from outside the USA, select Entire Collection so that shipping charges will [...]
Winter Therapy Guide
Here’s a preview of my Winter Therapy Guide:
This Winter Therapy Guide is filled with ideas for working with small groups of young children. It’s great for:
· Speech pathologists and other therapists who see toddlers or young preschoolers in settings like early intervention, daycare, or preschool classrooms.
· SLPs who work with toddlers at home with their [...]
