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News, announcements, and feature articles of interest to our PediaSpeech families
Sippy Cup Do’s and Don’t’s
Sippy cups can be a great way for your baby to transition from nursing or bottle-feeding to a regular cup. They can also help improve hand-to-mouth coordination. When your baby has the motor skills to handle a cup, but not the skills to keep the drink from spilling, a sippy cup can give some independence…
Read MoreMorgan’s Wonderland – A Special Place for Special Friends
Morgan’s Wonderland is located in San Antonio, Texas. It is the World’s First Ultra Accessible Family Fun Park designed specifically for children and adults with special needs, their family members, caregivers, friends and the entire community. This 25-acre park is a unique oasis, that through the spirit of inclusion, allows people of all abilities to…
Read MoreVocabulary Instruction
Here are some highlights from the evidence-based research on vocabulary instruction: Children learn the meanings of most words indirectly, through everyday experiences with oral and written language. They do so by engaging daily in oral language, listening to adults read to them, and reading extensively on their own. Although a great deal of vocabulary is…
Read MoreReading Resource
Leap Frog – Letter Factory Teaches letters, phonics and listening skills. A wild adventure to the Letter Factory with popular LeapFrog characters Leap, Lily and Tad. Led by wacky Professor Quigley, Tad joins Js jumping on trampolines and Ks practicing karate kicks as new letters learn their sounds. Fun songs will have kids singing letter…
Read MoreStaff Profile: Beth Frilingos
Elizabeth “Beth” Frilingos M.Ed, CCC-SLP Earned her Bachelor’s degree in English from Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, and after two years teaching children ages 12-18 months at The Goddard School for Early Childhood Development in Delaware, went on to receive her Master’s in Education in Communication Disorders from Georgia State University. Ever since teaching young…
Read MoreArt Tools Go Green
Art tools that are man made can leave children feeling restricted and uninspired. There is no energy in plastic, but there is much energy in nature! Because nature has energy it “inspires a beautiful perspective of the world” (DeViney, 2010), and simply adding some natural items for children to use as artistic tools can spark…
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