http://beyondbabytalk.com Speech and Language Development Tips (and More!) for Your Infant and Toddler Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:12:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Let's conclude my fantastic four ways to enrich, enhance, and boost your child's developing speech and language skills! First, a quick review: Talk Read Sing And now.....for the fourth one:  Use strong body language!  I bet you are wondering, "What in the world does she mean by that?"  I didn't say strong body odor, I ... http://beyondbabytalk.com/2008/09/22/fantastic-four-4/ Let's move on to #3 in my fantastic four ways to boost your child's speech and language development.  Check out #1 and #2 if you haven't read them already!  The third way to enhance your little one's communication skills is to sing to them and play music for them.  One of my ... http://beyondbabytalk.com/2008/09/15/fantastic-four-3/ Yesterday, we discussed #1 in my fantastic four ways to boost your baby and toddler's speech and language development.  Today, let's move on to #2... Read, read, and read some more!  Reading is so important on several different levels.  Relationally, it helps you build a stronger bond with your little one ... http://beyondbabytalk.com/2008/09/11/fantastic-four-2/ I had a blast last night sharing with the Sarasota MOPS group! They were a lively bunch, full of questions and laughter. There were two mommies, in particular, who were very knowledgeable. They offered great additional suggestions to the group about how to enrich your child's speech and language development! ... http://beyondbabytalk.com/2008/09/10/fantastic-four-1/ Just wanted to give a big shout out to all the mommies that were at the Sarasota MOPS meeting tonight...you are an awesome group and I had so much fun sharing my fantastic four with you!  I've never met a savvier group of mommies...you taught me some things and made ... http://beyondbabytalk.com/2008/09/09/thank-you-sarasota-mops/ I'm very excited...I'm going to be sharing at a MOPS meeting tonight.  I love getting together with mommies and talking about our little ones! I'm going to be teaching my FANTASTIC FOUR WAYS to enrich your child's emerging speech and language skills. Stay tuned tomorrow for number one!! http://beyondbabytalk.com/2008/09/09/going-to-a-mops-meeting/ I am so excited to announce that my first educational product for parents is now available-YEAH! This product was born in my mind over ten years ago.  As you know, I am passionate about providing helpful and relevant information for parents to help them nurture and enrich their baby or toddler's ... http://beyondbabytalk.com/2008/07/28/its-finally-here/ I took my three year-old daughter, Grace, to her first fireworks this past Fourth of July.  It was a lot of fun and very exciting.  It was a wonderful, balmy Florida night and the fireworks were spectacular.  Grace thoroughly enjoyed herself.  I was a little concerned about what her reaction would ... http://beyondbabytalk.com/2008/07/09/a-tip-for-the-fourth-of-july/ What is it about the smell of play-doh that instantly puts you in a virtual time capsule and catapults you back to your childhood?  Oh the fond memories of playing with play-doh... I LOVE play-doh!  Play-doh was my go-to toy when I was having a hard time maintaing a child's attention in speech ... http://beyondbabytalk.com/2008/06/13/the-power-of-play-doh/ It's hard to believe it's almost June.  That means Summer is almost here.  The first official day of Summer is June 20th; but for those of us who live in Florida, it feels like Summer long before it's officially Summer.. Summer is a great time to build wonderful family memories and ... http://beyondbabytalk.com/2008/05/30/summer-time-fun/