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Speaking & Language Skills for Ages 3-5

Speaking & Language Skills for Ages 3-5

 

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Which Letters First?
Teach your child the letters that are important to them, and build from there.
Building Phonics Skills
Phonics skills: Give your early reader a head start with phonics.
The Learning Habit
Set up learning routines that build language and pre-literacy skills.
Sing Your Way to Reading Success
Help your preschooler get ready to read by filling her life with music.
Inappropriate Words
Set appropriate limits when your child uses language that isn't.
The Power of Language
Communication is crucial to fostering relationships, so be sure to reinforce school skills at home.
Does My Child Understand Me?
When responses seem off-key, there may be a delay in receptive-language function.
Talk, Listen, and Learn
Create a home atmosphere that encourages communication.
Listening and Learning
Taking advantage of the world of sounds is a wonderful way to help young children develop their listening skills.
Helping Children Build Language Skills
You can help children develop their language abilities by tuning in to what they say and responding in ways that result in talk, talk, and...
Playing to Learn
Understand and promote high-level, language-building play.
What Children Never Forget
How your preschooler forms, records, and stores meaningful memories
Time to Rhyme
Learn how nursery rhymes help children learn to read.
3 Ways to Inspire Communication Confidence
These activities can supplement a child's speech or language therapy program.
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