Use these 12 strategies to elicit language development, whether you are a therapist, teacher, or parent. There are many fun, simple activities to incorporate in your day to engage and encourage communication skills. These strategies are not only helpful for children struggling with language development but how you should be interacting and engaging with all children!
While looking for examples of how others used PVC pipes to create the Walk Assist Parallel Bars we created for Mara, we stumbled upon this idea for a Jungle Gym. We modified it a bit and this was the configuration we used.
After seeing parallel bars used for young children to assist them in walking, PVC seemed like a good option. There were no resources we found with plans for making them for Mara. But we used a few pictures we found and relied on the advice of our friend and therapist Kailee @themovementmama to determine the height of the bars to make this for Mara.
The following are the instructions for the crawling track that we made for our infant daughter. Her progress was immediate and striking. Mara started at three months. If we had to do it again she would have started the day she came home from the hospital. It is that valuable.
Did you know there’s a billion dollar industry trying to make you think that you NEED certain toys to put your baby in? So you can be more productive. Work more. Do more. Be back to your “pre-baby” lifestyle. But did you also know that placing your baby inside of toys and not on the floor can actually limit development and delay typical milestones?
5 Simple Things You Should Do Every Day To Help Your Baby’s Language Skills
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Armed with that knowledge that birth to three years is the crucial period of brain formation that will affect how that person learns communicates and behaves for the rest of their lives, I started working on Lennox’s language development from birth. And now I want to share with you the TOP 5 things we do daily that have helped develop his language skills.