by Ayelet Marinovich, M.A. CCC-SLP | Apr 15, 2016 | Blog, Communication, Music, Setting Up Environment For Learning
“‘Once she starts talking, she’ll never stop!’ I hate that phrase so much. From birth, babies can ‘ask’ for milk – whatever its source! From rooting to crying to eventually patting and signing and talking. They all...
by Ayelet Marinovich, M.A., CCC-SLP | Apr 15, 2016 | Communication, Music, Podcast, Understanding Development
Even in the first 6 months of life, there are communicative milestones through which infants move. This episode of Learn With Less is focused on those wonderful, intense and amazing first 6 months of an infant’s life – and the parts of communicative development about...
by Ayelet Marinovich, M.A., CCC-SLP | Apr 8, 2016 | Balancing Needs, Priorities, Relationships, Music, Podcast, Social/Emotional, Understanding Development
How do we build relationships (and support relationship-building) with our infants and toddlers? In this episode of Learn With Less, Ayelet explores the ways we as caregivers and educators support our young children in one aspect of social/emotional...
by Ayelet Marinovich, M.A., CCC-SLP | Apr 1, 2016 | Cognition, Music, Podcast, Understanding Development
Music hits on all aspects of development – including early developing math concepts! Did you ever think that simply playing music or singing a song to your young child would be beneficial for cognitive development? In this episode, Ayelet explores the idea that when...
by Ayelet Marinovich, M.A. CCC-SLP | Apr 1, 2016 | Blog, Communication, Music, Setting Up Environment For Learning
It’s no secret that young children, when given the opportunity, often create percussive musical instruments out of common household objects… A laundry basket, a toilet paper roll, an oatmeal container, a mixing bowl. Often, the rhythmic banging in which...
by Ayelet Marinovich, M.A. CCC-SLP | Mar 25, 2016 | Blog, Communication, Language/Literacy, Music, Setting Up Environment For Learning
Early literacy skills are not synonymous with learning how to read. There are many skills that go into building early literacy, and many very simple ways to support the development of early literacy. Early literacy activities themselves often support all areas of...