Cognition Archives - Learn With Less

Am I Doing Enough? Understanding Your Baby & Toddler

by Ayelet Marinovich, M.A., CCC-SLP | Mar 25, 2025 | Cognition, Communication, Motor/Sensory, Podcast, Setting Up Environment For Learning, Social/Emotional, Understanding Development

A Co-Production from Learn With Less® and the Play On Words Podcast Are you constantly wondering if you’re doing enough as a parent? Do you feel pressure to “get it right” when it comes to your baby or toddler’s development? In this episode, In this co-produced...

Connect Learn Play

by Ayelet Marinovich, M.A., CCC-SLP | Nov 4, 2024 | Cognition, Communication, Language/Literacy, Motor/Sensory, Movement/Sensory, Music, Parenting, Podcast, Setting Up Environment For Learning, Social/Emotional

You’ll always know how to support a young child’s development with a laundry basket, a cardboard box, or a dishtowel! On this episode of the Learn With Less® podcast, Ayelet discusses how a simple shift in our understanding of what we can view as “educational...

What Do We Really Need to Support & Connect With Tiny Humans?

by Ayelet Marinovich, M.A., CCC-SLP | Apr 10, 2023 | Cognition, Communication, Motor/Sensory, Podcast, Social/Emotional, Understanding Development

An Ultimate Checklist of Baby and Toddler Learning Essentials? Or Nah. On this episode of the Learn With Less® podcast, Ayelet discusses the ways in which early development, everyday routines, everyday materials, and simple activities (often in which we are already...

How to Incorporate Music Into Everyday Routines, featuring Miranda Zoumbaris & Ayelet Marinovich

by Ayelet Marinovich, M.A., CCC-SLP | Feb 13, 2023 | Cognition, Communication, Motor/Sensory, Podcast, Setting Limits and Manage Behavior, Setting Up Environment For Learning, Social/Emotional, Understanding Development

Bringing Music Into Your Everyday Routine Can Support Early Learning! This episode of the Learn With Less® podcast is the third of a 4-part series about incorporating play, language, music, and movement, into everyday routines. These episodes feature a conversation...

How to Incorporate PLAY into Everyday Routines, with Miranda Zoumbaris and Ayelet Marinovich

by Ayelet Marinovich, M.A., CCC-SLP | Jan 30, 2023 | Cognition, Communication, Motor/Sensory, Podcast, Setting Up Environment For Learning, Social/Emotional, Understanding Development

Turning Everyday Routines into Developmentally Enriching Play Experiences (Hint: You’ve Already Got What You Need) This episode of the Learn With Less® podcast is the first of a 4-part series about incorporating play, language, music, and movement, into everyday...

What is a Play Schema and How Can it Help Me Support my Baby or Toddler, With Lina Richards

by Ayelet Marinovich, M.A., CCC-SLP | Mar 8, 2021 | Cognition, Podcast, Setting Up Environment For Learning, Understanding Development

What are the different types of play? On this episode of the Learn With Less podcast, we sat down with Lina Richards, an early childhood educator and family support worker. Lina mentors caregivers serving infants and toddlers as well as providing play experiences for...