by Ayelet Marinovich, M.A. CCC-SLP | Apr 22, 2016 | Blog, Cognition, Music, Setting Up Environment For Learning
“My eight month old son has started doing a lot of gesturing with his hands. My husband jokes that he is practicing tai chi, but he is definitely communicating with his hands! Now he adds that to his babbling, and he’s having a real conversation.”...
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 | Mar 18, 2016 | Blog, Cognition, Movement/Sensory, Setting Up Environment For Learning
Using visual aids can be helpful for young children. When we talk about things, it might go in one ear and out the other… But when we add a visual support, we add another way to support our child’s understanding and experience of learning. On the...
by Ayelet Marinovich, M.A., CCC-SLP | Mar 11, 2016 | Cognition, Music, Podcast, Understanding Development
Infants and toddlers learn holistically. We have to look at the whole child! On this episode of the Learn With Less podcast, Ayelet discusses the fact that infants and toddlers are learning “all at once” – learning in one developmental domain cannot be separated from...
by Ayelet Marinovich, M.A., CCC-SLP | Feb 26, 2016 | Cognition, Music, Podcast, Setting Up Environment For Learning, Understanding Development
It’s said children thrive on routine. In this episode, Ayelet discusses the topics of routines and rituals. We cover ways to maximize routines with infants and toddlers by embedding them with value – promoting the inherent ways they promote development, and helping us...