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!Ā 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 ofĀ Learn With LessĀ is focused on those wonderful, intense and amazing first 6 months of an infantās life ā and the parts of communicative development about...
by Ayelet Marinovich, M.A. CCC-SLP | Apr 8, 2016 | Blog, Communication, Language/Literacy, Setting Up Environment For Learning, Visual Supports
Photographs can make wonderful play props, and can be used to encourage social/emotional development as it relates to building relationships with adults and peers, especially those who our young children don’t see on a daily or regular basis. In the...
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...
by Ayelet Marinovich, M.A., CCC-SLP | Mar 25, 2016 | Communication, Music, Podcast, Understanding Development
When a book is not just for reading (itās used to build early literacy)! Weāre used to thinking of the term āliteracyā as a word to describe people who can read. What about the term āearly literacy?ā Does it simply refer to teaching young children how to read? In this...