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International Cochlear Implant Day 2.25.19
International cochlear Implant day is a time to celebrate your child’s hearing and technology. Encourage your child to become the Boss of their Hearing Loss. Can your child put on their cochlear...
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1, 2, 3, FOR ME! Shamrock Game
Listen, find 3 things that are living, things with a hole, things that are lucky... and explain why. Give your child a turn to think of and ask the categories. Any little trinkets and toys will do!...
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St. Patty's Day and Early Descriptive Language Learnng
St. Patrick’s Day is all about leprechauns, pots of gold and colorful rainbows. But did you know that there is little need to talk about COLORS with your child who is deaf or hard of hearing? Once...
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Overused Questions
“What color is that?”Your child is likely thinking, “It’s red. You know that! So why are you asking?” Why as parents do we ask the same boring, overused questions? Try saying things like,“I like the...
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Humor and Listening and Spoken Language Learning
Put your toddler in a bathtub with no water or give them a juice box without a straw. Read a book upside down to your preschooler or serve ice cream sundaes for dinner. April Fools! Silly faces,...
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It's Mother Goose Day So Celebrate!
Hey, Diddle Diddle is a classic rhyme but how does a dish run away with the spoon? It doesn’t matter! Mother Goose characters and songs are just fun! Babies love to be bounced to the rhythm of...
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Ten Books A Day Keeps The Doctor Away
Oldie but a goodie article by my dear friend Lea Donovan Watson, MA CCC/ SLP Cert. AVT.Children learn to read by being read to. So Read! Reading is auditory! Read ten books a day!” Reading books that...
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Auditory Verbal Graduate - Plans to Obtain her M.D.- Ph.D. and Pursue...
Congratulations to one of my auditory verbal graduates Caroline Yuk who is a psychology and biology major combined with a minor in computing technological sciences. She plans to obtain her M.D.- Ph.D....
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I Wonder!
This morning we found a bird’s nest on the sidewalk. My four-year-old grandson wondered about the baby birds, what happened to the eggshells and how the nest ended up on the sidewalk and … so much more!
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Auditory Comprehension Exceeds Reading Comprehension
Do you want to grow your child's listening and spoken language skills? Continue to read aloud to your child even after they can read to themselves. Kids’ auditory comprehension is higher than their...
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Auditory-Verbal Practice is the approach that results in Listening and Spoken...
The terminology:Auditory-Verbal Practice is the approach that results in Listening and Spoken Language outcomes. For parents as the end consumer making decisions for their child regarding their desired...
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Read Early. Read Often.
My grandson has been read to every day of his life. He loves books. He loves his new baby brother. So naturally, he reads to his little brother.Read Early. Read Often.Do you know that beginning early...
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Do Listening and Spoken Language (LSL) Techniques and Strategies Only Benefit...
Recently, I replied to this question from a Teacher of the Deaf Q:Can Listening and Spoken Language (LSL) Techniques and Strategies benefit children in the classroom who are 5 and up? Many of the...
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Chicago Walk 4 Hearing - September 28th
Let's ConnectI'm volunteering this year at the Chicago Walk 4 Hearing refreshment booth.Stop by, get a cool drink and a snack. Introduce yourself and let's chat!
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