?Mommy, the princesses won?t let me play with them.?
I pulled over and got into the back seat of the car with my 4-year old daughter.
?What do you mean?? I desperately asked her, trying to conceal the panic in my voice . . .
My poor girl, a fan of the Star Wars films, found herself in the nether-region of such ?gender play? and was effectively banished by both Han Solo and Sleeping Beauty.
Young kids, as we all know (?.some of us by direct experience, wink wink) are prone to tantrums and/or meltdowns. One reason for this is that their young minds are not yet able to a) understand their emotions and b) express their emotions. As with developing abilities, preschoolers need help learning the skill known as emotional vocabulary.
The following six techniques will help facilitate early childhood speech, language, and communicative development; in particular, they will assist the child with a speech and language delay. About.com will feature video clips of myself explaining and demonstrating the techniques.
This entry is part of a video and blog series highlighting Jai’s progress. He has been receiving intensive individualized speech-language and literacy services 15 hours per week since 10/11/10. This blog highlights the impact a speech language pathologist can make in a child’s learning and development.
We are pleased to introduce our newest friend, Jai, to the Brooklyn Letters community! Jai and his mother, Varuna, reside in Delhi, India and they temporarily relocated to New York City for the next 2 months: Jai will receive intensive speech-language therapy with a focus on literacy development. Jai is a happy, bright, curious, and creative young boy who enjoys reading books, building with legos,