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Best resources for speech therapy at home! We cover parenting tips & speech and language development to bring you all you need to know to keep your child thriving.

Is Your Speech Therapist Assigning Homework to Your Child?

As a parent, you want what’s best for your child’s development. When it comes to speech therapy, you understand the importance of consistent practice to...

Speech Blubs

Mar 18, 2024

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Speech Therapy at Home: Keep Your Child Progressing!

One such scheduled kid activity could be your little one’s weekly therapy session with the speech-language pathologist (SLP). How frustrating! Just when you’re seeing real...

Robert McKenzie

Jan 18, 2022

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21 Kids Activities to Encourage Speech Development

Have you ever noticed your baby cries differently for different needs? Different cries are baby’s way of communicating with you! But how do a baby’s...

Liz Talton

Sep 13, 2024

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6 Types of Speech Impediments

A speech impediment relates to the way an individual produces or articulates specific sounds. One example of this is stuttering. Under the umbrella of a...

Stacie Bennett

Jan 28, 2022

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Potty Training for Late Talkers

Children learning to use the bathroom also learn the vocabulary associated with potty training. If your toddler has a speech delay, they may not be able...

Stacie Bennett

Jul 9, 2024

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Your Non-verbal Child: How to Set Communication Goals

Having a non-verbal child isn’t easy. Even knowing what a child’s communication development stages are is a lot of work. Not to mention learning to...

Natalie Barnes

Jan 17, 2022

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Help Your Child Combine Words to Make Sentences

In order for this communication to develop, your child needs to be able to say individual words to build up their vocabulary. It’s only once...

Natalie Barnes

Jan 15, 2022

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Why Kids Enjoy Animal Sounds so Much?

If you have ever watched a baby’s reaction to animal sounds like these, they will often react with a smile or a laugh. But, have...

Robert McKenzie

Sep 13, 2024

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Sensory Play Activities for Babies 0-18 Months

Sensory play for babies and toddlers is an important part of the interactions parents bring to their children. Engaging their senses is the beginning of…

Stacie Bennett

Feb 5, 2022

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How to Teach Kids Self-Discipline: 4 Easy Ways

The term ‘self-discipline’ is also referred to as self-control. A self-disciplined individual needs to control or ignore his or her own impulses to meet an…

Liz Talton

Feb 5, 2022

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Recurrent Ear Infections and Speech Development

I want you to think about what happens to your hearing when you are underwater in a swimming pool. Can you hear clearly? Does everything…

Stacie Bennett

Feb 5, 2022

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Reading vs. Adult Communication

Reading is excellent for so many different skills beyond speech and language development. It works on attention, comprehension, vocabulary, turn-taking, and fine motor skills such…

Stacie Bennett

Feb 5, 2022

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How Does IEP for Preschool work?

First Things First: Early Intervention The first thing I want to address is about getting early intervention services. At this age, yes, I would have…

Stacie Bennett

Feb 5, 2022

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How to Improve Reading Comprehension, Fluency, and Speech Production

Reading comprehension and fluency can have many positive effects, such as: Increasing speech production Improving receptive language Growing vocabulary Improving social skills (e.g. turn-taking) Growing…

Stacie Bennett

Feb 5, 2022

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Tips to Know before You Start Homeschooling

We are accidental homeschoolers. My husband was a public school teacher, so we bought our home in his district so he and our future children…

Brian and Caitlin Stewart

Feb 5, 2022

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How to Get Toddlers to Listen and Cooperate

I don’t know about you, but I didn’t totally picture my life being a 24-hour-a-day giver-of-snacks or a meltdown soother because I wouldn’t let my…

Stacie Bennett

Feb 5, 2022

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Colic in Babies: Personal Experience and Coping Tips

I remember being around a young mom who’s son is about 6 months younger than my daughter. Her son had colic and was just miserable…

Stacie Bennett

Feb 5, 2022

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Testing for Speech and Language Therapy

When getting a child evaluated for speech and language services, most parents want to know what sort of tests will their child be exposed to,…

Stacie Bennett

Feb 5, 2022

My son was diagnosed with bilateral hearing loss in both ears last year, and after his surgery, Speech Blubs is the best app to get him on track with kids his age.

- By Nola and Kory

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Help Children Who Stutter Overcome Bullying

My typical caseload consists of students who have cognitive issues, auditory or language processing disorders, Autism, Attention Deficit Disorder and stuttering. Up until two years…

Stacie Bennett

Feb 4, 2022

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Is Autism Hereditary? Speech Therapist's Experience

If you are reading this blog, I assume that you know what autism spectrum disorder entails. Autism spectrum disorder is a condition related to brain…

Stacie Bennett

Feb 4, 2022

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We are Parents during a Pandemic - HELP!!!

I naively thought that this would only last two weeks and that people actually washed their hands. 🤯 None of this couldn’t be further from…

Stacie Bennett

Feb 4, 2022

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Down Syndrome: The First Year

When we discovered our son had Down Syndrome at birth, we had a discussion with the wonderful nurses how every newborn brings their unique challenges…

Kelli Green

Feb 4, 2022

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What is Independent Play for Kids?

What is Independent Play? Independent play or solitary play is a developmental stage where a child can play by themselves. While each child will develop…

Liz Talton

Feb 4, 2022

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