Two great early books for your young toddler or preschooler. These are tried and true favorite books you may already have in your library. Listen for more tips of HOW to read these with a child that encourages speech and language development in an fun, and engaging way!

Toot Toot Beep Beep by Emma Garcia
Barnyard Dance by Sandra Boynton

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Professional Spotlight: Courtney Tulbert, MS, CCC-SLP is an incredible Fort Worth Speech Pathologist well known for her creativity working with children in the home. Courtney is so fun and personable and has a passion for making sure parents can easily incorporate speech and language skills into their day to day lives with their kids.  It's no wonder families easily welcome her into their homes!

Courtney talks to us about why she loves going into the home, ways she works with parents, caregivers and families, and some of her favorite activities, toys, books and IG accounts to follow. Enjoy episode 40!

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Blocks are such an important toy that helps build imagination skills.  There are ALL types of blocks!  We discuss our favorites and what skills you can target with blocks.  From simple requesting and working on the word "up," to prepositions, patterns and how to encourage creative play, this episode is full of great information to use at home or in a session with your kids!

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Most everyone has bubbles, and there are so many different ways to work on bubbles.  In this episode we talk about how to use something you already have at home to target 5 different speech and language skills:
-Requesting
-Fill ins
-Actions
-Describing
-Creating phrases

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Professional Perspective: Bailey Peresh, a Fort Worth Interior Designer, is today's guest sharing her insight into creating spaces in the home that are purposeful and functional for families with kids. 

Bailey is a graduate from Baylor University, and after working in the corporate design world, she created her own residential company in order to bring a personal and creative element to her work.  Bailey helps families design homes that are unique and reflective of them.  After having her son, Bailey was able to incorporate the importance of creating functional living spaces for families (especially with active little ones!) while keeping a home aesthetically pleasing and comfortable.

Bailey was fun and energetic to talk with, and we hope this episode gives you some great ideas on play and living spaces in your own home.  To learn more about Bailey you can check out her website at About — Bailey Peresh Design | Fort Worth Interior Designer or go to her IG page @baileypereshdesign

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Top 5 tips on how to encourage kids who aren't talking yet.  Sometimes speech therapy isn't an option at the moment, or waiting lists or long, or you simply want to see if these interventions work before pursuing a professional.  This episode will give 5 tips that are easy to understand and remember.  We will also give examples of how to work on them at home.  

In this episode, we reference back to Episode 6.  Listen to that episode here:
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These are classic books every family and speech therapist should have on their book shelves! They can easily be used for children who are still learning to be interested in books. Colorful and dynamic illustrations, these books have major opportunities to make them fun and interactive that children will want to read every night!

From Head to Toe by Eric Carle
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault 

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These toys are an absolute must for any child. We find that they are especially loved by kids who enjoy seeing how and why things work!

Melissa and Doug Stack and Count Wooden Parking Garage with Cars
Wind up Toys

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What makes a great spoon when you're looking at starting solid foods with your baby and into the toddler years?  In today's episode, we have 3 qualities we think every parent should look for and why.  

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Melissa and Doug Barn 
LEGO Duplos

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