This past weekend autumn took off her coat and revealed her glory. Our little corner of Kansas is just close enough to the Ozark forests to enjoy a full array of fall foliage and the colors never fail to take my breath away. But fall for me has become a bittersweet, melancholy season because I know […]
4 habits to help remember your WHY
Parent-teacher conferences were last week. I looked a few parents in the eye and reported on the speech and language progress of their child. We shared stories and strategies and made some new plans. I gain valuable insight when I meet with the families of the children I serve. I’m able to watch their faces and body language, […]
how questions teach us the language of curiosity
Typically developing four-year-olds have it figured out. They discover around this age the intoxicating power of questions and use them to drive their parents halfway crazy. This incredible skill helps collect information, teaches and leads to even more questions. We were designed to be hungry for the world around us and questions give voice to […]
the wisdom of admitting what you don’t know
When my oldest daughter was a few weeks shy of graduating high school she casually mentioned over dinner with friends that she’d decided to major in speech pathology. I just about fell out of my chair. All her life she had wanted to be a teacher. This was the girl who’d bossed her younger siblings […]
the semantic wonder of encouraging words
You are, of course, intimately familiar with the word semantics, one of the core building blocks for language. Simply put, the words we speak carry meaning to the listener. The semantics of the word encourage is to give support, confidence or hope. When we speak words that encourage they don’t just contain meaning but also incredible […]
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