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“Propel” Executive Functioning & Play at Home

In our practice we offer a variety of play groups to help early learners develop  executive functioning skills, social skills,and language. To promote these skills, we utilize the PRoPELS framework (Bodrova & Leong, 2007). Play supports development Research provides more and more evidence of the positive effects that well-developed play has on various areas of […]

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I'm a speech therapist specializing in early language, but more importantly, I'm a mom of a toddler who has been on her own journey with physical and occupational therapy
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Different types of toys result in different types of interactions As we head into the holiday season, manufacturers and toy companies are happy to bombard us with their latest and greatest toys. Many of these toys are electronic ranging from robots to tablets. One thing to keep in mind during this holiday season is that different […]

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I’m Brooke
I'm a speech therapist specializing in early language, but more importantly, I'm a mom of a toddler who has been on her own journey with physical and occupational therapy
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Play and Literacy Play and literacy go hand in hand.  According to play expert and professor Sarah Smilanky, “Problem solving in most school subjects requires a great deal of make-believe, visualizing how Eskimos live, reading stories, imaging a story, writing it down, solving an arithmetic problem, and determining what will come next. History, geography, and […]

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I’m Brooke
I'm a speech therapist specializing in early language, but more importantly, I'm a mom of a toddler who has been on her own journey with physical and occupational therapy
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Get My Free First 50 Words Checklist 
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Costco and Social Skills? Would you believe I have never been to Costco? Maybe it’s because we are a family of two or maybe it’s my love for Trader Joe’s, but I am never buying a single box of toothpaste ever again!   My Costco experience was different from my typical grocery store experience. Walking […]

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I’m Brooke
I'm a speech therapist specializing in early language, but more importantly, I'm a mom of a toddler who has been on her own journey with physical and occupational therapy
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Get My Free First 50 Words Checklist 
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Social Skills in Preschool Just like any other skill, social skills and play develop in stages. By the time children reach preschool, they are engaging in a much more interactive form of play called cooperative play. During cooperative play, children organize themselves into specific roles (“You be the mommy and I’ll be the baby”) and […]

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