Books with a lot of repeated sounds or alliteration are great for building your child’s sound awareness – a key early literacy skill. Join Pete the Cat and his pals at a pizza party while using a fun Hanen strategy to highlight sounds for your child. 

Many parents of autistic children wonder about the best way to help their child learn two languages, and whether a second language will help or hinder their child’s development. Here’s what the latest research says.

Come along for the fun as we look at the adorable children’s book, Snuggle Puppy!, and show you how you can use it to build your child’s print knowledge – a key early literacy skill to prepare your child for school.

How does one event in a book lead to another? What emotions or motivations lead characters to act in certain ways? Helping your child understand why things happen deepens their story comprehension and prepares them for reading and writing on their own. Here are some tips to get started using the fun children’s book, Bruce’s Big Move. 

You know fun when you see it, but are you ready to coach parents to have fun with their child in parent-implemented intervention? Learn how to support parents by fostering fun interactions with their child using these 6 practical tips.

When you encourage your child to play with a variety of things in a variety of ways, you create new experiences that give your child new opportunities to hear language and learn new things. Here are some more ideas for encouraging language and learning while having fun together!

A great way to deepen your child’s story understanding is to talk about the problems that come up in the book and how they might be solved. Here are a few tips to build the problem-solving skills that prepare your child for reading and writing.

If your child is preschool aged (3-5), there's so much you can do during your everyday conversations to boost her language learning and to prepare her for school success. Learn how you can use the Hanen “E’s and Ps” strategy on your next outdoor walk to make your conversations more interesting and more impactful for your child. 
 

Parents often wonder about the best toys to help their child learn to communicate and play. Toys from the store are great, but they’re not necessary! Discover how you can use these five everyday household items to have fun with your child while building their language skills.