Language During Mealtime

A blog about my love for food, family and ways to encourage language through mealtime.

How Tickles Saved Pickles

by Filed Under: Academics, Books and Mealtime, Building Self Esteem, Environment, Love and Friendship, Mindfulness, Using Your Imagination

How Tickles Saved Pickles If you are an animal lover, this book is for you! This thoughtful and sweet story about Pickles the Pig will capture hearts of both children and adults. As the reader, I could immediately tell that author and photographer, Maddie Johnson wrote this book with warmth, love and passion. “Pickles is […]

The Visitor

by Filed Under: ADHD/ADD, Anxiety, Autism, Books and Mealtime, Building Self Esteem, Love and Friendship, Mindfulness, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Sensory Processing Disorder, Social Skills Delay/Deficit, Special Needs, Special Needs, Using Your Imagination

The Visitor A couple of months ago, I walked into my favorite kind bookstores on the Upper West Side of NYC, ones with creaky floors! After walking down the creaky stairs, I reached the beautiful children’s book section. After a couple of minutes perusing, I discovered this book, The Visitor by Antje Damm, which immediately […]

Dear Ballerina..Review, Interview and Giveaway!

by Filed Under: Books and Mealtime, Building Self Esteem, Interviews, Love and Friendship, Mindfulness, Using Your Imagination

“Dear Little Dancer, Follow Your Dream and enjoy every moment! Love Ballerina” Dear Ballerina, Monica Wellington   Dear Ballerina I am excited to review this book, Dear Ballerina on it’s release date! I am a big fan of Monica’s books and have reviewed many on my blog including Crepes for Suzette, Colors for Zena and […]

Stories for Boys Who Dare To Be Different

by Filed Under: Academics, ADHD/ADD, Anxiety, Autism, Books and Mealtime, Building Self Esteem, Bullying, Love and Friendship, Mindfulness, Social Skills Delay/Deficit, Special Needs, Using Your Imagination

Inspiration for Boys! On my blog, I love sharing all different types of books that inspire our children, both boys and girls. I love the book Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls and how it helps inspire young girls to be whatever they want to be!  After reading that book, I longed for a book […]

Song for a Whale

by Filed Under: ADHD/ADD, Anxiety, Autism, Books and Mealtime, Building Self Esteem, Love and Friendship, Mindfulness, Social Skills Delay/Deficit, Special Needs, Special Needs, Speech and Communication, Using Your Imagination

Song for A Whale When I was first contacted about this book, Song For A Whale, I was immediately interested in reviewing the book. As a speech language pathologist, I felt connected to the topic of the book, which is about communication and the feeling of belonging. My clients, who have complex communication needs struggle […]

I (HEART) Art By the Metropolitan Museum of Art

by Filed Under: Academics, Books and Mealtime, Mindfulness, Special Needs, Speech and Communication, Using Your Imagination

I (Heart) Art by The Metropolitan Museum of Art I received this beautiful book, I (HEART) Art By the Metropolitan Museum of Art from Abrams Books a couple of weeks ago for review. This book is like a piece of artwork with it’s eccentric design and interesting layout. The book is arranged by themes and […]

Author Interview with Noreen O’Sullivan, I’ll Tell You Why….

by Filed Under: ADHD/ADD, Allergies, Anxiety, Autism, Books and Mealtime, Building Self Esteem, Dairy Free, Gluten Free, High Fiber, Interviews, Mindfulness, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Sensory Processing Disorder, Social Skills Delay/Deficit, Special Diets, Special Needs, Special Needs, Using Your Imagination

Author Interview  I am excited to present this interview with Noreen O’Sullivan. I have had the pleasure of interviewing and getting to know Noreen over email these past few weeks. I have found Noreen to be inspirational because of her mission to help others and her positive spirit. To see the full review of I’ll […]

I’ll Tell You Why..I Can’t Wear Those Clothes

by Filed Under: ADHD/ADD, Anxiety, Autism, Books and Mealtime, Building Self Esteem, Mindfulness, Rare Syndromes/Epilepsy, Sensory Processing Disorder, Social Skills Delay/Deficit, Special Needs, Special Needs, Speech and Communication, Using Your Imagination

Do you have a child with a sensory processing disorder? This book, I’ll Tell You Why..I Can’t Wear Those Clothes caught my eye a couple of weeks ago on social media after seeing a review of this thoughtful and beautiful book by Noreen O’Sullivan. To read my interview with Noreen, click here! I’ll Tell You […]

Children’s Books Written by SLPs

by Filed Under: ADHD/ADD, Anxiety, Autism, Books and Mealtime, Building Self Esteem, Dyslexia, Home Favorite, Mindfulness, My Books, Sensory Processing Disorder, Social Skills Delay/Deficit, Special Needs, Special Needs, Speech and Communication

Are you looking for children’s book that help improve speech and language development? I am excited to present this guest post that I wrote for ASHA Leader Blog that lists children’s book authors that are also speech language pathologists. Children’s Books Written by SLPs