Language During Mealtime

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

Dr. Seuss’s You Are Kind

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

Dr. Seuss’s You Are Kind is a perfect book to help open the discussion with your child about being a kind and true friend to others. Review Dr. Seuss’s You Are Kind is a picture book that features Horton the Elephant that captures the true qualities of a kind friend. What qualities do you find […]

The Pro’s and Con’s of Homeschooling for a Child with Disabilities

by Filed Under: ADHD/ADD, Anxiety, Autism, Books and Mealtime, Dyslexia, Physical Disabilities, Rare Syndromes/Epilepsy, Sensory Processing Disorder, Social Skills Delay/Deficit, Special Needs, Special Needs

Do you home school your child? Part of what I love about blogging is giving other people the opportunity to share their own perspective and talk about their experiences.  Jackie Nunes is a blogger at WonderMoms.org. She is a former pediatric nurse and now a full-time homeschool educator. She and her husband have three children. […]

Bobs and Tweets Trick or Tweet

by Filed Under: Academics, ADHD/ADD, Autism, Books and Mealtime, Chapter Books, Sensory Processing Disorder, Social Skills, Social Skills Delay/Deficit, Special Needs, Special Needs, Using Your Imagination

Are you looking for a spooky Halloween book that will help target literacy and language goals? Review Bobs and Tweets Trick or Tweet by Pepper Springfield and illustrated by Kristy Caldwell is another inventive book in the Bobs and Tweets series. In TRICK OR TWEET, the Bobs and Tweets are all set for a big Bonefish […]

Interview with Matthew Van Fleet, Author and Illustrator

by Filed Under: ADHD/ADD, Autism, Books and Mealtime, Environment, Sensory Processing Disorder, Special Needs, Using Your Imagination

Are you looking for interactive and educational books for your toddler or preschool aged child? How about your child with special needs that needs a book that is multi-sensory? Matthew Van Fleet’s innovative books have been introducing children to basic concepts for more than twenty years. His multi-sensory books encourage toddlers to touch, press, pull, lift, […]

5 Ways Music Can Relieve Your Mental Health

by Filed Under: ADHD/ADD, Anxiety, Building Self Esteem, Mindfulness, Sensory Processing Disorder, Social Skills Delay/Deficit, Special Needs, Special Needs

Do you have a child with special needs? Are you a parent with anxiety about your children? I think most parents find themselves anxious at one time or another about their child. As parents, we need to find ways to relieve our anxiety, which in turns helps us to be better parents! Everyone has their […]

Benefits of Audio Books for Children with Special Needs

by Filed Under: Academics, ADHD/ADD, Anxiety, Autism, Books and Mealtime, Chapter Books, Dyslexia, Social Skills Delay/Deficit, Special Needs, Special Needs, Speech and Communication

Do you have any road trips planned for the rest of the summer? Have you fallen behind in reading aloud to your child? Try audio books! Audio books won’t replace reading aloud to your child but it can be wonderful way to experience literacy in a different way and together. I have been a member […]

3 Ways to Make Your Home Sensory Friendly for Special Needs Children

by Filed Under: ADHD/ADD, Anxiety, Autism, Sensory Processing Disorder, Social Skills Delay/Deficit, Special Needs

I wanted to share this informative guest post that was shared with me about making your home sensory friendly for children with special needs. Children with SPD (Sensory Processing Disorder) experience the world in a different way. With their sensory needs met, they can function more comfortably in their world. This is especially important in your […]

Teaching Children with Autism about Character Perspective

by Filed Under: Academics, ADHD/ADD, Anxiety, Autism, Books and Mealtime, Dyslexia, Research Tuesday Articles, Sensory Processing Disorder, Social Skills Delay/Deficit, Special Needs, Speech and Communication

As a member of the International Literacy Association, I enjoy receiving articles about literacy and evidence based strategies that are practical and interesting. In the latest journal of The Reading Teacher, July/August 2018, I gravitated towards the article titled, Understanding Character Perspective: Strategies to Support Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder by Elizabeth G. Finnegan and […]

Improve Your Child’s Language and Learning in 20 Minutes

by Filed Under: Academics, ADHD/ADD, Anxiety, Autism, Books and Mealtime, Chapter Books, Dyslexia, My Books, Research Tuesday Articles, Special Needs, Special Needs, Speech and Communication

  Do you want to improve your child’s language and learning in 20 minutes? Since beginning my website in 2012, I have become passionate about learning different literacy strategies to improve read alouds with my children. These skills have also helped me as a speech language pathologist and children’s book author. This eBook that I […]

Lines that Wiggle, review and author interview

by Filed Under: ADHD/ADD, Autism, Books and Mealtime, Interviews, Mindfulness, Sensory Processing Disorder, Special Needs, Using Your Imagination

When my son came home one day from his visit at the school library, he was so excited to show me the book he chose, lines that wiggle. When we read this book together, I was immediately drawn to the artistic way that the book was written and illustration. The author, Candace Whitman and illustrator, […]