The Toddler Talk Blog
Learn about toddler speech and language development from expert pediatric speech therapists and moms.
Teaching Toddlers to Repeat Words
Children begin repeating words they hear you say just before they say their first word. See how you can use these fun and doable speech therapy tips and activities to get your little one repeating words.
Animal sounds can help your toddler learn to talk…
Teaching your toddler to imitate fun sounds and animal sounds is an important stepping stone towards talking. See how speech therapists help little kids learn to copy sounds other people say.
Teaching toddlers communicative gestures
Communicative gestures are a stepping stone towards talking for toddlers. Learn 3 speech therapy tips plus at home activities for teaching your toddler to communicate with gestures.
Teaching Kids to Ask for Help
Teaching toddlers how to ask for help when they need it is a common speech therapy goal for young children. Learn speech therapy tips and activities you can use to practice at home.
Teaching Toddlers To Imitate In Play
Toddlers learn to talk through imitation! Help them first by supporting imitation in play. Use these speech therapy tips and activities to grow imitation skills at home.
Ways To Increase Joint Attention When Practicing Speech At Home
Joint attention happens when you and your toddler are paying attention to the same thing and is a foundational skill for toddler speech therapy. Use these tips and activities to grow joint attention with your toddler.
Building Non-verbal Communication Skills At Home
Teaching your child to play back and forth with you is one way speech therapists build non-verbal communication skills. Learn speech therapy tips and activities to encourage back and forth play at home.
The Best Prelinguistic Communication Tips
Prelinguistic communication is the way your child tells you something before they start talking. These tips can be used to find your child’s way of communicating with you.
Teaching Unrelated 2 Step Directions - Speech Therapy Tips and Activities
Practice with unrelated 2 step directions at home using our tried and tested speech therapy tips and activities. Download our at home activities guide for tons of easy and doable examples.
Teaching your toddler to answer yes or no questions about facts
Teach your toddler to answer factual yes or no questions using our tried and tested at home speech therapy tips and activities. We have tons of ideas for fun factual yes or no questions for kids to practice with!
Following Spatial Directions: In, Out, On, Off, Under, Next to
Speech therapy often helps toddlers with following spatial directions - or directions with words like in, out, on top, and under. Use these activities and tips to help your toddler follow spatial directions.
Speech therapy tips for teaching toddlers simple 2 step instructions
Help your toddler learn to follow simple 2 step instructions with these fun and practical speech therapy tips and activities. Plus watch our video to see how other families are practicing!
What Questions: Speech Therapy Tips and Activities
Teach your toddler to answer what questions using these speech therapy tips and activities. Watch our video lesson to see how to use these tips at home with your toddler!
Who Questions: Speech therapy tips and activities
Use these speech therapy tips and activities to help teach your child to answer who questions. Learn the best way to start practicing at home and download our pdf activities guide.
Helping your toddler understand the meaning of both Yes and No
Use these speech therapy tips and activities to teach your child to answer early yes or no questions. These activities are great if your toddler says no to everything and you want to teach them the meaning of yes as well!
At home speech therapy practice: Direction following
Teaching your toddler to follow directions outside of their learned routines is an exciting way to grow their receptive language, or understanding skills. Use these speech therapy tips and activities to practice at home!
Teaching Your Toddler To Follow New 1 Step Commands: Speech Therapy
See how speech therapists teach toddlers to follow 1 step commands in speech therapy. Use our pro tips and easy at home activity guide to practice learning commands at home!
Growing Toddler’s Receptive Vocabulary
Your toddler’s receptive vocabulary includes all the words they understand. These activities will help your child develop their receptive vocabulary.
Teaching your toddler to follow everyday directions without clues
Teaching your child to follow everyday directions all on their own is an exciting milestone! Use our speech therapy tips and activities to practice at home! Plus download our PDF activity guide.
Teaching your toddler simple one step instructions
Discover tried and tested speech therapy strategies to help your toddler learn to follow simple one step instructions, like get your shoes, wash your hands, and give me. Plus 3 fun and easy at home activities.