The Toddler Talk Blog
Learn about toddler speech and language development from expert pediatric speech therapists and moms.
Screen Time for Toddlers: Best Practices
Learn about a speech therapist's strategies for helping your toddler learn the most during screen time. Up-level your toddler's screen time when watching a show or playing on an app.
Speech Therapy Apps for Toddlers: A Review
We review 6 popular speech therapy related apps for toddlers. We summarize the pros and cons of each app, while also providing a speech therapist's perspective on using apps for toddlers.
Apps for Toddlers: Which app will teach my toddler to talk?
There seems to be an app for everything! Is there a good app that will teach my young child to talk? This post reveals a speech therapist's perspective on apps.
My 2 Year Old Is Talking Gibberish
Many parents report that their 2 year old is talking in gibberish. Learn about how gibberish plays a role in the development of sounds and when children usually learn to pronounce different sounds.
Online Speech Therapy For Kids
If you're reading this, you're probably wondering, "Should I do online speech therapy with my toddler?" We are going to explain online speech therapy and the pros/cons of an online therapy session to help you make your decision.
Speech Therapy For Toddlers - What To Expect
Pediatric speech therapy supports children’s growing expression, understanding, and social communication skills. Speech therapy with toddlers will include play, practice, and homework activities. Learn more in this post!
What To Expect At A Speech Therapy Evaluation For Toddlers
Learn what to expect at a speech and language evaluation with your toddler. A speech therapist will play with your toddler and observe their communication during your 1-2 hour appointment. Plus, learn what words a speech therapist might use to describe their observations and what recommendations they might make.
How to become a Pediatric Speech Therapist
Speech therapists work with toddlers to help them learn early talking and understanding skills. Learn more about the education and requirements for speech therapists in this post.
Teaching Your Toddler To Tell You What Happened
Teaching toddlers to tell you what happened is an important speech therapy skill to practice at home. Use these tips and activities to help your toddler tell you about what happened to them.
Teaching Toddlers To Use Verbs Ending In -ing
-ing is one of the first verb endings toddlers learn. Use these at home speech therapy tips and activities to teach your little one to use the -ing verb ending.
Teaching Toddlers Plural Nouns
Teaching toddlers to use the plural -s is a fun and exciting way to grow their grammar skills at home. Use the speech therapy tips and activities to help!
Teaching Toddlers How To Ask Questions
Teaching 2 year olds to ask questions is a fun way to practice speech therapy at home. Learn 3 speech therapy tips and activities that you can use for fun and simple practice.
Teaching Toddlers To Say 3 Word Phrases
3 Word phrases are a common speech therapy goal for toddlers who are learning to talk in sentences. Learn 3 speech therapy tips and 3 activities you can use at home to teach 3 word phrases.
Teaching Toddlers To Talk In Sentences
See how you can encourage your toddler to put 3 or more words together in a sentence with at home speech therapy activities and strategies.
Teaching Verbs Helps Toddlers Say Sentences
Teaching toddlers verbs is one way to help them work towards talking in sentences. See 3 speech therapy tips and get our PDF activity handout with 3 fun and simple ways to teach verbs at home.
Teaching Toddlers To Use Phrases To Make Comments
Saying a 2 word phrase to tell you about something they experience is an exciting milestone for toddlers learning to talk. Learn speech therapy tips and activities you can use to build this skill at home.
Teaching Toddlers to Say 2 Words Together To Ask For What They Want
Toddlers begin to use 2 word phrases when they can say about 50-100 single words. Learn how to help your toddler reach this exciting 2 word milestone with these speech therapy tips and activities.
Putting 2 Words Together
Help your 2 year old learn to put words together with these speech therapy strategies for combining words. Plus, we’ve created 3 super easy at home activities that will help you teach your little one to combine words together.
Toddler Vocabulary Explosion
Toddler’s experience a vocabulary explosion and learn to say hundreds of new words. This lesson teaches you speech therapy tips and tricks for helping your toddler grow their vocabulary.
How to Encourage Your Child’s First Words!
First words are such an exciting milestone! Learn speech therapist and mom approved speech therapy tips and activities to help your child say their first word!