Meredith Lang Speech-Language Pathologist

10/30/2023

Trick or Treat Cards
Know a little one with speech difficulties? Cut out these little cards to hand out when trick-or-treating.

09/22/2023

The science of baby babble is surprisingly complex. And the idea that a baby exposed to two languages will be confused? Let's see what babble researchers have to say about that.

05/18/2023

Happy National Speech-Language Pathologist Day!

10/31/2022

We all know how much children love to celebrate Halloween. Did you know you can make learning fun and safe at Halloween time with candy? Here are some speech and language enrichment follow up activities your children will love!
Math & Candy:
*Addition: Have your child count how many pieces of candy he/she collected during trick or treating.
*More/Less: You can help your child graph the different candy to see which candy he/she collected more/less of.
*Subtraction: Find the difference between different candies (ex: skittles vs m & m).
*Counting: Open up a bag of skittles/m &m and count how many of each color, how many altogether?
*Prediction: Predict how many pieces of candy will be in a box of Nerds or bag of skittles.
Language & Candy:
*Categorization: Have your child empty all the candy on the table and categorize.
Sort Different candy by names/ sort by sugar candy vs. chocolate candy/ sort by candy size/ sort by color/ sort by texture (soft vs. chewy vs. crunchy).
*Concepts: Discuss which candy to eat-first, second, third, next, last.
*Answering questions: Which candy is your favorite and why? Which candy will you give away and why?
*Problem Solving: What will happen if you eat all your Halloween candy? What will happen if you eat a few pieces of candy vs. many pieces of candy?
*Compare/Contrast: How are 2 candies alike/different (skittles vs. m&m)? How do they taste (sour, sweet)? How are the textures alike/ different? How do they look (color, size)?

05/18/2022

Happy National SLP Day! I love my job!

11/01/2021

Halloween Language Enrichment Activities
We all know how much children love to celebrate Halloween. Halloween might look a little different this year. Did you know you can make learning fun and safe at Halloween time with candy? Here are some language enrichment activities your children will love!
Math & Candy:
*Addition: Have your child count how many pieces of candy he/she collected during trick or treating.
*More/Less: You can help your child graph the different candy to see which candy he/she collected more/less of.
*Subtraction: Find the difference between different candies (ex: skittles vs m & m).
*Counting: Open up a bag of skittles/m &m and count how many of each color, how many altogether?
*Prediction: Predict how many pieces of candy will be in a box of Nerds or bag of skittles.
Language & Candy:
*Categorization: Have your child empty all the candy on the table and categorize.
Sort Different candy by names/ sort by sugar candy vs. chocolate candy/ sort by candy size/ sort by color/ sort by texture (soft vs. chewy vs. crunchy).
*Concepts: Discuss which candy to eat-first, second, third, next, last.
*Answering questions: Which candy is your favorite and why? Which candy will you give away and why?
*Problem Solving: What will happen if you eat all your Halloween candy? What will happen if you eat a few pieces of candy vs. many pieces of candy?
*Compare/Contrast: How are 2 candies alike/different (skittles vs. m&m)? How do they taste (sour, sweet)? How are the textures alike/ different? How do they look (color, size)?

03/03/2021

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

Tuesday is Read Across America Day and Dr. Seuss's birthday. Those two events, however, aren't as closely linked as in past years.

10/30/2020

Wishing everyone a safe and fun Halloween!

10/30/2020

Halloween Language Enrichment Activities

We all know how much children love to celebrate Halloween. Halloween might look a little different this year. Did you know you can make learning fun and safe at Halloween time with candy? Here are some language enrichment activities your children will love!

Math & Candy:
*Addition: Have your child count how many pieces of candy he/she collected during trick or treating.
*More/Less: You can help your child graph the different candy to see which candy he/she collected more/less of.
*Subtraction: Find the difference between different candies (ex: skittles vs m & m).
*Counting: Open up a bag of skittles/m &m and count how many of each color, how many altogether?
*Prediction: Predict how many pieces of candy will be in a box of Nerds or bag of skittles.

Language & Candy:
*Categorization: Have your child empty all the candy on the table and categorize.
Sort Different candy by names/ sort by sugar candy vs. chocolate candy/ sort by candy size/ sort by color/ sort by texture (soft vs. chewy vs. crunchy).
*Concepts: Discuss which candy to eat-first, second, third, next, last.
*Answering questions: Which candy is your favorite and why? Which candy will you give away and why?
*Problem Solving: What will happen if you eat all your Halloween candy? What will happen if you eat a few pieces of candy vs. many pieces of candy?
*Compare/Contrast: How are 2 candies alike/different (skittles vs. m&m)? How do they taste (sour, sweet)? How are the textures alike/ different? How do they look (color, size)?

05/20/2020

Happy National Speech Pathologist Day!

05/15/2020