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Welcome to NTC's WeeTalk. Each month you will find interesting and helpful information relating to your child's growth and development, as well as many helpful and creative parenting tips and ideas. To view a copy of this month's curriculum, please click on Monthly Handouts. Thank you, Wee Talk Staff More fun things to come...

Monthly Curriculum

Please select this month's curriculum packet from below: -Curriculum for 07/2010 The following are some ways you can use the monthly curriculum to help bridge your child’s therapy in the clinic to what you are doing every day at home. You can also print the curriculum and bring it to your child’s therapist so that specific points can be highlighted and your child’s goals addressed 1. Use the pictures provided and find more in books and magazines to practice naming and pointing skills 2. Print and cut out two sets of pictures to use for matching and categorizing. You can also make your own flash cards with pictures from magazines 3. Match the picture to the object to help reinforce new words. Hide the pictures or objects in a bowl of rice or beans to use the added sensory input to emphasize the new word or skill they are learning 4. Older children can color and cut pictures to help reinforce new vocabulary they are learning 5. Use books and magazines to read to your child everyday. Talk about the things they see and relate them to familiar activities 6. Tape pictures around the house and in the car so the child can practice new wordsin a variety of settings 7. Find ways to use their new words in everyday activities. Children learn by repetition so repeat favorite activities and read favorite books over and over 8. Come up with your own creative ideas and make up your own games to give your child a lot of opportunities to practice new words and skills