How can a playgroup benefit my childs speech and language development?
• A playgroup provides the peer interaction and modeling so important to the development of speech and language. • Children watch their peers and interact with them in a different way than they do with their parents. (Hint: Watch two babies talking back and forth in their own special language.) What age should my child be for a playgroup? • Any child from birth to school age can benefit from a playgroup. • “Building blocks” of language start as early as two months of age. • Language acquisition milestones continue by leaps and bounds until around 4 years of age. • Between four and seven years of age, children fine-tune their existing skills. What is the best age mix for a playgroup? • Your child will learn speech and language skills best from children who are slightly older and, more importantly, slightly more skilled. • While your child will learn best from slightly more proficient children, make sure that their ages are not so far apart that they lack common interests and cannot part
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- My child is already on a waiting list or receiving speech/language services through the hospital or school. Would my child also benefit from private speech/language services?
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