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10 Best Books to Help Your Toddler With Speech Delay

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The best books to help with toddler speech delay (our favorites), 1. my toddler talks: strategies and activities to promote your child’s language development by kimberly scanlon., 2.the speech teacher’s handbook: a parent’s guide to speech and language by molly dresner., 3. counting kisses by karen katz., 4. the pigeon has feelings too by mo willems., 5. if you give a mouse a cookie by laura numeroff., 6. that’s not my puppy by fiona watt., 7. first 100 words board book box set by roger priddy., 8. hickory dickory dock and other favorite nursery rhymes illustrated by sanja rescek., 9. barnyard dance by sandra boynton., 10. the napping house by audrey and don wood..

By Lori Ennis, M.S. Ed.

If your toddler has a speech delay , you’ve most likely found yourself googling, best books to help with toddler speech delay , in hopes of helping your child develop his or her speech. We know that reading makes a difference in the language and vocabulary acquisition of all children.

In fact, a recent study found that reading to our children every day gives them exposure to nearly 1.4 million more words by the time they enter kindergarten as compared to their peers who are not read to consistently. Other studies have found that reading to your children gives a better predicted reading success rates. In his research , Dr. Dominic Massaro found that while talking to your children definitely gives them better vocabulary, reading to them is even more effective.

It’s particularly important to find books to help toddlers with speech delay because reading those to them can go a long way in helping them develop word mastery. Dr. Massaro studies language acquisition and literacy and found that when it comes to looking for books to help toddlers with speech delay, picture books are two to three times as likely to expose your child to new words and pronunciations.

What To Look For In Books To Help Toddlers With Speech Delay

When it comes to finding the best books to help with toddler speech delay, you’ll want to pay attention to several things. Toddlers love details and will scan picture books for things they recognize, are unfamiliar and things about which they are curious. The best books to help toddlers with speech delay will have clear and colorful illustrations and/or drawings. Toddlers love photographic images as well, and love to find the similarities to their own lives in them. It’s important, though, that the illustrations are not too busy and distracting because sometimes they’ll focus more on what they see over what you’re saying. Point out words to describe the images for a better connection.

As well, when looking for the best books to help toddlers with speech delay, remember that toddlers love the neat little facets of books that keep their interest. They love to touch and feel, so books that pop-up or have lift-the-flaps or things that they can rub for sensory input are great to keep them interested and listening. 

When it comes to content for books, remember that when choosing books to help toddlers with speech delay, you’re not necessarily looking for big concepts or to teach them something new. There are plenty of great books out there that they’d love and you can read to them that will do that, but when looking for toddler books to help with their speech delay, you want to find books that pay particular attention to every-day vocabulary.

Toddlers love to make connections, so books about animals and environments with which they’re familiar are always winners. As are books about families and friends, food and playthings. When you’re reading, make connections with them; “Yes, you have a raincoat just like the one she is wearing!” Those connections help solidify basic vocabulary concepts as you’re reading.

And while you may find lots of books with tactile opportunities for toddlers, you still may find you’ll want books that will grab and keep their attention. Those books tend to be ones that have rhyming patterns, lots of opportunity for inflection and intonation. Books with alliteration and onomatopoeia are always hits and especially when caregivers have fun in the reading, so don’t shy away from sound effects!

There are so many authors and books that we adore to help your toddler’s speech develop, so this is by no means an exhaustive list. We also know that there are tons of books to read to your child, but also some you might want to read for yourself and we’ll throw those in too.

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My Toddler Talks: Strategies and Activities to Promote Your Child’s Language Development

The Speech Teacher’s Handbook: A Parent’s Guide to Speech & Language

Counting Kisses

The Pigeon Has feelings, too!

A Mouse Cookie First Library (If You Give…)

Thats Not My puppy

First 100 Board Book Box Set (3 books)

Hickory, Dickory, Dock: and other favorite nursery rhymes (Padded Nursery Rhyme Board Books)

Barnyard Dance! (Boynton on Board)

The Napping House board book

This is a great resource for parents and caregivers who believe their toddlers may have a speech delay. Scanlon is also the author of Learning To Read Is A Ball, and knows the connection between developing language and reading skills in later school. She gives parents and caregivers fun and practical ways to help facilitate language development and advice parents can use that doesn’t frustrate them or their children. The book also offers various play routines (because children learn best through connected play) that will help develop speech and language skills, and step-by-step directions for caregivers and parents who are first working with toddlers who have speech delays .

Dresner is a Speech-Language Therapist and Feeding therapist who believes that helping your child develop speech and language skills should be fun, whether you have a toddler with speech delay or not. She incorporates fun and functional tips and activities that you can use with your child to boost their language development, and she does so with your child’s daily routines in mind. She offers milestone information and fun activities to help your child meet them, and it’s another great parent reference for working with toddlers who have speech delays.

Author and illustrator Karen Katz use this delightful book with colorful imagery to engage toddlers as they’re read to by parents, grandparents, and caregivers. She uses functional daily words but also adds vivid adjectives to give your toddler the exposure. It gives repetition in counting kisses, as well as simple sentences you and your toddler can say together and repeat with each other.

Iconic children’s author Mo Willems offers toddlers little doses of his famous pigeon in this book that gives children exposure to feeling words as well as the opportunity for listening to and learning appropriate inflection and pragmatic reflection. His books are wildly popular with kids of all ages, but with their very basic wording and engaging images, toddlers with speech delays will feel comfortable listening to and repeating pigeons strong feelings and emotions

We love all of Numeroff’s Circle stories but have a special place in our hearts for the one where we first met Mouse. Toddlers LOVE the antics of Mouse and the repeated characters with minimal text on the pages make it perfect for allowing your toddler to take in the scenes and the words. There’s lots of opportunity for conversation. “Is Mouse silly? Yes, Mouse is SILLY!” and this collection has not only If You Give A Mouse A Cookie but If You Take A Mouse To School in board book form, perfect for toddlers.

Any of the Usborne’s “That’s Not My…” series books are perfect books for toddlers with speech delay because they offer so much tactile opportunity. The repeated text is perfect for toddlers to giggle with anticipation over, and to mimic in their own daily routines with practical wording. They introduce basic vocabulary with some enriched adjectives but with minimal phrasing, so toddlers are not overwhelmed as they feel the different features of the puppy. You can’t have enough of these books!

This is a must-have set of board books (also makes a GREAT baby shower gift!) for any parent of a toddler but definitely for parents of toddlers with speech delays. His colorful pictures with literally nothing but the object word allow toddlers to hear you say the word and to have an understanding of what they’ve heard (with the help of the picture). This is pivotal to their language acquisition as toddlers with speech delay will learn best by hearing the word and having a connected understanding of the word for reference. We love that they’re real pictures as toddlers will be able to make real-world connections.

Books based on classic nursery rhymes with sing-songy tempo are perfect for toddlers, particularly if they show interest in music anyway. The repeated text is a great listening and learning tool for toddlers and the timeless words can be put to music. Sometimes toddlers with speech delays will be able to ‘sing’ or ‘hum’ when they can’t otherwise ‘speak,’ so giving them a repertoire of rhymes with pictures to make a connection is a great way to build vocabulary.

Sandra Boynton’s books are fabulous resources for toddlers with speech delays because they have plenty of repeated text, colorful imagery, and fun antics that keep toddlers engaged and participating in the story! Toddlers love dancing and stomping with the barn animals, and that added sensory input as they’re hearing and processing what they hear helps bring the words to them in a more concrete way. We love the verbs she gives toddlers with each animal’s activities and there’s minimal text on the pages for better interest in illustrations while listening.

Another toddler favorite, it’s especially great for toddlers with speech delay because it uses repeated speech for a connected story from plot to resolution. It has been enhanced with beautiful imagery and attention to detail that toddlers will happily enjoy. There’s plenty of opportunity for authentic conversation with your toddler, “What’s going on here? Where what’s the dog doing? Where’d HE come from?” and it’s a story they’ll want to hear over and over. And that’s exactly what you’re looking to have happened!

These are but just ten of our picks for the best books to help with toddler speech delay. Any book with colorful images, minimal and/or repeated text and authentic conversation opportunity can make a difference and be a best book for toddlers, but the most important thing is the vocal exposure.

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Best Books for Speech Therapy for Toddlers

In my week of making lists, I wanted to add a post with recommendations for the best books for speech therapy for toddlers.

If you need specific therapy ideas, I’ve devoted 3 entire podcasts to this topic and you can find those here:

Making Books Better Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3

Here’s the list of books — along with potential goals to help you plan how to use the books to target language skills in toddlers with language delays.

Please keep in mind that many of the books I’m including are picture books meaning there’s no storyline, but the pictures are engaging and perfect for building a busy toddler’s attention, sharing an experience together (to target joint attention), learning how to link meaning with words, and finally, naming pictures. Some books are listed under multiple goals — which is even better! I’ve included a few more books that I love and use mostly for “just reading” to help a child learn to listen to a whole story at the bottom of the list.

This information is discussed in detail in podcast #415 .

Demonstrate awareness and enjoyment of books measured by attending/listening with joint attention, not mouthing book immediately, righting the picture, and turning pages.

Little Blue Truck

See Touch Feel Books by Roger Priddy

Point at pictures for awareness (not accuracy – that’s coming up!)

Bright Baby Board Books by Roger Priddy

To teach pointing…

Introduce sliding books for kids who need practice isolating their index fingers to point. 

For more specific strategies for helping children learn to point, watch this video.

Slide and Find

Cheerios books – to target pincer grasp

Complete simple actions with books.

Watch the show for more specific ideas, but in this phase, you’re modeling an action for a child to imitate such as kissing a baby, patting a puppy, knocking on a door, etc.

Roger Priddy Bright Baby

Follow the directions in the book for imitating actions: 

Pat the Bunny

Repeat One Action for the Entire Book

Never Feed a Shark

Modify Books like Moo Baa La La La

Song-Themed Books

5 Little Monkeys

To teach a child to imitate using Peer Modeling:

Shake a Leg

Identify familiar pictures on request.

(We’ll do much more about targeting receptive language with books in the next developmental range in show #416!)

Bright Baby Board Books

In my podcast #416 Making Books Better for Toddlers with Language Delays Part Two, I demonstrated strategies for the following goals with specific books for speech therapy sessions and recommend to parents. Here’s that list for you. For detailed instructions for using these books to meet the following 6 early literacy goals for kids with language delays who are in the 18 to 36 month developmental period, please watch show #416 !

Goal #1… Identify familiar pictures on request.

A child will point to the picture you name as you say, “Show me the ___,” “Where’s the ____?” “Find the ____.” or “I see the ___. You find the ____.”

Begin with simple picture books and when a child is ready, increase your complexity. (more about that in show #417!)

Roger Priddy Books

Here’s the book I use for making “sets” of objects to match with pictures. See details in show # 416 .

Not the same book sound book as I used in the podcast, but very similar:

Goal 2: Match pictures to objects

Select a book with familiar objects and find an object (try for one per page) so that the child can match the object to the picture.

Goal 1: Child will imitate play sounds and exclamatory words while reading books.

Goal 2: Child will imitate familiar words during verbal routines using books.

Goal 6: Child will name pictures.

Select counting books with familiar words and instead of counting the objects name them sequentially. For example, on a page of 3 dogs, you’ll say, “Dog. Dog… (expectant waiting for the child to fill in “dog.”)

In my podcast #417 Making Books Better for Late Talking Toddlers (18 to 36 months), I demonstrated strategies for the following goals with specific books I use in therapy sessions and recommend to parents. Here’s that list for you. For detailed instructions for using these books to meet the following 6 early literacy goals for kids with language delays who are in the 18 to 36 month developmental period, please watch show #417.

Previous books lists for 415 (part 1 of this series) and 416 (part 2 of this series)

• Identify pictures of familiar actions or verbs.

Open the Barn Door

Mrs. Wishy Washy

Maisy Goes to Preschool

What Are They Doing?

First 100 Words

2. Identify pictures of first location words or prepositions.

3. Find 2 pictures on request as a prequisite for following two-part commands. 

Troubleshooting Ideas:

ACTIVE BOOK – younger – Eric Carle

Make any book active just by giving a job on every page

Design activities around personal preferences to help with attention/participation/and general listening.

4. Identify objects by function. 

5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

5. Answer yes/no questions

6. Teach negation “not”

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As a speech therapist specializing in working with toddlers, books are a go-to activity for me!  Here are a few that have become all time favorites over the years:

My First Learn to Talk Book:

We typically hear little ones imitate fun sounds before they imitate words. This book, written by a Speech Pathologist, is full of these sounds. You can model sounds and gestures to encourage your little one to imitate. It also has a wonderful close-up pictures of toddlers saying the sounds!

Brown Bear :

I love to sing this one to the tune of “Twinkle, Twinkle.” Add the animal sounds in to encourage imitation. Pause on wait before saying, “me” and model gesturing to yourself

Dada/ Everything Mama:

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Who Says Peek-a-Boo?

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Peek-a-who?

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My First Noisy Books :

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Oh No, Poo Poo/Pee Pee:

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Lift the flap books are great because they add an interactive component. Use this book to model animal noises. You can also model knocking on the boxes to encourage imitation of gestures and signing/saying open before you open each box

All Better!:

For beginning talkers, I ignore the text and simplify the language such as, “Puppy went boom!” You can model gesture such as blowing a kiss and words like boo-boo and ouch!”

Goodnight Moon:

This classic book is great for imitation of the gesture and/or sound “shhhh!” If your little one is beginning to use more words, they might enjoy saying, “Night Night” to all the animals

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The 10 best Children’s Picture Books for Speech Delay

The best books for speech delay are books that are both visually engaging and feature short, repeatable sounds that are developmentally appropriate.

For the 2-4 year old toddler crowd we want to be focused on achievable sounds. Words with consonant sounds of /p,m,h,n,w,b/ (ex: bye, bye, moo, hi) and even /k,g,d,t,ng/ (ex: cat, bang, dog) are going to be great targets to work on because we’re going to see more accuracy and faster success when working with these sounds.

See the chart below for your child’s age group. Keep in mind the chart is referring to the range in which 90% of children’s same aged peers have developed these sounds. If your child is 3 and hasn’t mastered /k/ yet, that sound would still not be considered delayed until they are 4.

Below are our top 10 favorite kids books for speech delay which encourage and entice speech production during readings.

#1 Tiggy the Turtle : A Speech Delay Story

B. Daugherty MS SLP & My Speech Pals Book Series

Best Bedtime Story

Yes we may be bias because it’s written by an MS-SLP (speech and language pathologist) but they really know what to target and it shows in this book.

In the book there are numerous opportunities for short repeatable sounds which are actually achievable & appropriate targets for the 2-4 age range (ta-da, go, etc.). The sounds are done in a sing-song way which makes it feel as if it’s a song and not really speech work. Musical kiddos will love this book.

We love this book not only for its beautiful illustrations but also for the representation of speech delay in a main character, themes of friendship, acceptance, and family.

#2 Quack! Moo! Oink!: Listen to Animals Around the Farm – 10-Button Children’s Sound Book, Ages 2-7 

Parragon Books

Best Interactive Book

What we love about this book is the use of animal sounds and interactive buttons ! Board books for this age group are going to last a long time and make early literacy skills of turning pages easy and manageable. While Tiggy would be a perfect bedtime story, this book is the perfect daytime activity because the buttons may be too exciting for a pre-bed activity.

What is great about using animal sounds for early speech is they’re not only engaging, but they’re also very repeatable. What we hope to see for this book is kids using the buttons before reading, during reading and after reading to stock up on those repetitions.

#3 Boom Chicka Boom

Bill Martin Jr. & John Archambault

Best Song and Counting Book

This is one of our favorite hands down children’s book. While the word “Chicka” may trip up some young speakers the repeatable “Boom” is a perfect target for early speakers. If you haven’t seen the YouTube video it’s important to watch that first as you’ll learn the song and rhythm of how the book should be read. This book is excellent for counting skills as well.

#4 The Icky Sticky Frog

Salina Yoon

Best Verb Carryover Book

This book has communication temptation all over it. The book comes with a long sticky icky tongue which kids will love to pull and play with but won’t get lost. We love the amount of repetition, rhyming, and use of fun short achievable words. This sing-song rhyming story is perfect for young kids to play finish the sentence with you as they repeat this book. This book will have your kid saying icky all day long which we love!

#5 Tic Tak the Doggie Dog

B. Daugherty MS SLP, My Speech Pals

Best Simple Word Book

Yes we can’t get enough of My Speech Pals. Tic Tak is actually a sing-a-long book and goes to the tune of “If you’re happy and you know it clap your hands.” This book is a serious earworm which will make it popular with the kids and hopefully help them to continue singing throughout the day. This book is great for its short words, many of which are in the /t,d,k,g/ realm (2-4 y.o range) making it easy for kids to be successful and accurate with these sounds.

#6 Beyond Words

Best for School Aged Children

#7 Aiden goes to speech

Lisa Mortansen

Best Speech Therapy Book

Many kids with speech delays will end up going to speech therapy at some point to work on their words. This book is a fun story about Aiden who is nervous about going to speech therapy but finds friends and fun in the sessions. This is another “must have” for teachers as certain children are being pulled to go to speech.

#8 A Ball for Daisy

Chris Raschika

Best (nearly) Wordless Book

This New York times bestseller is not a speech book but the easy story line and fun characters make this the perfect speech book… in the right hands. Working on simple words such as “doggie, ball, uh-oh, oh-no, bad dog” you can create a book that caters to the speech sounds you’re looking to produce for your young kiddos. As they progress in speech you can expand your vocabulary to include more complex sounds and word combinations.

#9 The Dinosaur who could not roar: The tale of a speech delayed t-rex

Stephanie Kneisler

Best Dinosaur book

While the use of the word “roar” is not an achievable target for a toddler (we’d be looking for a “waw” from this age) we still love this book for a great speech delay story! This book will be engaging for toddlers who love dinosaurs and we love the use of a main character with speech delay, and the themes of friendship, and courage .

#10 It Takes Two to Talk: A practical guide for parents of children with language delay

Elaine Weitzman

Best for Parents & Increasing Overall Language Exposure

This is a great book to coach parents on how to include more language exposure and opportunities for speech production in the house. This book provides the foundation of how to set up your child for success and build in habits that will last as your child continues to develop as a speaker. What we love about this book is it does not look to change entire routines or ask parents to block out 30 minutes a day to work on speech. Instead this book looks at how to optimize the moments where speech is already there in a supportive way which parents will appreciate.

Honorable Mention

Baby Sign Language made easy: 101 signs to start communicating with your child now

Lane Rebelo

Best for Sign Language

When you go into speech therapy with a non-verbal or limitedly verbal kiddo one of the first things many SLPs will work on is including some basic hand signs into requests. Evidence is still limited but parental reports has supported that inclusion of signs can help better understand toddler requests and reduce frustration in pre-lingual stages.

https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/concern/honors_theses/tm70n045d

Final Thoughts

At the end of the day what we’re looking for is engagement and interest in any activity that elicits speech production. While these books are great, make sure to look in your own library as well for books you already have which use simple repeatable words.

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5 Must-Have Toddler Books Recommended by an SLP

Jamie Lacroix

Toddler books: the building blocks for literacy and learning.

Did you know that reading books with your toddler is a great way to boost their language and literacy skills ?  In addition to setting a strong foundation for future learning, shared reading can also strengthen your bond with your child and nurture a love for books as they grow older. We can’t recommend it enough! On this blog, NAPA SLP Jamie shares her top 5 toddler books to add to your child’s library. Happy reading!

5 Board Books for Toddlers Chosen by an SLP

1. “where’s spot” by eric hill.

This interactive lift-the-flap book is very engaging for toddlers. It provides simple language and introduces prepositions. Here are some ideas you can target while reading the book:

• Vocabulary: identify words like ‘door’ and ‘dog’
• Yes/no questions while searching for Spot (Is that Spot?)
• Prepositions: ‘in,’ ‘under,’ ‘behind.’
• Questions: Where is Spot? Can you find him?
• Following directions: encourage your child to point to Spot.

2. “Brown Bear, Brown Bear” by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle

This book introduces colors and animals and is highly repetitive – making learning fun and predictable!  Here are some ideas you can target while reading the book:

• Engage your child by pausing on pages with the words ‘I,’ ‘see,’ and ‘me,’ providing opportunities for them to participate by filling in the word.
• Use the book as a tool to expand your child’s language. For instance, if they say ‘bird, you can model ‘red bird.’
• Discuss the sounds the animals make.

3. “Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed” by Eileen Christelow

This engaging story is great for learning about body parts, counting, and acting out actions. Here are some ideas you can target while reading the book:

• Use your fingers to count from one to five.
• Act out action words like ‘phone’ by mimicking a phone call and bringing your hand to your ear, and use one finger to motion ‘no, no.’
• Touch your head when the monkey in the story bumps its own head.
• Introduce rhyming words like ‘head’ and ‘bed.’

4. “Pop up Peek a Boo” by Dawn Sirett

This series of pop-up books are full of so many choices!  Animals, body parts, and vehicles are just a few of the developmentally appropriate topics to introduce to your toddler!  Here are some ideas you can target while reading the book:

• During the repetitive phrase ‘peek a boo,’ pause after saying ‘peek-a’ giving your child the opportunity to produce ‘boo’
• Highlight the words ‘up’ and ‘down’ as each page opens and closes, reinforcing the concept of movement
• Encourage your child to say ‘hello’ and ‘goodbye’ to the pop-up picture on each page.

5. Dear Zoo” by Rod Campbell

This fun lift-the-flap book is a great way to develop your child’s language, listening skills, attention, and more.  It’s filled with repetitive phrases, zoo animals, and describing words that will continue to build their vocabulary.  Here are some ideas you can target while reading the book:

• Engage in role-play to act out various descriptive words such as ‘scary,’ ‘grumpy,’ and ‘tall.’
• Explore prepositions like ‘in,’ and ‘back.’
• Expand vocabulary by discussing sizes (big, small, tall) and attributes (grumpy, jumpy)

Inspire a Lifelong Love of Reading With These Toddler Books

Early exposure to reading sets the stage for future academic success and provides a solid foundation for lifelong learning. It sparks imagination, promotes cognitive development, and introduces them to a world of knowledge, as well as cherished moments between you and your child.

Find Additional Resources in the NAPA Blog:

• 5 Easy Tips to Encourage Your Toddler’s Speech Development
• The Difference Between Receptive and Expressive Language
• 5 Great Language Development Activities
• 3 Activities to Promote Oral Language Development

About the Author

While researching different ways to help her children, both of whom needed speech services, Jamie discovered a love for the world of speech and language. Like many moms, she relies on and appreciates how her kid’s speech therapists have transformed her family’s life and overall wellbeing. Jamie insists, “There is no better feeling than working with a child and seeing them grow with their speech, language, and communication.”

About NAPA Center

NAPA offers speech therapy to children of all ages to address delays and disorders in expressive/receptive language, articulation, oral motor dysfunction, apraxia of speech, social language, fluency, feeding and swallowing, and cognitive skills.

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My Toddler Talks: Strategies and Activities to Promote Your Child's Language Development Paperback – November 6, 2012

• Print length 113 pages
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• Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; First Edition (November 6, 2012)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 113 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1477693548
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1477693544
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.9 ounces
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 0.29 x 11 inches
• #146 in Communicative Disorders in Special Ed. (Books)
• #427 in Parenting & Family Reference
• #766 in Baby & Toddler Parenting

About the author

Kimberly scanlon.

Kimberly is a New Jersey-licensed speech pathologist and is nationally certified by the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA). She is also the Top Selling author of "My Toddler Talks", the critically acclaimed interactive picture book, "Learning to Read is a Ball", and her latest book, "My Toddler's First Words". Kimberly is a creative thinker and a passionate therapist who believes that children should have fun in therapy. Kimberly has had the opportunity to hone her skills by working in various settings serving all ages, populations, and disorders. She is a four time recipient of ASHA's award for continuing education (ACE). She graduated from Rutgers University with a Bachelor of Science and earned her Master of Arts in Communication Disorders from Montclair State University.

In addition to writing books and blog posts, Kimberly is busy running her private practice, Scanlon Speech Therapy. Kimberly lives in New Jersey with her husband and two children.

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Customers find the book useful for teaching parents how to talk with their toddlers. They say it provides a great guide for working with their son in the house. Readers also mention the book is easy to explain and follow, with step-by-step tips and simple ideas. They appreciate the fun activities and find them engaging.

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Customers find the book useful for teaching parents how to talk with their toddlers. They say it provides a great guide for working with their sons in the house. Readers also mention the book gives specific advice in a progressive format.

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Customers find the book easy to explain and follow. They appreciate the step-by-step tips, simple ideas, and specifics on how to play with kids. Readers also mention the book is structured well with detailed descriptions and provides many practical ideas.

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