Support speech and language development for your child with a truly fun collection of songs. Music promotes speech and language development using interactive & creative play. Karin has lectured and trained extensively on the use of song & interactive play. The products are utilized by professional speech pathologists in therapy, by preschool teachers, and parents. It’s a fantastic learning tool that is fun for children and as easy to use as playing a CD. The CD's come with an Activity Book that describes how to reinforce the music with activities.
Exploring Language Through Song & Play
Exploring Language Through Song and Play I
A fun collection of songs that inspire children to sing along, and facilitate speech and language development. Songs are divided into six essential areas of speech and language: Articulation, Social Language, Receptive Language, Vocabulary Development, Voice, and Expressive Language. For example, under "Social Language" there are songs about turn taking, happy vs. sad feelings, and maintaining eye contact while communicating. "Articulation" includes songs that encourage imitation of sounds and mouth movements. "Vocabulary" has songs about word categories. These fun and useful CDs were created by Karin Howard, a speech and language pathologist, and Captain Al. Great for children ages 6 months to 5 years. Each CD includes a guide with suggested activities for each song.
Exploring Language Through Song and Play II is a great sequel to Exploring Language Through Song and Play I, however, it stands strongly on its own as well. Another fun collection of songs to provide opportunities for children to sing along AND participate in movement activities. Covers the 6 essential areas of speech and language development: articulation, social language, receptive language, vocabulary development, voice and expressive language. Educates parents on how to promote emerging speech, language and cognitive development in their child. Includes a CD and informative 36 page booklet with definition of terms, lyrics and activity suggestions.
Exploring Language Through Song and Play Best of Volume I & II
A compilation of the best of Volumes I and II, with included lyric and activity booklet, all enclosed in a convenient DVD-size jewel case.
Alan Riva (Captain Al) is the founder and president of ETM (Enrichment Through Music) Productions. Alan is a seasoned musician, songwriter and preschool educator, having spent 12 years creating and performing innovative and enriching entertainment for thousands of preschool children. He has received critical acclaim from parents, teachers, and caregivers for his keen ability to understand how young children learn through music, along with his unique way of communicating positive values and critical preschool foundational skills with an innovative combination of song, movement, activities, puppets, and social learning skills.
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