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Parents, use this resource as a guide to help develop your child's first words list that will be buildable to move into phrases. 6 different resources to help plan and create a plan specific to your child. SLPs, use this resource with your families to help them be a part of your goals in working towards BUILDABLE first words. Use these to show how their words are specific and unique to their child. Listen to Episode 64 of The Speech Source Podcast for more info and discussion on First Words

Cut out and laminate these ribbons to use over and over for encouragement during feeding therapy or at home to take the pressure off of interacting with new foods. With both suggested and blank versions of the ribbons, you will be able to use these with a variety of foods and as the child progresses. Listen to episode 57 of The Speech Source Podcast to hear about all of the different ideas and ways these ribbons can be used when working on exploring foods.

The Daily Routines and First Words Cards are an easy way for parents and caregivers to visually be reminded of powerful and important first words to be used during common daily routines. These visual can be used around the home to work on core vocabulary and language building. The visual routine photos are helpful for kids to see what happens during the routine, and the words are a cue for what parents can model during those routines. This is a great at home resource for parents to use to enc

December Seek and Find! This is a fun ice breaker activity during the holidays for speech sessions, or just a quick language matching activity with your little ones at home. Print two copies, laminate (or put in a plastic sleeve) one copy, cut the second copy into individual vocabulary, and play all sorts of games! Matching, hide the pics in a room, pull the pics out of a bag, play I Spy, describe the pictures you match, so many options! It's bright, easy, fun and a great activity to keep o