45 minute classes

Little Talkers: 6-24 months

PRE-K PREP: 18-30 months ​

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Little Talkers and Pre-K Prep classes are led by certified and licensed speech-language pathologists. Each class is 45 minutes in length and is packed with engaging and interactive activities, as well as parent/caregiver tips to facilitate language and speech production. Classes incorporate the use of songs, sign language, literacy activities, sensory play, gross motor activities, and play-based routines to foster child and parent/caregiver engagement and learning over the course of our semester.

 

Participants benefit from the repetition week to week and families report substantial growth after attending our weekly class consistently.

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During Little Talkers classes, the following skills are targeted: ​

• Building shared attention and connection

• Listening and following simple directions

• Learning through movement, music, and imitation

• Practicing turn-taking, social skills, and play

• Encouraging more words and early speech sounds

• Using everyday words with gestures and simple signs

• Growing longer phrases and sentences (early grammar)

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During Pre-K Prep classes, the following skills are targeted:

• Growing language-rich vocabulary through stories and play

• Speaking in 2-5 word sentences

• Turn-taking and socialization with peers

• Hands-on and engaging activities

• Use of motor and sensory play

• Prep for circle time (i.e. weather, feelings, days of the week)

• Early phonemic awareness skills needed for reading

• Practicing speech sounds in developmental sequence

• Following directions

• Cognitive skills needed for Pre-K

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