Fun Mommy and Me Classes for Children Six Months to Five Years!

This program is best for children who:

• • Are 6 to 18 months old
  • Are typically-developing
  • Have a family history of language delays or learning disabilities
  • Could benefit from messy play so they learn to tolerate new sensations
  • Love playing with their adults

Together, we will:

• • Engage them through age-appropriate play that uses all of their senses
  • Use sensory and other exploratory activities to facilitate early communication skills
  • Practice responding to their earliest attempts at communication to enable faster learning

This is important because:

• • Communication begins VERY early… earlier than most realize!
  • The faster we can show them that we’re listening and begin shaping their language skills, the more robust their brain development will be
  • It’s just plain fun!

When is it & how much does it cost?

• • Mondays, 9:00-9:45 am
  • April 17 to June 5
    • Closed for Memorial Day
    • Make-up dates are on June 12th and 19th
  • $325

Please note: groups are limited to six children and their adults

This program is best for children who:

• • Are 18-36 months old
  • Are typically-developing or are later talkers
  • Have a family history of language delays or learning disabilities (especially those with a family history of dyslexia and/or dysgraphia)
  • Could use a gentle push in the areas of speech and language
  • Love storytime, art & play!

Together, we will:

• • Use toddler-friendly art activities to encourage vocabulary development and sentence length expansion
  • Practice early and critical skills in the areas of phonological, semantic, and syntactic langauge

This is important because:

• • The earlier skills develop, the stronger they will be
  • Strong language skills often result in strong academic skills later on
  • Play, language, and cognitive skills develop together… when there is a delay in one area, there is usually a delay in all three areas
    • Likewise, a growth spurt in one area can cause growth spurts in other areas!

When is it & how much does it cost?

• • Mondays, 10:15-11:00 am
  • April 17 to June 5
    • Closed for Memorial Day
    • Make-up dates are on June 12th and 19th
  • $325

Please note: groups are limited to six children and their adults

This program is best for children who:

• • Are 3 to 5 years old
  • Are typically-developing or were later talkers
  • Have a family history of language delays or learning disabilities (especially those with a family history of dyslexia and/or dysgraphia)
  • Want a head start on the road to reading in kindergarten
  • Love storytime, art & play!

Together, we will:

• • Use art and story time activities to engage them in fun and learning
  • Practice early and critical skills in the areas of phonological awareness, the alphabetic principle, and letter-sound knowledge during fun art activities, read-alouds, etc.

This is important because:

• • The reading and spelling skills learned in elementary school actually begin in preschool when they gain an understanding of the sounds coming out of their mouth
  • Playing with the sounds coming out of their mouth through activities like rhyming and alliteration form the foundation of reading and spelling skills because letters are simply visual representations of speech sounds
  • By strengthening these skills now, we can actually avoid problems down the road (this is especially true for those at risk for dyslexia)

When is it & how much does it cost?

• • Mondays, 12:15-1:45 pm
  • April 17 to June 5
    • Closed for Memorial Day
    • Make-up dates are on June 12th and 19th
  • $375

Please note: groups are limited to six children and their adults