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THOSE AWARDS JUST KEEP COMING!
Hi Everybody, Those of you who've followed our company's journey are aware that our first two language-building felt playsets - MY LITTLE HOUSE and MY LITTLE FARM - have won a ton of awards from both mainstream organizations and those dealing with differently-abled kids. You can see most of those awards seals proudly displayed on our website. www.smartfelttoys.com AND NOW... we're honored that our two new products for 2022 are getting a lot of love and recognition from a prestigious source. M... -
Voyage LA profile of SmartFelt Founder/Owner Yvonne Johansen
Today we’d like to introduce you to Yvonne Johansen. Hi Yvonne, so excited to have you with us today. What can you tell us about your story? As a Speech Language Pathologist who has been working with little ones for more than three decades, it’s rewarding, a little surprising and very fulfilling to look back at the road I’ve traveled and the journey I’ve taken. For as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted to work with children. I enrolled in college not knowing exactly what my role with k... -
Everything you always wanted to know about Speech Pathology, but were afraid to ask!
Over the course of my 30+ career as a Speech-Language Pathologist, I've been asked many questions by parents and those interested in getting into the field. Here, in no particular order, are some of the most common. What is Speech Pathology? Speech pathology, or speech-language pathology, is the study and treatment of speech and language problems. It can be extremely rewarding for those of us who love to help others overcome obstacles, build confidence and develop communication abil... -
How to Create a Positive Learning Environment
The debate about the ideal learning environment has been ongoing through the centuries, and the shape and style of classrooms has shifted to meet different needs and follow different visions about learning. What makes this debate exciting is the many learning settings that have developed, from seminars to apprenticeships to mixed-age classrooms and self-paced online courses. There is most likely no single best learning environment, as different elements are conducive to different types of lea... -
COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS IN A PANDEMIC!
2020, Good riddance! If you're anything like us, you cannot wait to turn the page on this most heartbreaking, nerve wracking and devastating year anyone under 100 years of age can remember. It was a year of lost loved ones, lost businesses, lost jobs, lost homes and lost faith. Simply horrible. Almost no words to describe the toll this pandemic has taken on us all. Like 300,000 plus other American families, we also lost a parent to this scourge, and were - sadly and helplessly - not able to b... -
WHAT A CONCEPT!
As a Speech-Language Pathologist, I find the most invaluable things I can work on with my early learners are early language concepts!
I know, What a concept, right?
It's so important in the formulation of early language and vocabulary skills that kiddos embrace, learn and understand those concepts because, as we all know, they are the building blocks of effective language and speech. -
SIZE DOES MATTER!
SIZE DOES MATTER! Sometimes Necessity actually is the Mother of Invention. I know it certainly was the mother of my invention.For 20 years as an Speech Language Pathologist (SLP), I lugged a therapy bag around from home to home, school to school and clinic to clinic. That trusty bag o' mine would be stuffed to the gills with a variety of tools and toys. Because every kid's needs are different; every session required different go-to resources; games, flash cards, felt boards, tactile toys, mem... -
SHAME ON THE SHAMERS
SHAME ON THE SHAMERS
Nobody likes a bully. Nobody.
And that includes the bully himself.
It's the reason bullies bully in the first place.
Bullies hate themselves and project that hate on others, usually they ones they perceive as inferior to themselves.
Of course, bullying comes in many forms: physical, emotional, mental, positional.
Kids bully kids, adults bully kids and adults bully adults.
Bullying is never okay, but there's something exceptionally unseemly about the recent potshots at Joe Biden's well documented lifelong struggle with stuttering.#stuttering #speechpathology #learningdisabilities #bullying #autism