Maggie Wade – Child & Family Development https://www.childandfamilydevelopment.com Family Therapy Practice Charlotte NC Fri, 05 Dec 2025 16:11:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 Baking & Building Language Skills in the Kitchen https://www.childandfamilydevelopment.com/blog/easy-ways-to-build-language-skills-in-the-kitchen/ Fri, 05 Dec 2025 16:10:16 +0000 https://www.childandfamilydevelopment.com/?p=4641 Speech and Baking: Easy Ways to Build Language Skills in the Kitchen Holiday baking isn’t just fun, it’s a great way to support your child’s speech and language skills while spending time together. Here are a few simple ways to turn kitchen moments into learning moments. Articulation (Speech Sounds) Holiday recipes use a lot of big multisyllable words like cinnamon, gingerbread…

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]]> Helping Your Child Communicate with Family Over the Holidays https://www.childandfamilydevelopment.com/blog/helping-your-child-communicate-with-family-over-the-holidays/ Tue, 18 Nov 2025 21:10:04 +0000 https://www.childandfamilydevelopment.com/?p=4636 Helping Your Child Communicate with Family Over the Holidays The holidays are a special time to catch up with family and friends. But for children in speech therapy, talking with unfamiliar adults can be tough, especially if they have trouble with speech sounds or language. Here are some easy tips to help make conversations smoother and more fun! If Your Child has Trouble with Speech…

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]]> How Speech Therapy Can Boost Literacy Skills https://www.childandfamilydevelopment.com/blog/how-speech-therapy-can-boost-literacy-skills/ Sun, 02 Nov 2025 08:00:21 +0000 https://www.childandfamilydevelopment.com/?p=4627 How Speech Therapy Can Boost Literacy Skills If your child is struggling with reading, you may already be exploring reading intervention or tutoring. But did you know that speech therapy can also play a key role in building reading skills? Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) don’t just help with pronunciation or speech sounds—we can help children strengthen the language foundations that…

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]]> Therapist Recommended: A Favorite Halloween Book https://www.childandfamilydevelopment.com/blog/a-favorite-spooky-season-book/ Mon, 20 Oct 2025 08:00:31 +0000 https://www.childandfamilydevelopment.com/?p=4615 A Favorite Spooky Season Book It’s that time of year again when our imaginations can run wild—Halloween! One of my favorite ways to celebrate is by sharing seasonal stories with kids. There are so many great Halloween reads, but one of my favorites is Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson and Alex Scheffler. It’s a playful, heartwarming tale that kids love, and it’s also packed with…

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