One of my favorite events of the season in Westport’s Holiday Art Trail, where local artists open their studios and invite visitors in to view their work and hear their stories. This is the third year of the Art Trail where finding the studios is like...

I love art and have hopefully instilled that love in my three boys, one of whom is in an art related field. I’ve written before encouraging parents to listen for the language in art with their children. Recently, I sat out in the garage next to the...

The New York TImes ran an interesting article on the front page called, “Selling Lesson Plans Online, Teachers Raise Cash and Questions.” They discussed the new market for teachers to sell their lesson plans online and the philisophical question of...

I’ve always  been a proponent of play in preschool settings. Based on research, we know that play develops communication skills and social and emotional development. A recent article in the Washington Post “The Playtime’s the Thing,” supports the...

As a speech language therapist or parent of a child with language disorders, we want to expand our child’s play, while following their interests. The other day, I was playing with a little boy with the Fisher Price barn. After getting out the animals,...