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Look Who's Talking | 
 enlarge | Author: Laura Dyer
Creator: Bruce Lansky
Publisher: Meadowbrook
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 533328
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.6
ISBN: 0684020696
Dewey Decimal Number: 401.93
EAN: 9780684020693
ASIN: 0684020696
Publication Date: November 1, 2003
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Condition: Paperback, Book in Excellent Condition
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Product Description
Based on the latest academic research, Laura Dyer has written the most comprehensive and practical book on the market to help parents enhance their child's language development. It covers pre-verbal signs and gestures and provides more information than any other book on:- How to nurture pre-literary skills - How to enhance speech and language skills from birth to age 7 - How reading to your child can enhance language development and literacy - How to use music to enhance language development - How to recognize warning signs of the most common language problems and what to do if you find them - What the effect of bilingualism is on language development and how to deal with the most common problems that arise
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Very informative book April 25, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I purchased this book several months ago seeking advice and tools to help my daughter who is developmentally delayed. I found this book to be filled with very practical advice and tools that a parent can use to help their child to develop great language skills. I highly recommend this book.
Wonderful resource for parents January 31, 2005
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Look Who's Talking is a wonderful resource for parents who have questions about their child's speech. Laura Dyer, a speech-language therapist with a master's degree in communications disorders, has written a book that is well researched, easy to use and full of practical advice.
Look Who's Talking begins with an overview of speech and language development, including influences, potential problems and causes. Complicating issues such as auditory processing, hearing, language delays, and developmental delays are discussed. One of the key features of this book is the very detailed descriptions provided for each age and developmental stage; parents of babies and older children will find this a helpful resource.
Offers straight answers to common questions October 17, 2004
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Knowledgeably written by Laura Dyer (a speech-language therapist especially skilled in working with children), Look Who's Talking! How To Enhance Your Child's Language Development, Starting At Birth draws upon academic research and field work alike in order to show how parents just how they can help stimulate their children's ability to use language. Individual chapters address such topics as proverbial signs and gestures; common language development concerns and warning signs; steps for successful sign language usage; bilingualism and second-language learning; the unique challenges of international adoptions; using music to enhance language development, and so much more, Look Who's Talking! offers straight answers to common questions and is highly recommended reading for the parents of bubbling young personalities wanting to express themselves with an articulation suitable to their age.
Helpful Book! May 12, 2004
Look Who's Talking is an excellent book. Ms. Dyer has obviously reviewed a large volume of research (see the notes section for many helpoful resources)and has covered many topics. Yet, she has managed to write in terms that are easily understood and helpful to parents and others. She has included specific examples to illustrate important points. Her book is filled with helpful and encouraging statements like these.- You are your child's first and most important language model.
- Language is best learned by doing.
- Talking about a child's interests helps language development.
- Active learning is better than passive learning. The author describes scaffolding as it relates to speech and language development. She includes helpful charts which provide information about a wide variety of topics including the following. - Sound Acquisition
- Consonant Cluster Acquisition
- Recommended Staff-Child Ratios (childcare centers)
- Signs of Hearing Impairment I have a copy of this book myself, and I have given the book as a baby shower gift. I also have the author's Little Language Songs for Little Ones tape, which my children and I enjoy listening to in the car. You'll be glad you added this book to your personal or professional library.
A Must Read for Every Parent! April 2, 2004
This book is a treasure--a definite "must-have" for every parent's bookshelf!Speech and Language pathologist, Laura Dyer has written the ultimate book on how children acquire speech and
language skills during the first seven years of life. The book is comprehensive in its scope, yet is very readable
and practical as well. Are you mystified about how babies learn to talk? Do you wonder how to tell if a child is experiencing developmental lags, or speech difficulties? Maybe you want to know the ideal time to introduce a foreign language to a child, or how to teach English to a child
adopted from another country. Should you use sign language to improve communication with your child, even if they aren't hearing impaired? How can a parent or caregiver ready a child for the important task of learning to read? In crystal clear fashion, Laura Dyer explains all that and more!
Page after page is packed with practical advice, anecdotes, resources, and sidebars filled with the easy to
understand nuggets of information any parent can understand and apply. No technical, head-scratching data. No
confusing jargon. No 64 letter words that leave you scrambling for a dictionary! If you want a book that takes you step by step through the stages of speech and language learning in children, this
is the book for you!
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