SLP Corner: Language and Communication Skills That Make all the Difference for Kindergarten

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SLP Corner: Language and Communication Skills That Make all the Difference for Kindergarten

15th August, 2017

18 August 2017, Article, Newsletter, SLP

Heidi Kay

Editor’s Note: This is a great article to share with the parents and guardians of your kiddos.

[Source: Mindshift]

By Devin Walsh, the Hechinger Report

Devin Walsh is a kindergarten to first-grade “looping” teacher at Oak Grove Primary School in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

Promoting good oral language and communication skills is perhaps the most important thing parents, caregivers and educators can do to prepare children to enter kindergarten.

Having just completed my 17th year of teaching at Oak Grove Primary School in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, with over 800 students in kindergarten and first grade, I see children daily who have been exposed to models of good oral language.

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