Ephphatha Tiny Mouth Therapy LLC

05/02/2025

Concerned about a summer slide in your child's speech and language over the summer? Contact me for availability for summer services! Flexibility in scheduling on an as needed basis for you and your child over the summer. Cotreatment sessions with Switz Pediatric Physical Therapy also available! Fun interactive play-based therapy session (Yes! even at the pool!) are available.

04/02/2025

Looking for a great new experience with your family? If you've never made it to Kelley's Farmstead check it out this spring! So much fun and learning for all ages!

02/18/2025

The mountains of snow are so fun outside but unfortunately the temperatures are a little cold for some of the younger kiddos. So if you're feeling a little cooped up in this cold snap why not bring the snow inside! The amount doesn't matter...the kids will love it! The bathtub is a great option (especially since it just melts and goes down the drain!) but if that's too much snow for you...a tote, sink, or pan full of snow offers just as much fun! Grab their favorite toys and let the snow adventure from the warmth of your home begin! (How much more fun is a Paw Patrol, Bluey or Transformer adventure in snow?!?) Add a little water to the snow and make a fun size snow man or fun shapes and animals with cookie cutters. If you have a little one beginning to pull to stand, the tote is a great place for you to do some assisted pulling to stand and playing in standing. The language benefit is great because there is so much to talk about! If you've started to introduce the spoon during meals, add a spoon to the snow play and allow them to get some fun practice scooping and dumping the snow with a spoon. There is also the learning of spatial concepts and size by how much snow can fit in a certain container (early math skills!) or throw some letters into the snow or form letters out of snow to help with early literacy skills!

01/23/2025

01/20/2025

A streak of cold days can make little ones antsy since burning energy outside is not an option even though the sun is shining! A fun winter inside activity is "painting" with tea bags! It is a little science experiment as well as you watch the tea spread through the cup and the color of the water change. Herbal teas are great to use. A variety of flavors results in smell tests, comparing colors, and a little taste test (if your kiddo is up for it!) once the cups cooled off! This is such a language rich activity since comparing and contrasting smells gives rise to great vocabulary building and finding words to describe what you see ("lighter", "darker", "stronger", "spicey" to just name a few!). For you picky eaters, it is a great way to start to introduce words like "spicey" or "strong" into their language to help them describe the foods they see rather than push them away. (More interaction and time spent with non-preferred foods results in those first tastes!) The end result is some creative artwork created by dapping, pulling or swinging the tea bags on their strings over paper (placing the paper on a pan or plate contains some of the liquid mess.) Let it dry and let your child describe what they created!

09/23/2024

07/08/2024

Pool therapy sessions?!? YES!!!! Cotreating with physical therapy at the pool has so many benefits for a client's language and articulation (not to mention increasing core muscles, attention span, sensory processing and so much more!) Switz Pediatric Physical Therapy brings such a great service by offering aquatic therapy and to be able to jump into the pool for a cotreating session for speech language therapy gets great progress with lots of splashes and smiles!

06/25/2024

📍Plamore Park - Fond du Lac,

Check out this inclusive playspace right here in our hometown!

Plamore Park is a full city block that features a universally designed play environment, a custom-designed adaptive baseball field complete with accessible dugouts and even all-accessible family restrooms.

This space fosters excitement with a plethora of spinning, swinging, music, ziplining and more to create a play experience that keeps kids coming back for more.

Be Inspired ✨ https://hubs.ly/Q02zQGjG0

04/10/2024

Have questions about your child's development? Come chat with Heather and I on the 17th and check out Wonder Cafe if you haven't already!