The Language of Play - Kids that Listen, Speech Therapy, Language Development, Early Intervention

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***Top 1.5% Parenting Podcast Worldwide***
Getting Kids to Listen | Speech Therapy | Child Communication | Parenting Strategies

Are you tired of repeating yourself, dealing with meltdowns, or wondering why your child still isn’t listening? Are you worried about speech delays, language development, behavior challenges, or communication struggles?

Welcome to The Language of Play podcast—where speech therapy meets real-life parenting.

I’m Dinalynn Rosenbush—mom, grandma, Speech-Language Pathologist, parent coach, and host of a top-ranked parenting podcast helping overwhelmed parents build calmer homes, stronger relationships, and better communication with their children.

This podcast helps parents understand behavior as communication so they can support listening, emotional regulation, speech, and connection in everyday life.

In each episode, you’ll learn practical, brain-based strategies to:
• Help kids listen without constant power struggles
• Support speech and language development naturally
• Reduce tantrums, whining, and communication frustration
• Build connection, emotional safety, and confidence
• Understand speech delays, language processing, and child behavior
• Use simple communication tools that work in everyday moments

These strategies support typically developing children, late talkers, dual-language learners, neurodivergent children, and kids with speech or language delays.

Each episode is filled with simple, playful tools you can start using right away—because communication growth happens best through connection, play, and everyday interaction.

If you’re longing for calmer parenting, deeper connection, more listening, and a home filled with confidence, curiosity, and communication, you’re in the right place.

So grab a cup of coffee, bring your real-life parenting questions, and come explore The Language of Play with me.

Contact: hello@thelanguageofplay.com
https://www.thelanguageofplay.com/

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196 I’m always giving in! How do I stop? 2 Examples to support the process

Hey Friends~ Your kids whine … and after a while, you doubt your resolve. “Maybe I am being too harsh.” “Maybe one more cookie doesn’t matter.” “Maybe they aren’t tired enough to go to sleep...

9 Tammi 202529min

195 Zorina Pritchett: Using Games To Develop Reading, Writing, Speaking and Comprehension After Brain Injury

Hey Friends~ How do you re-teach language to someone who has had a brain injury and lost their language? Today’s guest does a fantastic job to describe how she taught her brother to speak , read, wr...

2 Tammi 202529min

194 Just What IS Your Child’s Behavior Communicating?!?

Hey Friends~ IF Behavior IS Communication, then WHAT are they communicating??! This is a common question parents ask! Today we will dig into some common ways that kids communicate with us - IN WAYS...

26 Joulu 202416min

193 DJ Stutz: Are Your Traditions Working For You? Which Ones To Get Out Of!

Hey Friends~ The holidays are here! This means high stress for some, while it’s a lot of joy and fun for others! Which one is you? Perhaps both! In this episode, we talk with child expert, DJ St...

19 Joulu 202419min

192 Getting Kids Involved In Family Activities, Without The Fuss!

Hey Friends~ It is Holiday time of the year!! No matter where you are in the world, you are quite possibly celebrating SOMETHING during these shortest days of the year! It’s often hard to keep up w...

12 Joulu 202418min

191 Julia Cook: Your Internet-Connected Child Learns Differently. Need Insights?

Hey Friends~ Have you ever had a book that changes how you communicate with your child? Maybe the book showed a new way to handle a problem - and you think, I am going to be more like Mrs. Buttercu...

5 Joulu 202439min

190 Bob Hastings: Using Storytelling to Help Kids Listen & Imagine

Hey Friends~ Holidays are a time that we create stories. Stories have the power to draw our families together and we can weave into those stories the lessons that we really want our kids to know! Lis...

28 Marras 202425min

189 Your Child Is A Gestalt Language Learner? Uses Echolalia? 4 Tips To Help Expand Interactive Skills

Hey Friends~ Are you wondering why your child echoes you? Do they not really answer the question, but actually repeat what you say, back to you? This pattern of communication is indicative of a G...

21 Marras 202417min