266 Sarah James: What Do Speech Sounds Have to Do With Reading?

Hey Friends~

Many parents think reading begins with letters, flashcards, and sounding out words. But the foundation for reading actually begins much earlier—through listening, sound play, hearing sound patterns, understanding language, building vocabulary, and everyday conversation.

So whether you have a toddler and want to give them the strongest start possible… or you have an older child who struggles with reading and you’ve wondered, “What are we missing?” …this episode is going to shed light on important skills that might need to be fortified.

Today, I’m joined by speech language pathologist, Sarah James as she unpacks the building blocks that support reading success and explains what the research actually shows makes the biggest impacts on a child’s ability to learn to read.

You’ll begin to understand how speech and language skills are deeply connected to literacy, and why some struggles may actually begin long before a child ever sits down with a book.

This conversation will likely cause you to see reading through a whole new lens.

Always cheering you on!

Dinalynn

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ABOUT THE GUEST: Sarah James is an accomplished Speech Language Pathologist, SLP, seminar leader, keynote speaker and consultant. She is experienced working in urban, suburban and rural public schools as both the SLP and as a consultant for school districts around the country where she has offered speech-language pathologists practical and effective strategies for therapy. She served as president of MNSHA, her state’s speech-language hearing association and was awarded the Honors of the Association.

Sarah’s area of specialty is the relationship between speech language skills, literacy and academic development. She has wide-ranging experience helping SLPs to make connections between speech language-literacy skills and classroom expectations, curriculum targets and state standards.

CONTACT THE GUEST: sarahjamesconsulting@gmail.com

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230 Daniela Feldhausen: Speech Sounds and Reading Are Linked. Fun Ways Parents and Educators Can Help

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