Greater Decatur Speech Therapy

Happy Friday! Have a great holiday weekend!

A fascinating article from the New Yorker describing the importance of talking to our young infants and children, and the differences in how social classes talk with their children.

"...a poor four-year-old has heard thirty million fewer words from his parents than a wealthy one has."

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/01/12/talking-cure

Talk to Your Kids Providence Talks encourages low-income parents to speak more frequently with their kids. Margaret Talbot reports on an effort to close the “word gap.”

Happy New Year from Intown Atlanta Speech! Things are off to a busy start in 2015, but there's plenty of room for new clients!

In the meantime, some interesting ideas about why we have that uvula hanging in our throats :)

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/here-are-possible-reasons-we-have-dangling-thing-back-our-throats-180953732/?no-ist

Why There's a Dangling Thing In Our Throats | Smart News | Smithsonian The riddle of the uvula may not be solved yet, but it looks like we have some ideas