Wee Read Book Review

Wee Read is a group session that meets once a week and serves as community resource to mothers with young toddlers (i.e., 12 months to 3 years). During this week’s session, the clinicians focused on demonstrating to the mothers how to change intonation and pitch when speaking with toddlers. The clinician organized several activities for the mothers to engage in with their child. Each activity targeted intonation, pitch, and overall positive communication strategies. The clinicians began the therapy session by leading the nursery rhyme “Patty Cake.” While a few children remained engaged with their mothers, a couple of children became occupied by other distractions in the room (e.g., ball, keys). One of the clinicians noticed this and removed the distraction from the room. Then, the clinicians lead another nursery rhyme, “London Bridge.” During this song, the children and their mothers ran under the bridge formed by the clinicians. Many of the children found this exciting and wanted to do it again. After singing the nursery rhymes several times, the clinicians sang a transitional song explaining that group is now going to read a Halloween book. While reading the book, the clinicians utilized different intonation patterns to highlight various aspect of the story. The children responded well to this and remained engaged
While the children were painting the pumpkins, the clinicians counseled the parents on effective communication strategies. The clinicians asked the mothers how the previous week went and if they were able to utilize the strategy discussed last week. During this time, the clinicians also answered questions and concerns from the mothers. Lastly, the clinicians ended the session playing with the parachute. The children were all excited to participate in this activity. While shaking the parachute the clinicians lead songs and