I think this is a great book for little babies and will circulate well! I will definitely be purchasing this title.

Having a child who doesn't talk "when it is time" can be discouraging. This book will help you teach your kids on how to say some easy expression, like "wow" to express themselves better. With some tips at the end of the book, hope this can help.

Beautiful inclusive choice of pictures to illustrate different emotions and activities to help guide your young child to start talking. It has a guide for parents on how to help their child communicate that is very helpful.

My First Learn-to-Talk Book
Teach speech from sounds to words!
by: Stephanie Cohen
SOURCEBOOKS Kids, Sourcebooks Explore
Pub Date: June 07, 2022
Children's Nonfiction

The progression of verbal communication
from sounds, syllables, words and sentences to connected speech is fascinating. Watching children learn to talk as part of their development is exciting. Speech-language pathologist Cohen focuses on the components of emotion and feelings in her new book designed to aid and enhance children's articulation skills. I was immediately captivated with the books happy cover and vibrant colors.

Cohen includes sixteen engaging photographs of young children with simple situations and a captioned sound. The emotion the child is feeling relates to the sound he/she produces.
The facial expressions and mouth positions of the children are cute, expressive, and engaging.

An added bonus of the book is the inclusion of tips for engaging with children while reading the book to them. I had a 39 career in communicative disorders, and I appreciate Cohen's methods used in her fun and educational children's book. Knowing that the book will aid in development of social and communication skills is an incentive to add it to the bookshelves of special children in your lives.

Thank you to Net Galley and SOURCEBOOKS Kids, Sourcebooks Explore for the advance reader's copy and opportunity to provide my unbiased review.
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My First Learn-to-Talk book is a treasure. Written by a speech therapist this book encourages children to learn to talk by mimicking sounds and connecting actions to simple words. There are pictures of real children throughout the book that are not only adorable but shows diversity that will resonate with the babies interacting with this book.

Special thanks to Netgalley for the eARC in exchange for my honest review.

This book uses real photos of children along with simple text and basic early vocabulary such as "me", "no" and "more". The book ends with information for parents about how to use the book with young children and how to encourage early speech. The children featured in the story are diverse, including a little girl with down syndrome. I think this would be a fabulous book for families of infants and toddlers in the 6 months to 3 years age range. I could see this becoming a fun opportunity to read together and try out the words and sounds together. I appreciate Netgalley and the publisher for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book.

This book is short but packs a punch! It is filled with clear and big images of young children with accurate mouth/lips positioning of the words in the page. As a parent, I'm very intrigued by the author's approach, because before children could pronounce words, it is important that they imitate sounds. There are helpful instructions on the back for parents to train with their babies.

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC in return of my honest opinion.