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"This is their second book written and illustrated by speech-language pathologists. Your Baby Loves to Say WANT! guides readers through a baby's language journey by illustrating how he uses one of the most common WANT! through gesturing. With so many ""first word"" books containing nouns, numbers and letters, many families need to know that most toddlers only use nouns 20 percent of the time. The other 80 percent of their vocabulary are, what speech- language pathologists, consider functional core words. These are the words promoted in speech therapy and in this book. Based on the study by Banajee et al. in 2003, the word WANT was one of the top 5 words toddlers used during daily routines and familiar environments. This word is simple to say, can be expressed easily through gesturing, and paired easily in phrases with other functional words. The colorful illustrations showcase these simple but powerful words promoting language development through gestures, words and phrases. ""I loved working with my child on these core words. I am excited to have another book to work on more functional vocabulary. My child loved to say THAT! when we read her last book."" - Rebecca Coyne, teacher and mother of 2"

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Susannah Silvia M.C.D CCC-SLP is a board certified speech-language pathologist holding the Certificate of Clinical Competence with American Speech and Hearing Association. She graduated with a Master's Degree in Communication Disorders from Louisiana State University Health Science Center in New Orleans. She has a true passion for educating families on how to incorporate language activities into every day routines with the hopes that nonverbal children may become verbal. This was what inspired her to write another children's book after her first book, Your Baby Loves to Say That! She is a wife and mother of three young energetic children who also love books, art, and babies! Mehreen Kakwan, M.A. CCC-SLP is a board certified speech-language pathologist holding the Certificate of Clinical Competence with American Speech and Hearing Association. She graduated with her Master's in Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) from Eastern Michigan University. She specializes in childhood apraxia of speech and augmentative alternative communication at her private practice in Ann Arbor, MI, and enjoys creating books to inspire hope, belonging, and language growth in young children.

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