Know exactly how to support your child's talking,
right where they are today.
Weekly Little Talker Tips from a speech-language pathologist, matched to your child's speech and language stage. Choose based on what your little one is doing right now (the ages are just a guide).
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Not sure which to pick? Choose the stage closest to what you’re seeing right now. You’ll get a chance to switch if it isn’t quite right.
More than tips. Guidance that grows with your child.
Most speech advice is generic. It tells you what a "baby" or "toddler" should do, as if every baby or toddler were the same. They're not.
Little Talker Tips meet your child where they actually are. Each one helps you understand what's happening at your child's current stage, what to look for as they grow, and how to gently support their communication along the way. You'll come away understanding your child more clearly, and knowing exactly how to show up for them.
And it all happens inside the moments you're already living. Bath time. Breakfast. The car. Ordinary parts of your day, used in a way that helps your child's communication grow.
Why these small moments matter.
Children build language through everyday back-and-forth with the people they love, the kind that's repeated, predictable, and shared. That's why every tip lives inside a moment you're already in. These tips show you how to use the time you're already spending together, so the ordinary parts of your day become the moments your child's words grow.
A peek at what lands in your inbox.
Alongside understanding your child's stage, you'll get simple ways to put it into practice, like these:
Leaving the house
Wave bye-bye to the diaper. And the banana peel. And the park as you pull away. Every wave is your baby practicing communication, and "bye bye" becomes an early word because it's the most repeated.
At story time
There's a mouse hidden on every page of Goodnight Moon. Hunt for it together and talk about what it's doing, "he's on the bookshelf!", and a book you've read a hundred times becomes brand new language practice.
When you hear "moo"
Animal sounds count as real words. If your baby says "woof" every time they see the dog or "meow" every time they see your cat - that's a word. They may be talking more than you think.
Here's how it works.
Pick your toddler's stage.
One tap. No quiz, no scoring your child against anyone.
Get guidance made for right now.
You'll learn what's happening at your child's stage and simple, doable ways to support their communication in everyday moments.
Keep learning as they grow.
As your toddler shifts stages, so does the guidance. You'll always know what to expect next and how to meet them there.
Written by a speech-language pathologist who's done the thinking for you.
Hi, I'm Melissa, a speech-language pathologist and mom of three. I've spent years helping parents turn everyday moments into the building blocks of communication. These tips are me taking what speech-language pathologists know and turning it into something you can actually use, in plain language, before you've finished your coffee.
The expertise is already handled. Your job is simply to show up and try, and I'll guide the rest.
Parents are seeing it work.
Within a few weeks of using your tips, she had a speech explosion. At 23 months she's over 100 words and starting to string two and three words together.
Kayleigh, mom of a 23-month-old
I feel our bond and connection growing stronger every day, and I'm so grateful for how much closer this has brought us.
Brooke, mom of a 18-month-old
Know what to do next, instead of guessing.
Matched to where your child actually is, today. Where's your child right now?
Select your stage to get my first tip →From Melissa, a speech-language pathologist.