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The Language of Play - Kids that Listen, Speech Therapy, Language Development, Early Intervention

The Language of Play - Kids that Listen, Speech Therapy, Language Development, Early Intervention

By: Dinalynn Rosenbush SLP | Speech Pathologist Parent Mentor Communication with Kids
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*** A Top 1.5% Podcast! *** Getting Kids to Listen, Speech Therapy, IEP, Communication with Kids, Parent Mentor, Family Connection Are you tired of repeating yourself with your children or wonder why they don’t listen? Are you afraid you are doing the wrong thing to help your kids communicate, but you are unsure what to do? Are you frustrated that your kids argue, whine or debate with you? Hey parents, you don’t need to stay overwhelmed, exhausted, and triggered by the fuss. In this podcast, you will find solutions to … get kids to listen better, build strong communication - even in the presence of a speech delay, and have boundaries that benefit kids. All while enhancing your relationships! My mission is to help puzzled, busy, worried parents read their child’s behavior as communication. When we understand what they are communicating, WE start to communicate differently! This is true of children with typical development, children in dual language homes, and children with delays. When Your Language allows for discovery, creativity, curiosity and exploration, connection is born. Connected kids are courageous and listen better. Connected kids have fewer meltdowns. Listen in to learn empowering strategies for teaching and listening! Hello, my name is Dinalynn Rosenbush, mom, grandma, Speech Language Pathologist of over 30 years. I’ve worked with hundreds of children with speech & language delays and navigated single parenthood. Through training and my own struggles, I learned to use specific language in specific ways that build connection. Our communication is not only our words, but it is the feeling our children have when we speak with them. Let’s create a home where exploration is welcomed, mistakes are stepping stones, and practice is expected. When kids believe you are on their team, eventually, they join your team! Because, what works for speech and language disabled children, simply works! I believe all parents should have access to these skills, not just specialists. It is my hope to give small nuggets of information in each episode to build your communication toolbox. So, if you are ready to build deep, meaningful connection AND create a more peaceful, productive and happy home. Listen in! Let’s interrupt the way you have been parenting. so that you CAN BECOME THE PARENT you WANT to be. I am glad you are here! Dinalynn Contact: hello@thelanguageofplay.com https://linktr.ee/thelanguageofplayCopyright 2022-2023 All rights reserved. Language Learning Parenting & Families Personal Development Personal Success Relationships
Episodes
  • 222 Tricia Goyer: 3 Keys To Connect With Your Kids And Improve Behavior Along The Way
    Jul 10 2025

    Hey Friends~

    Have you ever wanted to listen to the wisdom of someone who has been there? Today’s guest is that person. After raising her own kids, she & her family collectively decided to adopt kids and love them.

    With those adoptive kids, trauma therapy was needed. She learned to connect with those kiddos on a deep level. What she learned in trauma therapy not only helped her build connection with her adoptive kids, she learned it was useful in all her relationships.

    Thank you for joining us in this heartwarming and encouraging show!

    Always cheering you on!

    Dinalynn CONTACT the Host, Dinalynn: hello@thelanguageofplay.com

    ABOUT THE GUEST:

    TRICIA GOYER is a speaker, podcast host, and USA Today bestselling author of over 90 books. She writes in various genres, including fiction, parenting, marriage, and books for children and teens. Tricia is a wife, a homeschooling mom of ten, and enjoys mentoring writers through WriteThatBook.Club. She lives near Little Rock, AR.

    CONTACT THE GUEST:

    Instagram @Tricia Goyer

    Leslie Nunnery: www.teachthemdiligently.net

    Book: Faith That Sticks: 5 Real-Life Ways to Disciple Your Preteen (Moody Publishers) by Tricia Goyer and Leslie Nunnery https://www.moodypublishers.com/faith-that-sticks/

    YOUR NEXT STEPS:

    FREEBIES:

    Sign up for the Newsletter: https://dinalynnr.systeme.io/newsletter-optin

    5 Ways To Get Your Kids To Listen Better: https://dinalynnr.systeme.io/7ca5ce43-d436ea91

    21 Days of Encouragement: https://dinalynnr.systeme.io/1-21signup

    To discuss working together: https://calendly.com/hello-play/strategy-session

    WE’VE MADE IT EASY FOR YOU!

    Love this podcast? Let us know! https://lovethepodcast.com/play

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    For Workshops, Speaking Events, or Partnerships: https://calendly.com/hello-play/discovery-session

    ** For Speaking Engagements, Workshops, or Parent Coaching (virtual or live), contact me at hello@thelanguageofplay.com

    IF YOU LIKED THIS EPISODE, YOU WILL WANT TO LISTEN TO THESE EPISODES:

    55 Sarah Brumley on Simultaneously Navigating Reactive Attachment Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder with her adopted children 171 Wendy McNiel: An Adoption Story. When Gratitude and Grief coexist

    185 Anastasia Arauz Unraveling the Magic of Play Therapy in Child Development

    220 What Does “A Language Rich Environment” Really Mean?

    A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSOR!

    The Center for Play & Exploration: Click here to set up a conversation with Director Dave Bindewald to help you generate new ideas and practices in your parenting, work, and life. Get unstuck and recover some delight on the way! Mention the Language of Play and get a 20% discount

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    26 mins
  • 221 Gina Prosch: Have You Built a Habit Of Interaction With Your Kids? How Do It And Why It’s Important
    Jul 3 2025
    Hey Friends~ When we talk about a lot of stuff with our kids - the stuff that isn’t the important stuff; the stuff that is inconsequential, we develop the habit of interaction. When 90% of your interactions are wonderful, and then the hard conversations that do necessarily come, won’t be as big of a deal. The Key: have LOTS of conversations.. Why? Because the inconsequential conversations have created a pathway to communicate. You have cut a bedrock so that you can talk about the important stuff, too. This is just one concept that you will hear in this fantastic, golden-ideas filled episode with author, Gina Prosch. Other topics in this episode: How freedom happens when we don’t fear that failure. Give kids information in ways they can understand. Helping children learn how to be gracious and forgiving. Activities that push you to push yourself.. is PLAY. Always cheering you on! Dinalynn CONTACT the Host, Dinalynn: hello@thelanguageofplay.com ABOUT THE GUEST: Gina Prosch created #thisdaysjoy, a 10-year-long odyssey of looking for joy each and every day. Today she continues to promote the active pursuit of positive emotions with her children's books: “Joy! You Find What You Look For,” “Hope! More Than Wishful Thinking,” and “Love! It's Show and Tell” (2025) CONTACT THE GUEST: www.ginaprosch.com (web site) www.ginaproschwrites.com (substack) Find Gina @ginaproschwrites on most social media and @ginarosch on X YOUR NEXT STEPS: FREEBIES: Sign up for the Newsletter: https://dinalynnr.systeme.io/newsletter-optin 5 Ways To Get Your Kids To Listen Better: https://dinalynnr.systeme.io/7ca5ce43-d436ea91 21 Days of Encouragement: https://dinalynnr.systeme.io/1-21signup To discuss working together: https://calendly.com/hello-play/strategy-session WE’VE MADE IT EASY FOR YOU! Love this podcast? Let us know! https://lovethepodcast.com/play Follow & subscribe in 1-click! https://followthepodcast.com/play Leave a voice message! https://castfeedback.com/play For Workshops, Speaking Events, or Partnerships: https://calendly.com/hello-play/discovery-session ** For Speaking Engagements, Workshops, or Parent Coaching (virtual or live), contact me at hello@thelanguageofplay.com IF YOU LIKED THIS EPISODE, YOU WILL WANT TO LISTEN TO THESE EPISODES: 174 Gina Prosch: Children Learn Best When They Don’t Know They Are Learning At All. See How! 164 Trust Your Intuition, Mama! Kindergarten Teacher, Ashley Holmes, Shares What She Learned Raising Twins 165 Are You Tired Of Repeating Yourself? How To Have Your Environment Repeat For You! 166 Bonus! Narrating: Effective to handle difficult behaviors and build language! Here’s how! A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSOR! The Center for Play & Exploration: Click here to set up a conversation with Director Dave Bindewald to help you generate new ideas and practices in your parenting, work, and life. Get unstuck and recover some delight on the way! Mention the Language of Play and get a 20% discount Affiliate RESOURCES for you! Financial Freedom 101 from Penelope Jane Smith: https://realprosperity.isrefer.com/go/scholarship/dinalynn/ BabyQuip is the #1 baby gear rental service, and a total game changer for families who don’t want to haul bulky gear while traveling! Follow this link for a BabyQuip Provider where you travel: https://www.babyquip.com?a=7486bd3
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    28 mins
  • 220 What Does “A Language Rich Environment” Really Mean?
    Jun 26 2025

    Hey Friends~

    You hear child centers and schools claim to have a “Language Rich Environment”. Do you have a language rich environment at home? You can! But what exactly does that mean? And how do you create that in a way that does NOT add another thing to your to do list?

    The trick… is it is all about you, mom and dad. It is not actually the space or the environment. It is how YOU use the environment as a tool to expand their exposure to language. Today, I will tell you how its done! And you will see that YOU CAN! It just takes a shift in THE WAY you interact when you do your normal life.

    Always cheering you on!

    Dinalynn

    CONTACT the Host, Dinalynn: hello@thelanguageofplay.com

    YOUR NEXT STEPS:

    FREEBIES:

    Sign up for the Newsletter: https://dinalynnr.systeme.io/newsletter-optin

    5 Ways To Get Your Kids To Listen Better: https://dinalynnr.systeme.io/7ca5ce43-d436ea91

    21 Days of Encouragement: https://dinalynnr.systeme.io/1-21signup

    To discuss working together: https://calendly.com/hello-play/strategy-session

    WE’VE MADE IT EASY FOR YOU!

    Love this podcast? Let us know! https://lovethepodcast.com/play

    Follow & subscribe in 1-click! https://followthepodcast.com/play

    Leave a voice message! https://castfeedback.com/play

    For Workshops, Speaking Events, or Partnerships: https://calendly.com/hello-play/discovery-session

    ** For Speaking Engagements, Workshops, or Parent Coaching (virtual or live), contact me at hello@thelanguageofplay.com

    IF YOU LIKED THIS EPISODE, here are EARLY EPISODES on these topics:

    05 Building and Understanding Language Through Our Senses

    06 Helping Kids Share Thoughts, Feelings and Ideas

    22 Do You Know How to Expand Your Child’s Language Skills? Here’s a Picture Book Example

    27 What Good is Mother Goose and Dr. Seuss? 6 Key Reasons to Indulge in These Classics

    41 Can You Hear What Your Child Is NOT Saying? 4 Strategies to Help Young Kids With BIG Adjustments

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    25 mins

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