According to Amy Chouinard and Cory Poland, speech-language pathologists and founders of Talking Child, LLC, a playgroup can help your child develop speech and language skills. A playgroup is a group of young children who meet regularly to play and participate in structured activities. Your child will learn speech and language skills best from children who are slightly older and, more importantly, slightly more skilled. For example, the first Monday of each month focuses on free play, the second Monday of each month focuses on structured activity, and the third Monday of each month focuses on generalization of skills through a field trip. To maximize language development benefits, a playgroup generally should meet weekly for approximately two hours, but even monthly or biweekly meetings have been found to encourage language. read more

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