by Annie Ruden, M.S.CCC-SLP | Nov 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
In our home we love watching and listening to musicals. Musicals /’myoo-zi-kulz/: movies and plays with singing and dancing I grew up enjoying musicals and now I’m thrilled that my kids enjoy them as well. The messages and emotion are powerful! My son has been...
by Annie Ruden, M.S.CCC-SLP | Nov 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
Assumption: a thing that is accepted as true or as certain to happen, without proof. My husband and I are working on the skill of asking for clarification with each other instead of making assumptions. You can probably guess why we’re working on it. Because we’re...
by Annie Ruden, M.S.CCC-SLP | Oct 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
Growth. It’s always uncomfortable. But not growing, feeling stuck and frustrated, is also uncomfortable and tends to last much longer. This reminds me of a story Rory Vaden told in his book titled “Take The Stairs”. Rory grew up in Colorado in the US and noticed a big...
by Annie Ruden, M.S.CCC-SLP | Oct 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
Are you feeling like your level of English is not improving as fast as it used to? A common experience I hear from my students is that they feel like they worked really hard on their English and reach a certain level of proficiency and then the improvement either...
by Annie Ruden, M.S.CCC-SLP | Oct 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
I believe the greatest, most lasting changes that we create in our lives are accomplished one small step at a time. There is no better application of this strategy than while learning and improving languages. As you set a goal to learn one small lesson every day, over...
