Fabulous Family Fun #2 (Hint: Chocolate is involved)

Fabulous Family Fun #2 (Hint: Chocolate is involved)

25 Family Activities Celebrating 25 Years! 

We are celebrating with you and sharing 25 activities enjoyed by our families over the past 25 years.

We all know that summer requires shade and indoor options, but most of the activities can be adapted to year round fun!

Edible Kitchen Science! 

YaYa’s in the Kitchen creating chocolate chip brownies with fresh organic raspberries and local organic blueberries from Green Meadows Farm (GMF).

YaYa and YoYo were in the blueberry fields on opening day 2019 at GMF.

Since many families have a favorite brownie recipe or mix, use what you prefer or try a new recipe. Then, add 1 cup of fresh berries and fold them gently into your batter.

YES, YaYa also added 1/2 cup of chocolate chips!

You can use one berry or any combination that works for your family. If you choose strawberries or blackberries, you may want to slice or quarter them.

We suggest that you allow your little ones choose the type of berries and the topping.

Today, YaYa sprinkled the top of the batter with sliced almonds before baking. But, you can stir nuts into the batter or omit nuts if that is not your “thing”.

Be sure to visit YaYa’s other recipes for more family baking fun!

Do You Have Concerns?

If you have a specific speech, languageliteracy, communication or social skills concern, do not hesitate to contact us!

Our Director, Lori Savage Grayson, will be glad to speak with you and answer your questions about how Speech-Language Pathology services with Children’s Communication Center might benefit your family.

NOTE: These family activity posts are meant to show that daily activities are beneficial to the development of SLP and related skills. However, the posts are not intended to replace SLP or other professional services.


Fabulous Family Fun #1

25 Family Activities Celebrating 25 Years! 

We are celebrating with you and sharing 25 activities enjoyed by this Center’s families over the past 25 years.

We all know that summer requires shade and indoor options, but most of the activities can be adapted to year round fun!

So let the fun begin…

Starting with our #1 hit, Gooey Goop & Slippery Slime

To increase easy clean up, use aprons and table & floor coverings!

Since pictures are helpful, be sure to visit the recipe for details and a preview!

For other edible and non-edible family kitchen science activities, visit YaYa’s in the Kitchen.

Each of our 25 Fabulous Family Fun activities allows for language, literacy, learning, communication and social interaction opportunities.

Be sure to include your little ones, your older children and teens as well.

Do You Have Concerns?

If you have a specific speech, languageliteracy, communication or social skills concern, do not hesitate to contact us!

Our Director, Lori Savage Grayson, will be glad to speak with you and answer your questions about how Speech-Language Pathology services with Children’s Communication Center might benefit your family.

NOTE: These family activity posts are meant to show that daily activities are beneficial to the development of SLP and related skills. However, the posts are not intended to replace SLP or other professional services.


Fabulous Family Fun

Are You Wondering…

what you can do at home to help your child?

We are glad you asked!

Our children have the opportunity to expand their communication skills (speech, language, literacy, learning, and social skills) daily through their interactions with peers and adults in their lives.

With or without a specific Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) challenge or need, our children can benefit from their every day interactions.

No Parent Needs More Homework

Early in her Speech-Language Pathology career, our Director, Lori Savage Grayson, learned an important lesson from a parent.

While offering a parent ideas for a home program, the parent asked a then very new Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP), “Do you have children? Do you have a secret for fitting these extra assignments into our daily schedule?

It was that moment, that the new SLP realized the best avenue for helping parents was to learn more about EACH family’s routines. To brain-storm with the parent/s and customize the home program. By sharing activities that fit into EACH family’s daily living schedule, families were more more likely to be successful.

Now, 40 years later, Ms. Grayson proudly continues this practice by showing parents how to tweak their interactions and enhance their child’s skills, infants through young adults.

Clearly, no parent or family needs another assignment or homework, but each of us can learn to be a more effective and efficient communicator no matter one’s age!

Celebrating 25 Years!

This year our Center began our 25th year celebration during May for Better Hearing & Speech Month.

Now, we invite you to join our celebration with 25+ Fabulous Family Fun activities!

Each activity naturally encourages aspects of speech, language, literacy, learning, communication and social skill development!

Show & Tell

Our Show & Tell program for children and parents allows families to enjoy learning natural gestures, sign language, play skills and social interaction!

Share Your Favorite…

Do you have a favorite family activity? Please send us suggestions, and we will share with other families!

Do You Have Concerns?

If you have a specific speech, languageliteracy, communication or social skills concern, do not hesitate to contact us!

Our Director, Lori Savage Grayson, will be glad to speak with you and answer your questions about how Speech-Language Pathology services with Children’s Communication Center might benefit your family.

NOTE: These family activity posts are meant to show that daily activities are beneficial to the development of SLP and related skills. However, the posts are not intended to replace SLP or other professional services.



If you have a specific speech, language, literacy, communication or social skills concern, do not hesitate to contact us!

NOTE: These family activity posts are meant to show that daily activities are beneficial to the development of SLP and related skills. However, the posts are not intended to replace SLP or other professional services.


YaYa’s in the Kitchen: Peach & Blueberry Crumble

What’s a YaYa to Do?

When a box arrives on a Saturday afternoon and your husband suggests you open it, well you open it!

A new beautiful pie plate inside with a sweet note, “A treat for YaYa’s Kitchen!”

It is true, life is timing as YoYo just picked tomatoes at a local farm and also came home with fresh Georgia peaches. Our fridge and freezer are also filled with hand-picked with local organic blueberries the two weekends prior.

Hmmm…What’s a YaYa to do? 

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Your Toddler’s Communication 2 to 3 Years

Communication begins, well at the beginning!

We add a little one to our family, and just like that, we are parents!

Are you prepared? Most parents take their little one home with minimal information  for the ever important job of parenting.

You are celebrating your second year as a family, moving toward year three, and your little one is changing more than you could have imagined!

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Philanthropy Share: Stella’s STARs

Join Our Philanthropy Shares for Autism Awareness

Children’s Communication Center is thrilled to support community partners and events throughout April and all-year-long focusing on increasing awareness, understanding, and acceptance of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), as well as, other Speech-Language Pathology related disorders.

CCC is surrounded in BLUE for Autism Awareness

Our next Philanthropy Share is during May is Better Hearing & Speech Month and we are thrilled to add this news!

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