• 222 Tricia Goyer: 3 Keys To Connect With Your Kids And Improve Behavior Along The Way
    2025/07/10

    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!

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    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.

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    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/

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  • 221 Gina Prosch: Have You Built a Habit Of Interaction With Your Kids? How Do It And Why It’s Important
    2025/07/03
    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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  • 220 What Does “A Language Rich Environment” Really Mean?
    2025/06/26

    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.

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  • 219 Kerre Burley: Bedtime Resistance A Problem? SleepTalk Helps With Cooperation
    2025/06/19

    Hey Friends~

    Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to teach your kids while they slept?

    Today’s guest says it is possible - especially when it comes to behaviors like bed wetting, and difficult emotions!

    You’ll LOVE this episode if you wish for a way to slide under the radar to teach your kiddo - at least for SOME of the millions of topics we want to teach them! You’ll be inspired today as you learn about “SleepTalk!”

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    ABOUT THE GUEST: Kerre Burley is an award winning international speaker and trainer. CEO of The Goulding Institute, and Owner of Creating Functional Families, Kerre is known for her expertise in the SleepTalk® process, family dynamics and empowering parents in creating healthy fun relationships.

    CONTACT THE GUEST: "Discovering the SleepTalk® Solution. https://creatingfunctionalfamilies kerre@creatingfunctionalfamilies.com

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  • 218 Terri Lilga: Why Is Rhyme So Important? Using Literature To Teach Beyond The Words
    2025/06/12

    Hey Friends~

    I love children’s literature! It seems that ANYTHING you want to teach, you can find a book on that and use it as a springboard to help kids learn. This is especially true for social emotional learning. There is power in using stories! One mistake parents make is thinking they need to read a book as written! Today’s guest brings us into her journey into authorship and then shows us …. how to take the story beyond the book! If you wonder how to use a piece of literature to enhance learning, listen in! Terri Lilga shares some great ideas!

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    ABOUT THE GUEST: Terri Lilga is a native Western New Yorker living in a suburb of Buffalo, NY with her husband Peter, and lively mini-golden doodle, Sushi. After retiring from a rewarding 30 year career as an elementary school teacher, she revisited her love for writing children's books. Her first book, 'Santa's Simon' was published in 2023, and her second book, “There's A Hubbard in My Cupboard” published in 2025.

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  • 217 You Want To Encourage Speech This Summer? Here’s Where To Start!
    2025/06/05

    Hey Friends~

    Families often how to help their child in the summer. Since there is no speech therapy with the school in the summer, some families are nervous and wonder what to do!

    In this episode, we talk about foundational practices that help your children retain and learn speech sounds, particularly when they are not responding to your attempts to help them.

    These strategies, when done well, especially with very young children can change the trajectory of how your child is growing in their speech sound development. Let’s teach you some of these foundational skills! Today, I cover 2 parts: peripheral skills and relational skills. When you get into the habit of BEING this way, your child will come along with remarkable progress

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  • 216 Polina Shkadron: Language-Rich Environments That Match Your Child’s Play Skills
    2025/05/29
    Hey Friends~ The language you use may be LESS effective than you want! When we change HOW and WHAT we say, our communication becomes more effective. Today’s guest, Polina Shkadron, is a fellow Speech Language Pathologist who has a wealth of knowledge and experience. She guides us to focus on the LANGUAGE that helps our kids engage in play - and with you - and teaches us how to create a language-rich environment naturally, and at home. No matter the age or skills of you or your child, the information in this episode will be fun and delightful, eye-opening, and capture your attention. You are sure to get lots of ideas of what you can do with your kiddos at home and classrooms to grow them in their communication skills. Always cheering you on! Dinalynn CONTACT the Host, Dinalynn: hello@thelanguageofplay.com ABOUT THE GUEST: Polina is a NYC based neuro-divergent therapist specializing in helping Autistic and ADHD kids find their strengths. She uses play to engage with each child’s unique perspective of the world. Understanding the why is not enough, you also need knowledge of the how. That’s one of the reasons Polina coaches parents and ND kids using the latest brain-based research and a cross-disciplinary approach. Polina earned her Master of Arts degree in Speech-Language Pathology from CUNY Queens College, where she was an adjunct lecturer for 7 years. She also has a Master of Science degree in Nutrition Education from American University, which has transformed the feeding therapy aspect of her practice. With additional certifications in trauma and ADHD, Polina is an integrator of information, expanding her knowledge and ensuring effective therapeutic intervention. CONTACT THE GUEST: IG/FB: @playtolearnconsulting website: https://playtolearnconsulting.com/ Freebie link: https://playtolearnconsulting.com/resources/ YOUR NEXT STEPS: Send Dinalynn a thought or question! hello@thelanguageofplay.com FREEBIES: Discovery Call: https://calendly.com/hello-play/discovery-session 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 Sign up for the Newsletter: https://dinalynnr.systeme.io/newsletter-optin ** 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: 81 How Your Direction Isn’t Clear, Even Though You Think It Is! It’s Time to Notice! 141 How Do You Inadvertently Build Doubt Into Your Child? Here’s One Way To Change Doubt Into Confidence! 155 Does Your Language Build Courage In Your Child? Here Are 12 Examples of Courage-Building Phrases! MAY IS BETTER SPEECH, LANGUAGE, AND HEARING MONTH SERIES: 212 From Non-verbal To Verbal To Speaking On a Podcast! Sound Advice from Marsh Naidoo About Building Capacity 213 Dr. Richelle Whittaker: Raising Boys? What Every Boy-Mom Needs to Know To Build Open Communication And Emotional Connection 214 Wonder About Stuttering and Fluency? Jason Heffler Shares What Is Helpful From Personal Experience 215 Suzanne Culberg: Downplayed and Dismissed? Seeking Help For Your Child Traveling with kids? 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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  • 215 Suzanne Culberg: Downplayed and Dismissed? Seeking Help For Your Child
    2025/05/22
    Hey Friends~ You know in your gut when things are not going right, even if you don’t have the words. It’s even harder when you tell someone, but you are told that everything is fine… but you know SOMETHING IS UP. This is the case for today’s guest. She knew that her son needed more help in his sound development, but was constantly told everything was fine. Started seeking help when her son was 18 months old, asking doctors, friends, family members, and more and finally… when her son was 4, the school teacher called out the same concerns that mom knew all along. She was validated and felt such relief. Now, she was empowered, having a direction to go for help! If this is you, you know this is so frustrating! Hang on for today’s story! And, if this is you, then you need a person who knows how to ask the questions, who knows how to probe what is actually happening with your child. Talk to me! I can help. And, whether or not we are a fit to work together, you will leave the conversation with a clearer understanding of what is going on, how to talk about it, and a next step. This is one way I help parents. Book your call HERE: https://calendly.com/hello-play/strategy-session Always cheering you on! Dinalynn CONTACT the Host, Dinalynn: hello@thelanguageofplay.com ABOUT THE GUEST: Suzanne Culberg is The Nope Coach, and she's on a mission to help women say “No” without guilt, shame, or second-guessing. Suzanne will show you how to stop people-pleasing, get things done on your terms, and finally feel good about your choices. CONTACT THE GUEST: The Nope Coach Podcast: https://www.suzanneculberg.com/the-nope-coach-podcast/ Website: https://www.suzanneculberg.com/ Newsletter: https://www.suzanneculberg.com/newsletter YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@suzanneculberg Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/SuzanneCulberg YOUR NEXT STEPS: Send Dinalynn a thought or question! hello@thelanguageofplay.com FREEBIES: Book a call to discuss working together: https://calendly.com/hello-play/strategy-session 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 Sign up for the Newsletter: https://dinalynnr.systeme.io/newsletter-optin ** 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: 64 Are You Confident When Helping Your Child Produce Speech Sounds? 199 Krista Melanson: Do I Wait or Get Help? My child’s speech is “different.” 197 Michelle Choiary: Our Speech Therapist Became Family. Help for Complex Kids MAY IS BETTER SPEECH, LANGUAGE, AND HEARING MONTH SERIES: 212 From Non-verbal To Verbal To Speaking On a Podcast! Sound Advice from Marsh Naidoo About Building Capacity 213 Dr. Richelle Whittaker: Raising Boys? What Every Boy-Mom Needs to Know To Build Open Communication And Emotional Connection 214 Wonder About Stuttering and Fluency? Jason Heffler Shares What Is Helpful From Personal Experience Traveling with baby? 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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