Review: Color My Conversation
I was really wowed by all of the good stuff included in the Color My Conversation (CMC) kit by Northern Speech Services (NSS). Opening the box was like opening a treasure box, and when the kids caught on to what I was doing, they crowded around eagerly to see what was inside! In my family are children of every kind of personality and social skill level. From completely outgoing and highly verbal quite shy and highly verbal to completely outgoing and not-so-verbal to quite shy and not-so-verbal--we've got all of them. And I? I have excellent language skills, but I become utterly tongue-tied in new situations or in the face of authority or when I'm overwhelmed with emotion. Count me in with the kids. So a chance to formally work on our conversation skills sounded like an awesome opportunity! We dug in to our treasure box. The first thing I did was find the teacher's manual. It's on a CD ROM, so I had to pull out the computer and open...