Lori Klisman Ellis

Ryan is surprised by his Aunt Michelle with the gift of a magical chair. When Ryan sits in the chair, he can imagine what it is like to be another person. Join Ryan and friends as he learns about pilots, farmers, astronauts, and more Children spend hours each day watching television or playing video games, so why not do something fun and different? Let your imagination go wild Enjoy discovering how your imagination and a "magical" chair can create endless entertainment. It's free and easy to do. Imaginative play is so important for children. It improves cognitive development, language skills, social and emotional skills, and creativity. It builds self-confidence and helps children learn how to interact with others. Imaginative play also encourages children to take turns, problem-solve, and laugh. Everyone will enjoy the results of using your imagination

Speech Tips for Spunky Monkey is about a monkey who goes on a journey throughout the zoo and he meets animals with various speech and language challenges such as hard of hearing, articulation errors, voice disorders, receptive and expressive language issues, and a stutterer.The animals take Spunky Monkey's tips and play games. The speech tips and strategies the animals receive help them improve; and they in turn have more confidence to conquer any insecurities. They learn his kindness helps to make it a special day. The animals learn not to let a disability hold them back from participating at the zoo, and they can still make new friends.As certified and licensed speech and language pathologists we would like to share our knowledge with students, parents, speech and language pathologists and social workers in order to help make a difference in the student's life through a fun and educational story. What better way to reduce stress and anxiety by starting off with a fun introductory story about animals also having speech and language issues. Some of the objectives we wanted to focus on were: *to reduce stress and anxiety for students just beginning speech therapy.*Team building* Engaging in collaborative discussions*Increase vocabulary of various disabilities*Recall relevant details about setting, characters or events in the story*Increase listening comprehension*Identify and use vocabulary through categorization skills (Fruits, vegetables, toys, animals...)*Improve social skills such as kindness and helping others*Answering "WH" questions in the companion section.* Improving social/pragmatic skills*Learn basic tips / strategies

4,456 Miles: A Survivor's Search For Closure is a memoir in blog format that traces a family's shared journey in facing the past and celebrating the strength of family bonds throughout some of the most horrific events of our times. From curiosity to discovery to deeper understandings, Lori Klisman Ellis shares an intimate portrait of a family with the reader while also offering valuable information for creating your own journey of family discovery. A portion of the profits from each book sale will go to genocide prevention training programs. An updated 2nd edition of this book was published in 2020.