Yoga for Speech-Language Development

Contents

Disclaimer 9

PART I: INTRODUCTION

1. Yoga and Its Relation to Speech-Language
   Development 12


2. A Developmental Perspective on Language Acquisition 24


3. Yoga for Different Stages of Speech-Language
   Development 38

PART II: YOGA FOR DIFFERENT

DEVELOPMENTAL DOMAINS

4. Yoga for Prelinguistic Communication 54


5. Yoga for Breath Support for Speech 68


6. Yoga for Motor Planning for Speech 81


7. Yoga for Vocabulary and Linguistic Concepts 91


8. Yoga for Symbolic Play 106


9. Yoga for Emergent Literacy 122
   Summary and Conclusion 141