Our Story

With over 30 years as a speech-language pathologist, I’ve always gravitated toward the creative side of therapy—finding, and often inventing, activities that made language learning feel like play. There was nothing better than spending the day using those activities to engage children and watch them build their communication skills.

Over time, though, I noticed a big gap. There were few—if any—resources that addressed sentence comprehension and construction in a methodical and meaningful way. Yet sentences are the foundation of how we communicate, converse, and tell stories. How could I help children develop this essential skill?

I began experimenting with the idea of pairing common objects with photos showing those objects arranged in different ways. This approach targeted both receptive and expressive language in a multisensory, memorable way. I created a few rudimentary kits for my own practice. They were time-consuming, clunky, and limited—but they worked. And I could see endless ways to improve them. I just didn’t have the time—or the right partner—to take the idea further.

Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Suddenly, I had time—and the perfect partner. My daughter Robyn, just finishing maternity leave, was looking for flexible, purpose-driven work. With a strong background in administration, an eye for detail, and savvy social media skills, she brought everything I was missing. So we teamed up—and got to work.

We launched Communakit in March 2020 with one clear goal: to create engaging, effective, and easy-to-use language learning kits that anyone—parents, educators, or therapists—could pick up and use. The kits had to be ready-to-go and ready to target all the important communication skills in a developmentally and evidenced based way.

Now, five years and over 4,000 kits later, we’re on our third version—refined, expanded, and packed with added features and extension resources. We continue to grow and evolve, listening closely to the needs of the community we serve.

We remain a dynamic mother-daughter duo, driven by the same mission: to help every child build the communication skills they need to succeed and connect with their world.

We love what we do—and we hope you love our kits!