Communication Development
Strategies to support your child's communication development within their everyday routines and play.
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How to Tell if Your Child is Meeting Their Expressive Language Milestones
Write it down, guys!I've been putting it off but today I took the time to start the list of words I know that Etta is saying consistently. This will mean...
2 Ways to Help Your Child Say More Words
Two strategies for supporting your little one to say more words. If you’re trying to teach your little one to use more words – this is he video for you!...
Support you Child's Communication Develop with this Easy Trick
This is such a great trick to have up your sleeve. Reading and cuddling is obviously fantastic for many reasons, but have you tried face to face? This position is...
How I use Speech and Language Therapy Strategies in Everyday Interactions
Just examples of how I weave strategies into simple interactions as we play. I know many of you loved this content when it was in my stories so I’ll try...
How to Tempt your Baby to Communicate with You
You can start doing these with even tiny babies. Remember - communication isn’t just talking. These strategies will tempt your little one to make eye contact and vocalisations to tell...
How Action Songs Support Language Development
We love action songs! Action songs are great for development and can help your child to understand the meaning of the lyrics. The gestures show your little one that movement...
If your Baby isn't Talking Yet
You can help your little one to learn how to talk to you by making noises and having fun.You read that correctly.Way before talking develops (from birth, actually) your little...
Don't Miss the Teaching Opportunity
I hear SO MANY people missing the teaching opportunity by saying "good boy" or "good girl". If this is you - don't be offended! I can FEEL the excitement of parents...
How to Full up your Child's Language Bank
So I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…one of the most important things you can do to support your child language is to ask fewer questions and make...
How do you Know if your Child’s saying Mama or Dada to mean You?
The /m/ and the /d/ sound are some of the earliest to develop so it’s not uncommon for children to start babbling these sounds. And you can’t forgive parents for...
When to Sign 'Finished'
It’s SO GOOD when kids can sign to tell you’re they’re totally done with something. It can bypass so many meltdowns as they don’t need to cry to tell you...
How to Have a conversation with your Baby
Imitation is magic. Check out my ‘language’ and ‘temptations’ highlight for more tips on supporting your little one to start talking. This may just look like noise making, but it’s...
6 Skills Your Baby Needs Before They Can Imitate Words
Waiting for your baby to talk? This one’s for you. There’s a few things they need to be able to do before they’ll understand the power of imitating words. If...
How to Practice Speech Sounds during Play
Speech sound practise should be fun! Make sure it’s a sound they can actually say but they just need practice to use more often. Briefly pause any game to build...
Say and Sign Before You Do: Water
Being able to ask for a drink is so important - imagine being thirsty and unable to help yourself?! We're all fab parents so we tend to anticipate our little...
Supporting Behaviour: What to Say
This one's a powerful one. We know from research that praising a child when they're doing the right thing is the BEST way to support their behaviour. Every time you...
Letter to Sound Rules
I’m so proud of August tonight that I could EXPLODE.I’ve been teaching August his letter to sound rules since he was 1 year old (he turns 3 in June)- not...
If your Baby isn't Talking yet
You can help your little one to learn how to talk to you by making noises and having fun.You read that correctly.Way before talking develops (from birth, actually) your little...
Say it Back Correctly
It takes a long time for little ones to master saying words correctly, and along the way they tend to have all kinds of cute ways to say things. It's...
When to Sign 'Finished' to your Baby
Imagine knowing what you want but being unable to tell anyone? It would be so frustrating. That’s what it feels like for our little ones before they can communicate with...
