Communication Development

Strategies to support your child's communication development within their everyday routines and play.
Browse this section if you're looking to broaden your child's vocabulary, improve their speech sounds or develop their social communication.

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2 Ways to Help Your Child Say More Words

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!...
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Support you Child's Communication Develop with this Easy Trick

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...
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How I use Speech and Language Therapy Strategies in Everyday Interactions

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...
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How to Tempt your Baby to Communicate with You

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...
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If your Baby isn't Talking Yet

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...
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Don't Miss the Teaching Opportunity

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...
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How to Full up your Child's Language Bank

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...
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The One-Hand Rule for Language Development

The One-Hand Rule for Language Development

Every time you make a comment, you’re teaching your child something. Think of it as making a deposit into their language bank. Every time you ask a question, you’re testing...
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When to Sign 'Finished'

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...
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6 Skills Your Baby Needs Before They Can Imitate Words

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...
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Say and Sign Before You Do: Water

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...
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Letter to Sound Rules

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...
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If your Baby isn't Talking yet

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...
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Say it Back Correctly

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...
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Teach Manners through Modelling, not Parroting

Teach Manners through Modelling, not Parroting

When you prompt your little one to “say please” or “say sorry”, they’re learning that they have to copy what you say to get what they want, but it’s unlikely...
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Benefits of Singing Routines and Nursery Rhymes

Benefits of Singing Routines and Nursery Rhymes

Develops language and phonological awareness. Develops turn taking and social communication skills Enhances physical development and rhythm Improves memory, concentration, spacial awareness and thinking skills Fosters a close relationship between...
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How to use Routines to Teach new Language

How to use Routines to Teach new Language

Routine are magic for language learning. We play this game every day where I take her dummy (dody) and she grabs if back again. This has lead to her initiating...
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Clap out the Syllables in Longer Words

Clap out the Syllables in Longer Words

ALL CHILDREN drop syllables from longer words at some point in their development. Its called 'weak syllable deletion' - and it just means that they drop the weaker, less pronounced...
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5 Reasons why you are the Best Person to Teach your Child to Talk

5 Reasons why you are the Best Person to Teach your Child to Talk

Why it’s so important that caregivers are empowered to be part of speech and language therapy. They trust you more than anyone We’re all more likely to listen to and...
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Six Common Mistakes when Teaching a Child their First Words

Six Common Mistakes when Teaching a Child their First Words

📌 Share with a parent who's teaching their child to talk 😍 Asking a lot of questions Try: Comment on things they are doing and objects that catch their attention....
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