Communication Development
Strategies to support your child's communication development within their everyday routines and play.
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Singing to your baby
Why Singing to Your Baby is a Game Changer!1. Enhances Their Sense of Security and Emotional Connection: Singing to your baby creates a comforting and familiar environment, boosting their sense...
8 Skills that Children need to practice before they develop first words
Teach this ⬇️Are you and your parent friends waiting to hear first words?! Share this with them.From birth, babies are working on these 8 Pre-verbal skills just from hanging out...
5 Reasons Speech Therapists work with the parents more than the children
Why it’s so important that caregivers are empowered to be part of speech and language therapy. 1. They trust you more than anyone. We’re all more likely to listen to...
Help! My child keeps speaking in a baby voice
Why though? Kids tend to revert to using baby voices or acting like babies when they're: 1. Embarrassed 2. Seeking nurturing It's nothing to worry about. It's a behaviour, it's...
Help! My child isn't communicating with me
Help! My child isn’t communicating with me. Try this! Tempt them to communicate by giving them their cup or bottle empty. Pretty soon they’ll send you a message that something...
Tell a Story to get a Story
Less questions, more comments. Did you have a good day?Yep.What was the best bit?Lunch.Who did you play with?Dunno. If you’re struggling with one word answers from your child, then it’s...
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...
The Alphabet Song isn’t Important
The Alphabet Song isn’t important. You heard that right. A-B-C-D somewhat pointless. What’s way more important is the sounds that letters make. We speak and write in sounds not letters....
Close Enough to Kiss and to Talk to
I've seen so many babies being worn super low lately. Learning to wear your baby can be a learning curve - there are so many types of wrap and...
Where did I come from? Photos from Language Development
Most kids LOVE to look at pictures of themselves when they were younger. I know the mums who went to SPACE class with me thought I was a little nuts...
Turn off the background noise
Did you know that research has shown that background noise can impact on language development? Let's talk about why this is.Have you ever driven though the drive-thru at your fave...
Speak Normally
I'm not sure why we all started talking in the third person to our children but I'm here to tell you that you don't have to! And it's better not...
When do different speech sounds develop?
What’s the difference between speech and language??? Language is the words and signs we use to get our point across. So when we’re learning a new language, we’re learning a...
The Power of Watching and Waiting
Watching and waiting is incredibly powerful for language development. Are you remembering to do it?
What counts as a First Word?
More than you think! A first word is something that your child says intentionally, the same way every time and consistently - to get or communicate what they want.
6 Reasons to Involve your Child in Food Preparation
If your little one is refusing foods, throwing food, spitting things out, gagging, trying to escape the high chair, not keen on exploring new food - it's time to involve...
