Communication Development
Strategies to support your child's communication development within their everyday routines and play.
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Starting School Mistake
Do this ⬇️⬇️Did you know that teaching your child what SOUND each letter makes is way more important than them learning the name of the letter?E.g. knowing that a K...
Stop doing this one thing if you want your child to talk more
IT'S SO TEMPTINGto ask our kids to say stuff to us.Like "say hello", "say please", "say mooo", "say milk".ESPECIALLY when our kids aren't saying many words yet and we want...
What NOT to do if your child starts stuttering
Do this instead ⬇️ It's not uncommon for some kids to go through periods of dysfluency (less fluent speech) as they develop. Stuttering (also known as stammering) can sound like...
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...
4 Tips to Enhance your Baby's Speech and Language Development
Your little one is learning how to communicate from the second they're brought into this world.Communication isn't just talking, it's noises and facial expressions and gestures and tones.When your baby...
Teach yourself before you teach your child
⚠️don't make this mistake⚠️Saying the SOUND that letters make can be so powerful for early literacy. We speak, spell and read in letter SOUNDS, not letter names.But if you weren't...
Teach your child to talk using Plydough
Throwback ThursdayA little video of Auggie (age 2years and 7 months) and I playing with playdough and retelling the story of the very hungry caterpillar.Retelling stories with props is so...
My child doesn't say some speech sounds - should I worry?
⚠️SAVE THIS FOR REFERENCESome sounds are harder to say than others. Knowing WHEN sounds typically develop will ensure that you’re not expecting too much of your little one.Children are developing...
Top Language Tip from a Speech Therapist
This makes a difference ⬇️⬇️Sometimes adults so badly want to hear their kids speak or hear them use good manners that they make kids copy them, or set the expectation...
Pre-verbal Skills
First words start here⬇️Your baby is probably already intentially communicating with you - don't miss it!!Learning to talk starts with PRE-VERBAL SKILLS, they're the foundations of communication. So if you're...
Stuttering
Stuttering? Don't panic.I get so many parents reaching out to me about their child suddenly becoming dysfluent/ stuttering - it can come as quite a shock and no parent likes...
Worried your little one isn't talking much yet?
Here's how you can help.It starts with shifting your perspective: verbal words aren't the only goal. There are many steps that come before words and your little one might be...
Choices Help Language to Develop
Language development tip:Not only will offering your child choices show them respect and reduce tantrums because they feel like they’re in control, it can also help language development.Think about it,...
What to do if your baby isn't talking yet
No words?Time to start helping your little one to imitate exclamatory words! They count as first words too!So what are those?Exclamatory words are fun little words full of emotion that...
What counts as a first word?
"Mama" or babbling?To know if your child is saying a word or just babbling, you need to consider whether they are saying the 'word' CONSISTENTLY and INTENTIONALLY when what they...
7 Skills Your Child needs Before they can start to Talk
Language is built on solid foundations, and these are the 7 foundation skills your little one needs before they can start talking.It's like learning to walk. Babies need to reach,...
Language Development Tip: Choices Help Language to Develop
Not only will offering your child choices show them respect and reduce tantrums because they feel like they're in control, it can also help language development.Think about it, "do you...
Six Common Mistakes when Teaching a Child their First Words
Are you teaching or testing??!It's SO EASY to fall into the 'testing' role when teaching kids to talk because we so badly want to hear their first words. And when...
The Best Top for Helping Your Child to say Words Correctly
If their words sound strange, you need to sound STRANGER when you model it back to them correctly. Say it more than once and with lots of emphasis. DO NOT...
Simple Strategy for Speech Sound Development
Make your face fun!! This simple strategy can make all the difference when it comes to teaching new words, ESPECIALLY for kids who’s sounds are coming out a little muddled....
