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,...
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 ...
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 an...
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 learnin...
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 languag...
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 ...
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....
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 com...
What to do if your Child is only Saying Parts of Words
It's so easy to help a child to hear and use all the syllables in a word - simply tap it out with them.The trick here is to just model it with emph...
Help! My Child doesn't really Babble or make Many Noises
Time to make some noises, people. OMG I said adjective and I meant verb!! Losing my marbles this evening.Making noises yourself and making for face...
Fill them up with Language: Swimming Edition
Just LOOK how much vocab you can teach when you take your little one swimming. And this is MINIMUM - there'll be so many more things specific to yo...
How Speech Sounds Develop
Some sounds are harder to say than others, so we don't tend to hear children say them until they're older. Knowing WHEN sounds typically develop wi...