Communication Development
Strategies to support your child's communication development within their everyday routines and play.
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Communication Milestones
BUT WHAT IF MY CHILD ISN'T DOING THESE THINGS?Don't panic. You're not alone. Some children take a little longer. If your child is in this age bracket and only doing...
Quick Tips for Language Development
YOU are your child’s best teacher.Making these small changes to the way you respond to your child can have a huge impact on their language development. It’s all about creating...
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...
How Many Words Should My Child Say?
We all want to know whether our child is on track with their communication development, but the truth is that there is SO MUCH MORE to communication than just spoken...
Is my Child being Lazy with their Speech?
There's no such thing as lazy speech.If your child COULD speak correctly then they absolutely would. It's wayyy harder than you think to learn a new sound then remember to...
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...
The Power of Modelling
Modelling is when you show your child the exact thing you would like them to say or do, and it’s a word Speech and Language Therapists say all the time....
Stop Shaming Your Child
What to say instead of “Why did you do that?”, “Don’t hit your sister, it’s not okay to hit”. I’m sure we’re all guilty of saying something along those lines...
4 Things You can do to Teach Your Child to Talk
Kids learn all their language from listening to us. They're not born with words waiting to come out.So, it makes sense that there's things we can do differently to make...
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....
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...
Speak Normally to Support Language Development
It's totally fine to speak in the first person and speak normally. Our kids get it!!It's best we model how we want them to speak in the future - after...
Teach your Child to Talk using Bubbles
Bubbles machines are FUN and there's definitely a place for them - but when you blow your own bubbles with your child, you're much likely to be a fantastic language...
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 fun is KEY here.Stay away...
How to Teach your Toddler to Count
Some children learn to to count when they’re 1, some take a little longer and count when they’re closer to 5. As with all milestones, there’s huge variation, but what...
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 your local...
The Power of Parent Facing
My only prerequisite for my pushchair was that my kids could face me. Here's why: Babies are hard wired to seek out and look at faces, especially their parents! In...
