Communication Development
Strategies to support your child's communication development within their everyday routines and play.
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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....
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....
Functional First Words
Share with a parent who is trying to teach their little one to talk. When Speech Therapists describe words as functional, they mean "useful words to get your point across...
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...
Why Children find it Hard to Learn a New Speech Sound
Hint: they’re not being lazy.If you couldn’t remember to put a new sound in the middle of all your sentences all day - why would you expect a child to?!...
How to Teach your Child to Blow out Candles
It's likely they blow with their mouth in a /f/ sound shape right now but that's too obstructive - they need their mouth in a /w/ sound shape. Heres a...
Tempt them to Communitcate
These are just a few of the ways that you can tempt your little one to interact with you, basically by doing something a little bit silly. Kids are so...
How to Teach your Baby to Talk: Turn Taking
It's not just about feeding them and keeping them alive! Your baby's brain is a sponge and they're ready to start learning how to communicate with you!!It all begins with...
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....
Why you should teach 'more'
When your little one can sign or say "more", the world is their oyster. They'll be able to request more of anything: think food, toys, stories or cuddles, and you'll...
Speech Sound Strategy
Just a reminder that you don't have to point out the mistakes your child is making in their speech. It takes years and lots of practice to get perfect speech....
How to Support your Child's Language Development
Hint: However you'd like to be supported to learn a new language!Have a think for a moment. If you were in Japan, France, or anywhere were you didn't know the...
Learning to say the 'F' Sound
Most kids learn most sounds just by listening to you say them. We are our children's BEST teachers. Sometimes, for many reasons, children need an extra bit of help to...
Books Alive: Alfie Outdoors
We got this book out from the library and it quickly became a favourite. We used it as the basis for a whole load of learning about where vegetables come...
Pointing out letters
You know that posh educational resources and toys with the alphabet on them don't teach your child, right?!I don't care if you have the most beautiful, carved wood letter puzzle...
If they're feeling too shy to answer questions
Even the most confident kids can suddenly become mute if they’re asked a question. This is a totally normal reaction.We have to step in as their parent so that there’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...
Teaching Opportunities
YOU ARE YOUR CHILD'S BEST TEACHER. Read that again. Your child feels safest with you, most comfortable with you, they trust you more than anyone and they believe everything you...
What to say when they don't know how to refer to themselves
Do you all know that I promote talking in the first person - so saying “I’m hungry” instead of “Mum is hungry”. But even with the best modelling, kids...
Have Fun with Rhyming Words
If you've followed for a while then you know we sing ALL THE TIME. We sing kids songs and nursery rhymes all day and now August loves to sing to...
