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Strategies to support your child's communication development within their everyday routines and play.
7 Skills Your Child needs Before they can start to Talk
Language is built on solid foundations, and these are the 7 foundation...
Language Development Tip: Choices Help Language to Develop
Not only will offering your child choices show them respect and reduce...
Six Common Mistakes when Teaching a Child their First Words
Are you teaching or testing??!It's SO EASY to fall into the 'testing'...
The Best Top for Helping Your Child to say Words Correctly
If their words sound strange, you need to sound STRANGER when you...
4 Things You can do to Teach Your Child to Talk
Kids learn all their language from listening to us. They're not born...
Simple Strategy for Speech Sound Development
Make your face fun!! This simple strategy can make all the difference...
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...
Speak Normally to Support Language Development
It's totally fine to speak in the first person and speak normally....
Teach your Child to Talk using Bubbles
Bubbles machines are FUN and there's definitely a place for them -...
Help! My Child doesn't really Babble or make Many Noises
Time to make some noises, people. OMG I said adjective and I...
Fill them up with Language: Swimming Edition
Just LOOK how much vocab you can teach when you take your...
How to be the best parent you can be by connecting with your child and holding your boundaries respectfully.
Whats the best thing to say when your kid is having a tantrum
Hear me out ⬇️Kids have tantrums. They're developmentally appropriate - it's a...
Important phrases our kids need to hear
Say what you would have wanted to hear.We have such a HUGE...
Understanding your sensitive child's behaviour
How to help⬇️It's time to REFRAME your thinking.Often, the behaviours of highly...
What to do when your child won't stop misbehaving
This really works ⬇️We've all fallen into this pattern:Our kids are constantly...
Is this the reason your preschooler is misbehaving?
What to do?New siblings are a huge change for our preschoolers which...
A mistake I made as a first-time parent
We assure our preschoolers in so many ways that we’ll always be...
Can't control our kids but we can manage their environment and control ourselves
It all went wrong.We truly can't control our kids.We CAN control ourselves...
The Parenting Trap we all fall in to
Play the long game.👌Keep your responses short. You don't even have to...
Should we punish a child when they have a tantrum?
Expect tantrums.We can't expect children to have the self control and executive...
What to do when you're triggered by your child's behaviour
You're not alone.It's no mean feat coping with a child's many outbursts...
We need to be kinder to kids (and each other)
Let's be kind.We cant be in each other's brains so we have...
Supporting your child to play with their friends and siblings
Model model model.- can I sit with you?- can I play?- what...
Improve your Child's Behaviour with this one Simple Strategy
Our response has the biggest impact on our child's behaviour.When we shift...
Why you shouldn't say 'Stop being silly"
We’ve all said it.But we can all say something more helpful when...
The home of easy to set up play ideas! Browse a range of activities that are simple to create and often use the stuff you already have lying around your house! These activities are all created with communication development in mind, so be sure to join in with your little one and foster some conversation.
The Benefits of Play Fighting for Child Development
1, 2, 3, FIGHT!! If you have a toddler who's full of...
Teach and Learn: Shop Play Edition
Is there anything better than playing shops? I don't think so. Watch...
3 Step Recipe for a Super Fun Play Tray
Don't over think it.There are some amazing ideas out there for fun,...
How to Play when your Kids are at Different Ages and Stages
How YOU interact and respond can change the whole learning experience.For sure...
Because parenting is hard enough as it is!
Here are some ideas to make things a little easier and support your child's development in the process.
Cleaning: Functional Play – Life Skills
Whilst most of us loathe cleaning - babies tend to love it....
Self care Station
I'm so excited to have (nearly) finished this little #isolationcreation. This is a...
Helping around the house: Clothes Sorting
We don't have to spend all of naptime setting up a crafty...
How we clean our floor bed with the Growbright Airnest
This is an ADI bought my first @growbright mattress long before August was born...
How we prepare for immunisations
I'm all about honesty.It's totally ok to tell your little one what...
One trick that helped our 3 year old to ride a bike
The towel trick!Turns out you don't have to break your back holding...
How can I make nappy changes easier?
If your child is rolling like a crocodile at nappy change time,...
You're in the right place for all things food. We want to support you to have more successful mealtimes with your children.
STARTING SOLIDS. How I tackle it as a Speech and Language Therapist
STEP 1.We’re doing a mix of puree feeding and BLW (Baby Led...
Lunch Time Hack: Roly Poly Sandwiches
Make sandwiches interesting again by mixing up how they're presented to your...
How to Survive Mealtimes with a Toddler: My 5 Tips for Success
Remember - toddlers are just always looking to take control of their...
Little Helper: Spreading Butter
Life skills - if they don't get the opportunities to practice then...
Supporting Behaviour: What to say
It sounds really nit-picky, but the language you use matters. Kind, calm...
How to support your child to sit while they eat
If you're not bothered by it, you're not bothered by it. No...
