Our latest column for Special Needs Jungle was published yesterday, and it’s a topic I think will interest a lot of people. Do your children tell you about what has happened at school? Most don’t really. It can be even more challenging to get any information if your child has language difficulties. There are some […]
Yearly archives for 2016
20 stocking fillers for speech and langua...
Have you finished your Christmas shopping yet? If not, this post may be for you! I often get asked for Christmas present ideas of things which will help support speech and language skills. So here are 20 ideas of stocking fillers. I’ve tried to keep them both small and fairly inexpensive. Most of them are […]
Why and how to talk to your b...
We talk a lot here about how to communicate with toddlers, preschoolers and school-age children to help develop their language skills. However, the building blocks of language start developing right from the earliest days of a child’s life. Children understand language before they can use it, and even though most children are not saying words […]
Big or little? Ideas for teaching size conce...
We have written posts about teaching other early concepts – colour and prepositions. But today we are going to think about the early size concepts of big and little. Just before I start, there are a couple of points I want to run through. Firstly, there is the choice of words. Speech Therapists all tend […]
Teaching past tense ve...
Grammar can be very tricky for some children. This is hardly surprising when you think about it – there are so many rules about how sentences fit together. A lot of these centre around verbs (action words). Take a simple verb such as “jump”. We change this depending on the sentence. You might say […]
You know you’re a speech therapist whenR...
Elizabeth and I were chatting about all the little things that happen in everyday life because we’re speech therapists. If you are a speech therapist, I wonder if you recognise any of these?…. You know you’re a speech therapist when…. You are in the supermarket and instead of pulling your purse out of your handbag, […]
Adverbs: Ideas on how to teach t...
You often find that children will develop expressive language to the point where they can produce short sentences e.g. The man is running, the lady is brushing her teeth. However they find it harder to develop longer, more complex sentences and vocabulary. They often need these areas to be specifically taught. As early as year […]
Guest Post: How Can Outdoor Play Help Children Gain Vital Language Skil...
We were recently approached by Pentagon Play about hosting a guest post. We have written a number of posts about the importance of play and getting outside to help language development. Pentagon Play make some beautiful children’s play equipment and also have an interesting blog. We liked Sam’s post about adapting the playground to help […]