Fronted adverbials. Conjunctions. Determiners. These are just some of the fantastic pieces of technical vocabulary that all children in the UK need to know for their year 6 SATS. Now unless you have taken a linguistics degree, the chances are you don’t know what these words mean, which can make helping with homework very hard. […]
I am very aware that I need to keep therapy fun. We are constantly asking the child to do the thing they find hardest – again and again. So to help keep a child engaged in therapy, many therapists use toys and games. However there are only so many times I can play Buckaroo in […]
It may still be November, but some of the schools I visit are already starting to practise their Christmas plays. So I thought I would write about how to make plays and assemblies more accessible for children with speech and language difficulties. Every child should be included; you might juts have to think laterally about a […]
I know not everyone likes fireworks and that the actual reason we celebrate Bonfire Night is tricky, so this post may not be for everyone. But I love this time of year, except the getting dark really early bit! There are so many different things happening that prove to be great opportunities for discussion with […]
When teaching a speech sound in therapy, there are a number of things therapists do to help support the child. Equally, when you are helping a child generalise a sound into their speech at home or in the classroom, there are ways to help as well. Today I’m going to talk about cueing. Now […]
I am lucky that I get to work regularly with my clients and their families and schools, so have the advantage that I get to know them well. But the first time I meet a child and am making my assessment, there is some really important information I need from the people that know them […]
I know that many parents worry about their child learning colour words. I do understand that many nurseries like a child to know their letters, numbers and colours. But as a speech and language therapist, checking if a child knows their colours is not the first thing on my list! I want to make sure […]
We all know how useful and important books are for children’s learning. Helen wrote this post about using books to develop language skills. One of my favourite books to use with younger children is ‘Dear Zoo’ by Rod Campbell. It is a simple lift the flap book, but you can use it to target lots […]
This is the second in our series of posts with quick and hopefully simple ideas for you to try this weekend. We all know that life gets busy and although we all have the best intentions of helping with home work and practising targets, it can be really hard to find the time, get everything […]
We have just published a set of 90 photo picture cards for the ‘g’ sound. We also have packs for the ‘c/k’, ‘s’ and ‘f’ sounds as well. ‘g’ is another sound that we work on frequently. This pack comes as a pdf download. Add it to your shopping cart, check out and pay, and […]
