Do you have a Twinkl subscription? We both do – we’ve had them for years. In fact, I’ve had my subscription so long, that I sometimes forget to check what’s new in there. There is so much stuff – whenever I’m stuck for a resource to work on a particular target, Twinkl is one of […]
Speech and language therapy does tend to involve practising something that you find difficult over and over again. No-one enjoys doing that! It is particularly difficult if you realise that it is something other people seem to manage effortlessly, but you really struggle with it. It’s so important that we support children’s self-esteem while they […]
Today, I’m going right back to the earliest building blocks of language – babble. Parents are often (understandably) concerned about when their child said their first word. However, there are other stages of development that come before that. What is babble? Babies make sound from the moment they are born. Obviously, they cry! They all […]
Today, we are very privileged to have a guest post from a parent. Sarah Moriarty has a child with a severe speech disorder who attends a specialist centre. She has agreed to write about her experiences for us. I’m just going to hand straight over to her as I think her words say it all. […]
This post is in response to a question that someone asked. We had an email from someone on our mailing list who asked how they could encourage their child to imitate speech sounds. Here are some ideas. Start by copying them. Copy what your child does and the sounds that they make. This is something we […]
I often see children for assessment who are using a few words, but have a limited range of language. Often these children tend to just say one word when they speak, rather than linking 2 or more words together. So today I’m going to talk about when children start to move on from single words […]
Hearing your child talk for the first time is a very special milestone moment for most parents – especially the moment they first say “mummy” or “daddy”! For most children this seems to happen effortlessly. This isn’t always the case though. Some children take a bit longer to pick up language skills. Whether your child […]
How to improve language skills while hiding rocks Have you joined in with the latest craze of painting and hiding rocks? We have. My daughter’s two favourite things are art and rocks so it is an activity which seems to have been designed specifically for her! We have all had great fun painting them. Also, […]
Should you sign with your child? This is a something that I often get asked about. Often people want to focus on verbal language and think that signing with a child will hold their speech back. Actually, nothing could be further from the truth! Here are some of the reasons why signing can help a […]
I often get asked about children who have learnt how to say a new sound, but don’t use it when they are talking. This can seem frustrating, but actually this is a huge step. There are a couple of reasons why this can happen. Firstly, he might not really hear or recognise his own errors […]
