Attention and listening skills are incredibly important as they underpin all learning. If you aren’t listening, you won’t hear all the words and you may not get the whole message. If you aren’t paying attention it also makes learning very hard. We have written about how speech therapists talk about attention and listening skills in […]
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Special Words, Review and Giveaway by Elizab...
We were recently contacted by Special iApps and asked to review some of their apps. They very kindly gave Helen and I copies of the apps to review and have also offered to give some away through our blog! However the views expressed are my own. Special iApps is a non-profit organisation who aim to help […]
Love it and list it linky – language apps by Elizab...
We are joining up with Jenna again this week for her ‘Love it and list it’ linky. This month the list was for language apps. I found it really hard to just pick 5 as there are some fantastic apps out there! So, in no particular order… Splingo’s language Universe. This app supports comprehension of […]
Why and how to sign with children by He...
It often surprises people that I am a huge advocate of signing with children. People often think that, since speech therapists are trying to encourage children to talk, we think baby signing and similar approaches will hold back verbal language. Actually, nothing could be further from the truth! Of course, children with hearing difficulties may […]
Slug in a Jug review by He...
We’ve talked before about our love of Orchard Toys, here and here. They are good, sturdy games which look great , last well around enthusiastic children who like to test pieces out in their mouths (!) and are great fun too. A couple of weeks ago, Elizabeth posted about the Pig in Pants game. You […]