My husband is a librarian – we have a lot of books at home! I also love books, and our daughter seems to be developing a love for them too! I don’t think it will be news to anyone reading this that books are a great tool for developing language skills or that reading with […]
We have put quite a few app reviews on this blog, and many of them are really great apps which I love. If you have an iPad which you ever use in therapy, make sure you read this review as we both absolutely love this app! Elizabeth and I were lucky enough to be contacted […]
Since it’s half-term this week, we thought it was time to post some more reviews of products we love. This is the first of three reviews this week of products we have been lucky enough to be sent to review. Today, the Colour Match puzzles by Orchard Toys. This is a very simple set of […]
So, you have just received a set of targets from your Speech Therapist. The chances are there are words on there you don’t use everyday, although hopefully the therapist has explained them! We often talk about semantics, concepts, irregular tenses etc and how to help your child understand and use them. Prepositions are another target […]
Helen and I have been very fortunate and have some great resources and apps to review. So now it’s the Easter holidays and people may even have a little money to spend with the new tax year, we thought we would blog about some of them! Helen recently reviewed one of Orchard toys new games […]
When Speech and Language Therapists assess younger children’s understanding of language, we often refer to ‘Key words’ or ‘Information Carrying Words – ICW’s’. ICW’s is a term originally used by the Derbyshire Language Scheme, 1982, Knowles, W and Masidlover, M. Both of these terms refer to the number of words you need to understand to […]
Many of the children I work with (especially those at junior age) have difficulty with word-finding. This is something that we all experience occasionally, so I think everyone reading this will be able to identify with how frustrating it can be at times. You know that “tip of the tongue” feeling that you get sometimes […]
I can hardly believe it’s December tomorrow – it always creeps up on me so quickly. In a sudden panic after realising this, I have been rushing around trying to get my daughter’s advent calendar sorted out, and realising it’s time I got going with some Christmas shopping. Advent calendars are so varied these days […]
Today we are joining in with the Linky started by Jenna at Speech Room News. The question is about our top 5 resources for working on vocabulary. This is a great question as I spend a lot of time doing vocabulary work. So many children with receptive and expressive language problems of all ages have […]
This is part 4 of our series on understanding your child’s speech and language therapy report – if you haven’t seen the other posts, you can read the over view here, a post on attention and listening here and the last post on comprehension here. So, this post is going to look at expressive language […]
