We are half way through the summer holidays here in the UK. I love the summer break and we have actually had some great weather this year. Just yesterday, my son and I went pond dipping and had a lovely walk (with an ice-cream) along the canal. Even if you haven’t been on a big […]
Roar! I love dinosaurs and so do many of the children I work with! I was excited when they were included in the Key Stage 1 curriculum – what a great engaging topic! It never ceases to amaze me, the quantity and detail of information children can retain about dinosaurs, even if it’s not all […]
I know personally that food shopping is something I dread. It’s busy and I hate the way supermarkets move things around so you can’t find them! I also know that for many parents the idea of taking children with you is even worse! But, sometimes if you can involve your children in the activity you […]
We have written a number of post in this series. The idea is to show you how to work on your speech and language targets during everyday activities. This can be really useful when you are trying to help new skills generalise and also to provide extra repetition. You can read our posts on trips […]
Children with speech and language difficulties often struggle with learning and retaining new vocabulary. This is an area I often work on, and I’m sure I am not alone! Here are some of my favourite resources for working on this skill. They are listed in no particular order. . Word Aware (Spiral Bind) If you […]
We have written about working your speech and language targets into normal, day to day activities before. You can read our tips for bath time, trips to the park and trips to the beach. So today, I am going to talk about working your targets into meal times. Now, if meal times are really hectic […]
Here are some links to some of our most popular posts. Speech Sounds What sounds should my child be able to say? Speech sound therapy 101 games to play to practise speech sounds Part One 101 games to play to practise speech sounds Part Two How to generalise speech sounds Early Language Help! My toddler […]
Often it can seem like you need to buy particular toys or take a child off into a corner alone to work on their speech and language skills. Time is short for all of us and it can be really hard to find time to do a specific “speech session” with your child, especially if […]
Helen and I have been writing a series of posts about using narrative therapy. If you haven’t read those yet I recommend that you go and have a look first. Today I am going to write about bringing all the story elements together and using whole stories in your therapy. I really love this bit […]
The fantastic Orchard toys have released some new games. You can read my review of Robot Run here. Very kindly they also sent us a copy of one of their other new games –Farmyard heads and tails – which I am going to review today. I was given a copy of the game, but the […]
