Using Dear Zoo in thera...
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 […]
GDPR – what to do as an independent ...
This is a rather different post from usual today. People often ask us to post more about running an independent speech therapy practise. This post is about a very specific but very important thing many independent SLTs are dealing with at the moment, alongside all other businesses in the EU – GDPR. This post contains […]
How to encourage children to take tu...
Taking turns is something that all young (and some not so young!) children find difficult. It can be particularly challenging for children with language difficulties. Language delay can often mean that social interaction is a little delayed as well. Turn-taking is something I often suggest for nursery staff to work on with a preschool child. […]
Teaching long and sh...
Words such as long and short seem very simple, but actually they can be difficult for children to understand. This is because they are quite abstract words – the concept of “long” depends on what else is around it. So, a ruler might seem long if you compare it to a rubber and a pencil, […]
Something for the weekend: Retelling stor...
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 […]
How to teach a child to say “gR...
This is the next in our series of posts about how to teach specific speech sounds. We already have posts about how to teach “f”, how to teach “s” and “how to teach “k”. This post is about the “g” sound. Along with “k”, this is one of the sounds I work on most frequently. […]
g photo ca...
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 […]
5 things to do if you are worried about a child’s spe...
Are you concerned about a child’s speech clarity? It might be your own child or a child you are working with. Have you noticed that they struggle to be understood? Do other children their age seem to speak much more clearly than they do? This post aims to give you 5 positive things to do […]
How to teach prepositions: behind, in front, next...
Back in 2014, Elizabeth wrote a post about helping a child to understand the prepositions in, on and under. (I can’t believe it was that long ago!!) You can find that post here. Once your child is able to understand and use these in sentences, you may want to move on to other position words. […]
Something for the weekend: Vocabul...
Helen had a fantastic idea for a new series of posts. We all know how busy life gets and although we all have the best intentions of helping with home work or practising targets, it can be really hard to find the time, get everything ready, for your child to be in the right mood […]
