by | Jan 3, 2014 | Language, Learning |
Despite awesome renovations at Underwater World here at the Sunshine Coast, Master coming-up-2 STILL has only one interest…’man…diving’. Knowing that language-learning occurs best when the child is interested, I worked his receptive vocab! He...
by | Dec 17, 2013 | Language, Learning |
Going along with my post about trying your kids out on different foods – also remember…your child’s vocabulary will only ever be as big as the number of words they are exposed to. This means pointing out words and defining them for your child, no...
by | Dec 11, 2013 | Literacy |
So it’s time to learn to sound out words for spelling. At first, it can be quite a daunting task for a little one. Here is one trick I have found that helps with little children, or older kids who are having trouble sounding words out… It sounds...
by Heidi | Nov 30, 2013 | Mealtimes, Speech development |
[6 months +] A cup is a cup is a cup! Not! You can almost expect to spend a bit of money just finding the right cup for your little one. It is frustrating as even if someone gives you a recommendation for a good one, it’s likely you won’t be able to find...
by | Nov 24, 2013 | Behaviour management, Language, Learning |
[12 months] Starting as early as you can, start making a game of packing away, when you have the time! It is MUCH easier to make packing away a habit rather than a chore that is suddenly expected of children when they are older. This works for packing away toys where...
