by Heidi | Jun 26, 2017 | conscious parenting, Creating vibrant children, Speech development |
[This post is dedicated to the mothers who wonder about the timing of speech therapy or those that have had one too many appointments… and still looking for the magic wand] As a Speech Pathologist, I have worked with MANY children over the years with speech...
by | Feb 21, 2014 | Language, Learning, Social skills |
Well it’s on for a limited time. Any parent who is keen to teach their little one some signs (from 6 months +), first get your head around the ins and outs at Do I get on this baby sign bandwagon or not?….. And if you’re still keen to give your...
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 6, 2013 | Language, Learning |
[18 months +] Teach your child to count through incidental counting here and there, when they have attention for it. This might be seeing a whole lot of balls in a book, once you’ve named ‘balls’, if they are still looking, you could name the...
by | Nov 6, 2013 | Language, Learning |
[18 mths+] Give your child single words as they are learning vocabulary around an activity. With a puzzle, the words you might use are: – ‘turn’ – ‘slide’ (less frustration teaching to ‘slide’ at first over...
