What You Need to Know About Praise
June 23, 2018
The One Thing You NEED to Know About Praise
“You’re so clever”, “Oh he’s so smart” and “Gee Whiz that kids got some talent” are common phrases amongst households of young families. We want to tell our kids how great they are and build their self-esteem and confidence. But is telling our kids they are ...
Building Oral Language - Part 2
October 13, 2017
Welcome back to our series of blogs covering strategies to support your child’s oral language development. We hope you had fun implementing some of the strategies we suggested in our last blog. If you have not read our first blog, you will find it here.
Here are two more s...
Building Oral Language - Part 1
September 24, 2017
Building Oral Language - Part 1
All children need strong skills in oral language! Children who enter school with poor oral language skills are at a significant disadvantage to their peers. Oral language is one of the most important basic building blocks to future reading and writing success.
What is oral l...
Top 4 Books for Targeting Prepositions
September 1, 2017
Our Top 4 Books for Targeting Prepositions
You might be thinking, what are prepositions? Prepositions are words that describe the position or location of an item. Comprehension of prepositions is important for our kid’s success at school as instructions tend to include prepositions (e.g. put your hat in your bag an...
COMMUNICATION RED FLAGS
August 6, 2017
Speech And Language Red Flags
How do I tell if my child’s speech and language is delayed? Should my child be talking yet? My child’s friends are all putting words together, why isn’t s/he? Why doesn’t my child follow directions? Is my child’s speech normal? Why are others havi...
First Words and Babbling
July 21, 2017
First Words and The Importance of Babbling
As a Speech Pathologist a common question parents ask is “what can I do at home that will encourage my child to start talking?” Knowing when a child will start to talk can be hard to pin point as it varies from child to child. Generally speaking, by 18 months, most child...
Everyday Activities
April 21, 2017
Making The Most Of Everyday Activities
Life can get a little crazy sometimes and it can often feel impossible to fit everything in! Although it's fantastic to add in extra learning time with our children, sometimes it's just not possible. That's why it's so important that we take advantage of our everyday activit...