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Phonics is Proven to be the BEST Approach to Spelling
Victoria is embracing PHONICS. They are seeing GREAT changes in the children’s spelling. They DO NOT want to leave any child behind! LET’S MAKE A CHANGE W.A. in the way we deliver phonics. At Perth Speech Therapy we have been paving the way in delivering high-quality...
10 Tips of How Parents Can Encourage Their Child to Speak
Talk to your child about what you are doing (e.g. I need to put the cups in here”). Use hand gestures, point to objects and use varied intonation as you say the associated words. You can do this with your child’s body parts (eg “You have a fly on your arm, let me shoo...
How well is your child speaking?
Many parents phone asking about their toddlers’ speech and language, and whether their language development is age appropriate. Spending just 20 minutes a day 1:1 with your child in play can have a dramatic effect on your child’s language. 6 tips in how a parent can...
The Importance of Reading books to Children
1. Improve their language skills.2. Enhance ability to concentrate on a set task for a set period of time.3. Develop their imagination.4. Develop their vocabulary and be able to link ideas.5. Develop their comprehension skills.6. Develop their cognitive skills.7....
The Importance of Pretend Play in a Young Child’s Life
Play is an integral part of a child’s life. A child begins to learn that when an object is picked up, the object has a name and often a sound / movement / action attached to it. For example, ‘a lion’ can roar and stomp around. Children learn about: 1. The world /...
Literacy and language in the Early Years.
Language and literacy develop co-currently. As soon as a baby is born it is met with sound. There are then crucial times in a child’s early years for when language develops: • At 6 months a child’s brain is ‘open’ to receive babble (their native language)• At 12...
Knowledge is like a seed: It grows if it is fed, so: READ TO YOUR CHILD!
When Children are exposed to books they learn the following 7 concepts: 1. Books are for enjoyment2. To turn pages in the right direction.3. The correct way to hold a book, that there is a front and a back end to a book.4. That print carries a message5. That the...
Speech Sounds and Development
What is articulation: Articulation is the formation of clear and distinct sounds in speech. Why do kids struggle: The majority of speech sound disorders are caused by unknown factors, however there are some known origins including:– Genetic causes– Craniofacial...
The Importance of a Child Being Able to Quickly Identify the Alphabet Sounds
Reading commences with a child being able to identify individual letters (sounds of the alphabet). Once they can confidently name the sounds, they are able to start blending and segmenting those sounds into words. Children with delay in alphabet knowledge will find...
What is a LISP?
There are two types of lisps: 1. An Interdental Lisp.An interdental lisp is when the tongue protrudes between the teeth on certain sounds (e.g. /s/ & /z/). This is considered a normally developing speech pattern in children. An interdental lisp can self-correct up...
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