by Jenny Edgar | Jan 8, 2023 | Language Development
11 Tips in How to Help You Stimulate Your Young Child’s Speech and Language From the time a child is born it is imperative that the child is engulfed with sound (voices, songs, change in pitch). The child is learning to tune into their native language; parent’s voice;...
by Jenny Edgar | Jan 8, 2023 | Language Development
3 Natural Environments to Help Develop a Toddler’s Language. Children will learn language naturally and easily when the words an adult use are used in context and when the child is actually carrying out the action. 1. The PlaygroundThe language that can be...
by Jenny Edgar | Jan 8, 2023 | Dyslexia
Parents need to be aware that many schools still give ‘whole language’ readers to children in pre-Primary to Year 2. Children with dyslexia cannot read the contents of these books as the readers are not at their phonic knowledge. They have words in them that CANNOT be...
by Jenny Edgar | Jan 8, 2023 | Dyslexia
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...
by Jenny Edgar | Jan 8, 2023 | Language Development
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...
