by Jenny Edgar | Nov 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
📘 The Connection Between Reading and Comprehension High readability version optimised for Yoast Learning to read is more than recognising words on a page — it’s about understanding them. Reading comprehension allows children to make meaning from text, connect ideas,...
by Jenny Edgar | Nov 12, 2025 | Language Development, Literacy
Colourful Semantics (CS) is a structured, visual approach in speech therapy designed to enhance children’s expressive and receptive language. Developed by Alison Bryan in the late 1990s, CS uses colour-coded cues to help learners focus on key parts of a sentence —...
by Jenny Edgar | Nov 11, 2025 | Language Development, Speech Therapy for Children
When many people think of speech therapy, they picture a therapist helping a child pronounce sounds like “r” or “s.” While sound production is one part of communication, it’s only a small piece of what speech therapists support. Speech and language are connected, but...
by Jenny Edgar | Nov 7, 2025 | Dyslexia, Literacy
What Is Phonological Awareness? Phonological awareness is a foundational early literacy skill that helps children understand and work with the sounds in spoken language. Before a child learns to read or spell, they first learn to hear, recognise, and manipulate sound...
by Jenny Edgar | Nov 6, 2025 | Dyslexia, Literacy, Speech Therapy for Children
At Perth Speech Therapy, many of our therapists are trained in Sounds-Write, an evidence-based synthetic phonics program that helps children learn to read, spell and write with confidence. Sounds-Write teaches children how spoken sounds link to written letters,...
