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Phonological Awareness Skills Counting Syllables Phonological awareness skills are a range of abilities which underpin literacy...

Phonological Awareness Skills Rhyming Phonological awareness skills are a range of abilities which lay the foundation for learning to...

Week 1: Repeat, Repeat, Repeat! Kid’s love doing the same thing over and over and over again. While it can frustrate or bore us as...

Have you ever dreamed of packing up and just taking off to another country? Giving your children the opportunity to learn a new language...

Week 1: Conversations are crucial fordeveloping your child’s language skills. It may seem as though your child istalking to you all day...

Week 1: Add a Variety of Words Children learn language through interaction and new experiences. As children experience new things,...

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Grace went to some lengths to immerse herself in the French culture during her travels. Those of us who have spoken English since we were...

It was 8pm at night. My 14-year-old was relaxing in the lounge room playing her guitar. She looked content and relaxed. I wasn’t. I knew...

Executive functioning skills are intrinsic to our organisational, attention, self- regulation, memory and time management abilities. In...

Around​ ​this​ ​time​ ​of​ ​year​ ​most​ ​of​ ​us​ ​are​ ​left​ ​scratching​ ​our​ ​heads​ ​and​ ​wondering exactly​ ​where​ ​the​ ​last​...

When​ ​did​ ​your​ ​child​ ​first​ ​start​ ​talking?​ ​For​ ​some​ ​of​ ​you​ ​reading​ ​this​ ​you​ ​will​ ​hardly​ ​be able​ ​to​...

Did​ ​you​ ​know​ ​that​ ​​a​ ​typical​ ​4-year​ ​old​ ​will​ ​have​ ​about​ ​1,500-1,600​ ​words​ ​in​ ​their vocabulary?​ ​By​...

All​ ​parents​ ​want​ ​their​ ​child​ ​to​ ​do​ ​well​ ​in​ ​school.​ ​One​ ​way​ ​to​ ​assist​ ​your​ ​child​ ​is​ ​to help​ ​them​...

I love words. I love learning new words. Have you ever stopped to think about how we use words, even when we are not talking? If you are...

Congratulations on surviving the beginning of term one. By now your child will have settled into the routine of school days and is...

Language and Literacy Groups for School Starters! Do you know someone who is starting school in 2016? Get a head start on the new school...

Tricky Tongues Many parents are concerned that their child has a lisp. In small children it can be an endearing feature, however as...

What is Oral Language? Oral language is what we say. It’s the use of spoken words to successfully engage with others. It enables us to...

How can Speech Pathologists help with dyslexia and learning disorders? Last week I had a “Google Hangout” date with Michelle Morrow from...