by admin | Nov 19, 2013 | Adolescents, Children, Home Activities, Pre-school, Reading
Six to twelve months after being born your child starts to look at photos, recognize sounds and point to items that interest them. Reading to your child regularly is one of the most important factors for them to develop a healthy level of communication in the infancy...
by admin | Jul 9, 2013 | Children, Language Delay, Pre-school
For a child, learning to communicate involves many steps. There are some skills that a child must develop before being able to use speech and language as a functional way to communicate. Here are five pre-linguistic skills your child must achieve: Joint Attention:...
by admin | Feb 16, 2012 | Children, Home Activities, Pre-school, School-Age, Speech and Language Therapy, Speech Delay, Toddlers
When you are told that child needs a boost with expressive language development it might seem overwhelming to add yet another task to your endless to do list for the day. Here are two games that you can play anywhere/anytime. They will help add language to any daily...
by admin | Oct 13, 2011 | Children, Home Activities, Pre-school, Reading
As a speech-language pathologist I find that it is helpful if parents are aware of some of the early reading or “pre-literacy” skills that children must develop before they can become an effective reader. Below are a list of some of the expectations from the Ontario...
by admin | Jun 3, 2011 | Children, Home Activities, Pre-school
The environment and daily routines in your home can be one of the best teaching tools to help children develop pre-reading skills and overall literacy. A print-rich environment helps foster skills needed for reading. By surrounding your children with print in your...
