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Several years ago, a lovely friend of mine took a challenge. She decided that every day, she and her children would spend at least 3...

At the end of last year, my husband Tim and I took 3 months off work and embarked on an adventure to Japan. We volunteered in a local...

‘Help! My child is really hard to understand.’ We hear this sentence a lot as Speech Pathologists. Join us this month as we talk about...

One of the most underrated toys that we have to play with our children is one that is adaptable, portable, free and most importantly a...

Week 1: Look at me when I’m talking! Communication is not only about what is spoken. In fact, more than half of what we communicate is...

This is the last blog in our series on speech development in children. See what other topics we’ve covered to learn more. As we have...

Week 1: “You” Messages This month we’re taking some time to think about some of the things that ‘Big People’ say. The reality is, that...

What does Conductive hearing loss have to do with Speech and Language? As a parent of a preschooler or young school aged child, do you...

Have you ever found yourself stuck in the middle of a sentence, perhaps repeating the last word you said over and over again while you...

Week One: Label the emotion When our children are young, they only have two ways to express emotions, smiling and crying! As they grow,...

Last week in our blog, we talked about some of the symptoms of stuttering (also known as stammering or dysfluency). This week we will...

Ready for Reading – Put your feet up and enjoy a book. One of the major ways that children learn is through watching others. They copy...

This is the third instalment in our series of blogs on children’s speech. Check out our previous blogs on Speech Sound Development and...

If you’ve ever watched a child learn to speak, you’ll know that they don’t suddenly open their mouths and say “supercalifragilisticexpial...

Intelligibility All this month in our blogs, we’re talking about speech sound disorders. One of the words you’ll hear a lot when talking...

Week 1: What’s for lunch? Starting preschool can be a stressful time for our youngsters. There is a new routine to adapt to, new faces,...

Week 1: Scavenger Hunts The holidays can be a challenging time. Keeping the children entertained can be exhausting and it can be tempting...

Week 1: Constructive Play Play skills are vital for success at school. Children learn so much about others and how to interact with the...

Alison McDonald, Certified Practising Speech Pathologist Being a parent is a tough gig. No one can disagree. Along the journey, we are...

Week 1: Names When we’re helping our child learn new words and express themselves, names for things (or nouns) are some of the easiest...