11/08/15 09:00 Filed in:
Personal | BittyBioTen years ago, when I first began teaching, Character Education was starting to make inroads into the curriculum. The value of explicitly teaching important qualities and traits that are admired by the population was becoming more apparent. For students to learn the behaviour, not only did we have to model and live the behaviour, we also had to talk about it.
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23/06/15 09:00 Filed in:
Development"Letting your child lead is a wise way to start"
Below is a handy acronym to use when communicating with your child. It is a widely used strategy for helping with children's communication development.
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24/03/15 09:00 Filed in:
TipsYou, as parents, play an important role in the development of your child’s speech and language abilities. These are skills and strategies that you can use on a daily basis with your child.
The major goals of these language stimulation techniques are to help your child see the need for speech and language.
The following stimulation techniques are not listed in any order of importance. The ones you use will depend on your child’s present speaking abilities and in part on how comfortable you feel in doing them with your child.
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13/01/15 09:00 Filed in:
ReadingContinued - Parent and Child Shared Reading
Last time we discussed three ways you can use books to facilitate a child’s ability to learn language.
This week we are going to explore three more ways you can help make reading a language-learning experience for your child!
Remember sharing a book is an ideal time for having a conversation with your child and can help you to facilitate language development because:
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26/05/15 09:00 Filed in:
ReadingIt is important to equip children with informational texts early on in life so that they can be accustomed to it in their later lives. But the benefits don’t stop there, it also helps develop their vocabulary, background knowledge and comprehension skills… Read More...Tags: Non-Fiction, Children, Reading, Development
28/07/15 09:00 Filed in:
DevelopmentWondering how to get your child talking? Entice children to talk by creating what is called Communication Temptations. This strategy can be used to help late talkers start talking, helps a toddler begin using two-word phrases, or increases the chances that a young child will begin communicating. Read More...Tags: Communication, Literacy, Reading, Parenting, Language, Development
14/04/15 09:00 Filed in:
LiteracyThe amount of words a child hears in any given hour or day is important in their development of language skills. The more we talk and read to our children, the more proficient they become at becoming little language masters. Read More...Tags: #2000words, Development, Language, Reading