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...

There are many educators in my family! My mum, my grandmother, many of my aunts and now my brother as well! In my family, the learning...

iPads are wonderful devices! They are capable of so much, they can be used to take photos and play silly games, but they also have many...

There are not many people who truly understand the “job” of a Speech Pathologist. There are those people who have never paused to...

Why English has such Irregular Spelling Rules Adapted from Louisa Moats, How Spelling Supports Reading, American Educator, 2006. The...

Why the English spelling system is not as irregular as you think Adapted from Louisa Moats, How Spelling Supports Reading, American...

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...

Comprehension Comprehension, also known as receptive language, is understanding what we hear or read. It enables us to make sense of the...

5 Reasons to turn off the TV and play with your child: It’s fun! You will never regret spending the time together. You have the...

Key Word Signing is a means of enhancing communication. Just as the name suggests, you sign the most important or ‘key words’, in your...

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

Is Spelling Important? Yes! Yes! Yes! But what about spell checkers? Can’t my child just rely on the computer? The short answer is ‘No’....

How to Optimise iPad use iPads are great. Does every child need an iPad to succeed in school today? Absolutely not. But if you’ve got...