Reading Archives - Speech and Language Therapist

Lively Letters making learning to read fun

by Nikki | Mar 12, 2018 | Apps, Reading

Lively Letters is a reading program that turns abstract letters and sounds into lively, colorful characters. Sometimes, despite all the input, and different reading programs I use with children, they just don’t get it. 😕 Lively Letters helps children develop...

Building Vocabulary: Road works & building sites

by Nikki | Feb 26, 2018 | Info for Parents, Language, Reading

Vocabulary is the building block of language and a rich vocabulary is a good predictor of academic success. There are gems of opportunities to build vocabulary simply by driving from one place to another. In Johannesburg, traffic congestion is often caused by...

Little Stories for Speech, Language and Literacy

by Nikki | Jan 18, 2018 | Apps, Language, Reading, Speech, Spelling

Little Stories from Little Bee Speech addresses language, language, literacy and articulation skills in their fantastic new app. Language and literacy skills impact on one another. Linking language, literacy, and phonology (sounds) builds vocabulary so that words can...

Building Phonological Awareness for Reading with iESLP

by Nikki | Apr 29, 2017 | Apps, Language, Reading, Tips for teachers

iESLp is a phenomenal app, that allows you to create almost any activity on the fly. Most importantly, it, enables children to take control of their own learning; even from an early age. There are a number of underlying skills that need to develop in order for a...

Dyslexia: What it is, and what it is not

by Nikki | Mar 21, 2017 | Info for Parents, Reading, Spelling

People often believe that dyslexia is a visual difficulty which presents as reversing letters and numbers. In attempt to find a quick fix for the problem, parents often take children to optometrists where they are ‘diagnosed’ with visual difficulties and...

Expect Literacy, presume competence

by Nikki | Jan 24, 2017 | AAC, Reading

Expect literacy; presuming competence. This mantra is ‘trendy’ in the AAC world but it is important to understand the rationale behind it. A recent post from SpeakforYourself AAC addressed this topic. However, the post emphasized that presuming...