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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...

Key Word Kids: App Review

by admin | Dec 13, 2017 | Apps, Language

Key Word Kids has just updated this apps for IOS 11 optimisation. I have been using this app for a while, and the more I use it, the more I love it. A lot has been said about core words which are important in order to link language together. But in addition to this, a...

Perspective-Taking: Teaching social skills

by Nikki | Nov 7, 2017 | Apps, Language

Perspective taking is one of the underlying skills for effective social interaction. Children with autism spectrum disorder typically have difficulty with this skill. In addition, many children with language difficulties also have difficulty with this area....

Receptive Language Assessment with Splingo

by Nikki | Aug 29, 2017 | Apps, Language

The Receptive Language Assessment from the The Speech and Language Store is a great way to modernise boring assessment tools. The Receptive Language Assessment allows you to assess a variety of word and sentence types. There are four different levels of complexity:...

I go to Checkers and I buy….

by Nikki | Jul 24, 2017 | AAC, Language

Last year I used the Checkers #littleshopminis to work on early literacy skills with a group of Grade 0 children. You can see how I did this over here This year, Checkers sent me a full set of #littleshopminis which I used for working on Augmentative Alternative...