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Covid damages speech & language development – official!
On the news today a report was featured suggesting young children have been held back by lockdowns and limited opportunities to socialise. So they are not really ‘ready to go’ at school entry. Money is to be spent training teachers … Continue reading
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Tagged action after Covid, help at home & school
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Looks like magic!
Like the child in this post: https://languageisheartosay.com/2011/05/02/look-mummy-look/ I was similarly amazed on a trip to the coast. I stood on the prom thinking, ‘Great surfing skill’ when I suddenly thought a bit more and noticed the man wasn’t only riding … Continue reading
Praise for the Nativity Rap!
Comments received: I LOVED her Christmas Rap…brilliant! Yes, I did enjoy it! I have printed it off to chant again with claps! Link to the pdf is https://languageisheartosay.com/2020/10/07/nativity-rap-linedance/ and see other Christmas resources on the right sidebar (CHRISTMAS COLLECTION).
Nativity rap : Linedance
Pip Harrison (NZ teacher and writer) who contributed to the Fairy Tales listed on this site has given permission for her rap to be published here. Do have a read! It’s in the Christmas section – see sidebar on right. … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas performance, nativity play, Pip Harrison, rap for Christmas
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Year of the Fairy Tale
Winter will be here before we know it and is surely the season for fairy tales. Don’t forget the availability of these much loved stories which we worked hard to present at different levels of complexity for youngsters of different … Continue reading
Posted in Child language, Competence level, ESL / EFL / EAL, Helping children understand, Promoting language development, Teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged Carla Sonheim, Fairy tales, Getting meaning from pictures, Home schooling, Learning to mean, Pip Harrison
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Dr. Marion Blank’s Language Levels
I was bowled over the day I came upon this work and it underpinned my practice in speech and language therapy thereafter. I have written before about it and I think all the links still work. For background information and … Continue reading
Posted in Child language, Competence level, ESL / EFL / EAL, Helping children understand, Inference, Speech & Language Pathology, Speech & Language Therapy, Teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged Getting meaning from pictures, Home schooling, language development, Marion Blank, new vocabulary, S<, SLP
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December calendar & worksheet
The next calendar and worksheet are available from https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/calendars-and-worksheets-6145231 This will be the last of the monthly calendars. I have been making them since January 2012 I think and there have been 25579 downloads to date! Both my first desktop … Continue reading
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Tagged language development, Learning to mean, seasons, weather
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January is half over…
and the February calendar and worksheet is available free on TES: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/calendars-and-worksheets-6145231
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Adjectives
Reportedly, adjectives are trending. Hope you find my resources helpful: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-z-of-interesting-adjectives-6049473 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/verbs-nouns-and-adjectives-to-sort-6146106 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/halloween-bonfire-night-illus-word-work-widgit-6053785 (includes adjective ideas)
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Time and Index Update
1. I’ve decided to make a new special section in the list of resources called Time. These time resources are not new but I haven’t collected them together before. Anyone working with children with delayed or impaired language development will … Continue reading
Posted in Child language, Helping children understand, Index of Resources, Promoting language development, Speech & Language Pathology, Speech & Language Therapy, Teaching, Uncategorized
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Beware of germs!
Heard while Covid is still a fear: In a public convenience a mother saying to her daughter of about 3y, “Don’t touch anything!” (Good luck with that!) And near the sea between a father and his son of about 4 … Continue reading →