Tag Archives: SLP

Dr. Marion Blank’s Language Levels

Posted on 17/04/2020 by languageisheartosay

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 →

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Any day now…

Posted on 16/04/2020 by languageisheartosay

Here we are in April already and facing a whole new set of rules for life. I know there must be many people trying to provide input at home which is normally done elsewhere by someone else. So I have … Continue reading →

Posted in Child language, ESL / EFL / EAL, Promoting language development, Speech & Language Therapy, Teaching | Tagged Home schooling, language development, S&LT, SLP | Comments Off

Up and running again

Posted on 25/07/2018 by languageisheartosay

I have put in hours of work to correct the out of date links on my blog and I hope now they are working properly! Sorry I hadn’t noticed there were heaps of errors. Trust the majority have got sorted … Continue reading →

Posted in Child language, Education at home, ESL / EFL / EAL, Grammar, Helping language skills at home, Home schooling, Language Levels, Promoting language development, Teaching | Tagged Home schooling, language development, Making it easier, S&LT, SLP, symbol support | Comments Off

Dr. Marion Blank

Posted on 26/02/2015 by languageisheartosay

The language style used by adults to children in the preschool and early school years is critical. (Post reissued)

Posted in Child language, Competence level, Grammar, Helping children understand, Marion Blank, Promoting language development, Speech & Language Pathology, Speech & Language Therapy, Teaching | Tagged language development, Learning to mean, S&LT, SLP | Comments Off

The Lady and the Lion

Posted on 25/11/2014 by languageisheartosay

I am proud to announce (with sound of trumpets) that Pip Harrison and I have got to the end of The Year of the Fairy Tale. The last set of resources based on two similar stories by the Brothers Grimm … Continue reading →

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Cinderella

Posted on 07/09/2014 by languageisheartosay

Pip Harrison, New Zealand writer, has rewritten the well-known tale from the Fairy Godmother’s point of view. The RA is approx. 11y for older children, or to be read aloud. ‘…Amidst it all, the prince and Cinderella gazed at each … Continue reading →

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The Twelve Brothers

Posted on 13/08/2014 by languageisheartosay

“…As the young men pushed open the gate, she picked the twelve flowers. With each snip one young man after the other rose up from the garden, arms turning to great black wings, noses to beaks, legs to claws – … Continue reading →

Posted in Grammar, Helping children understand, Inference, Promoting language development, Share stories, Speech & Language Pathology, Speech & Language Therapy, Teaching | Tagged language development, Learning to mean, S&LT, SLP | Comments Off

Little Red Riding Hood

Posted on 04/05/2014 by languageisheartosay

“Shall I walk with you?” said the wolf. “Oh, no, sir, thank you. I can quite well walk by myself and I expect you have wolf things to be getting on with.” “Well, there is one wolf thing I could … Continue reading →

The real princess AKA The princess and the pea

Posted on 16/04/2014 by languageisheartosay

“Pea of destiny, pea of delight, We need your help, we seek insight. Is this princess the real deal? Will she sleep or will she feel Your bumpy presence in her bed, Making her toss and turn instead?…” Find the … Continue reading →

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Blondine, Bonne-Biche & Beau-Minon

Posted on 11/03/2014 by languageisheartosay

Another Traditional Tale has been uploaded to TES. If you do not get your resources from TES, you can find the ‘long and short of it’ versions (as above) here. The original story – from a book of Old French … Continue reading →

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Woolgathering in the windmills of my mind

Posted on 18/11/2012 by languageisheartosay

Today I looked out and it was a wonderful autumn day: blue cloudless sky, no wind and I went to Wisley. On my way there, I heard several updates about wars and rumours of wars on the car radio but … Continue reading →

Posted in Association, Child language, Speech & Language Pathology, Speech & Language Therapy | Tagged Analogy, Idiom & metaphor, Learning to mean, S&LT, SLP, What kids say | Comments Off

Can you see what I mean?

Posted on 06/11/2012 by languageisheartosay

This post is to highlight a published resource I designed but cannot put on TES (although I have a section of free resources there which you can find described on the page Read for Meaning/Inference in the list on the … Continue reading →

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Citroen alert!

Posted on 12/09/2012 by languageisheartosay

‘Don’t like Citroen!’ ‘You don’t like Citroens? Why’s that?’ ‘Citroen run me down.’ The grandfather’s chuckle as he replied led me to believe that Citroens have not shown an evil disposition to attack his grandson. Indeed, it seemed unlikely from … Continue reading →

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Let’s not add to confusion

Posted on 30/09/2011 by languageisheartosay

English is very open to misunderstanding because of the number of homophones we have. Some are not spelt the same way – but when you hear examples there is scope for confusion – and of course non-readers cannot visualise both … Continue reading →

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Keep speech simple too

Posted on 20/02/2011 by languageisheartosay

It’s not just print that needs adapting – even talk can be confusing! The words we use, the speed we go, the in-between time – all these will influence how much a child understands. Especially the child with delayed or … Continue reading →

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Keeping text simple

Posted on 02/01/2011 by languageisheartosay

It can’t be hard to make things simpler… can it? Well, actually, it can be quite tricky. Creating or adapting resources for children with language impairment can take a long time. Not only that. After using the resources it may … Continue reading →

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