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Top Tips for Encouraging Gestures in Early Intervention Sessions

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The development of gestures is a crucial prelinguistic skill; gestures are precursors to language development. In this post you’ll learn 3 of my top tips for encouraging gestures in your Early Intervention sessions. What are gestures? Gestures are hand/body movements or facial expressions which are used to intentionally communicate without using words. Examples of gestures …

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5 Awesome Books for Teaching Body Parts

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Books are great, aren’t they? I love that you can target a range of different goals with books. And really love that you can coach parents and caregivers to use language facilitation strategies while reading books too.   In this post you’ll learn about 5 awesome books for teaching body parts vocabulary in Speech and Language …

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6 of my Favourite Early Language Strategies to Coach to Caregivers

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Coaching parents and caregivers to use early language strategies that support their child’s language and communication skills is a highly effective therapy approach.  In this post you’ll learn all about 6 of my favourite early language strategies to coach to caregivers in my Early Intervention sessions. General Language Stimulation The 6 early language strategies you’ll …

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4 Super Simple Language Strategies to use at Mealtimes

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Coaching caregivers to use language strategies during mealtimes is a great way to support young children’s language skills. In this post I’m sharing 4 simple language strategies you can coach parents and caregivers to use during mealtimes. Why should we use language strategies at mealtimes? Mealtimes are one of my favourite times to coach parents …

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4 Engaging Ways to use the Counting Surprise Party toy by Learning Resources to Support Language Skills

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This Counting Surprise Party toy by Learning Resources is hugely popular with little ones and is a great addition to your therapy sessions. So I wanted to share 4 engaging ways you can use these Counting Surprise Party presents in your therapy sessions to support early language skills. Note- This post is not sponsored by …

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My Favourite Hack to use with Inset Puzzles in Early Intervention

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I love using inset puzzles in my Early Intervention sessions. They’re perfect for little hands, and you can encourage so much language with them!  In this post I’m sharing all about the little “hack” I always use that never fails to encourage even more language when I use inset puzzles in my Early Intervention sessions. …

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Using Popper Sensory Toys to Encourage Early Language

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As soon as I saw these popper sensory toys I knew they’d be great for encouraging early language.  Tbh, I’m not sure what is it about these popper sensory toys but they are all the rage lately- they seem to be everywhere! I bought a few for my son, and he loves them too. Since …

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How (and Why!) to Encourage Playfulness in Daily Routines

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As Early Intervention therapists, we know there are huge benefits to coaching parents and caregivers to use language facilitation strategies during daily routines. But we also know that children learn through play too. So I like to encourage playfulness during daily routines, as a way to maximise on the benefits of both! Benefits of coaching …

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7 Adorable Books for Early Verbs

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Books are a great way to target early language, especially early verbs, at home and in your Early Intervention sessions. You can target so many different goals with books. And you can coach parents and caregivers to use language facilitation strategies while reading books too.   Keep reading for the 7 books I think every EISLP …

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5 Goals to Target Using a Teddy Bear in Speech Therapy

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I love using teddy bears in my Speech Therapy sessions. I often find them to be really motivating for little ones!  When I was a toddler I had a teddy bear that came everywhere with me. I carried it under my arm, so all the stuffing moved to its head and legs, with nothing in …

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