One of my big worries with the speech delay was how it would affect Junior’s social interactions. Two year olds are quite forgiving, three year olds less so; by four and five the single arched eyebrow of disdain starts to be observed. Junior’s speech might be coming on leaps and bounds – but farmyard animalsContinue reading “Fake it until you make it”
Author Archives: Katia
Nintendogs
– very motivating to encourage child to vocalise repetitive simple instructions to ‘train’ their pet. “Rex – SIT!” – kid is also motivated to tell you what is happening – so use simple sentences like ‘doggy is eating’ – wholesome appealing fun for every age group – best used at the point at which theContinue reading “Nintendogs”
Twin-tastic pronouns
An idiosyncrasy of Junior’s speech is that she doesn’t use gender identifying pronouns correctly. He/she her/his all come out interchangeably. It never really bothered me that much, because it was easy enough to understand what she meant. However, I’ve now decided to make a project of it. I’m hoping it will be relatively easy toContinue reading “Twin-tastic pronouns”
My little pony
Ponies work hard here. Their big eyes bring charm to the toy box. They’re a peer acceptable interest for a school aged girl. And every week they give a tutorial on an aspect of female friendships. Although the cartoons are at the top end of her comprehension – this hasn’t been a problem. One ofContinue reading “My little pony “
+1 challenge
Cutting up the kids’ food. A little parenting habit that you internalise. Then one day you’re at a work lunch and you only just stop yourself leaning across and offering to slice up your colleague’s chicken. Here’s another habit that I’ve absorbed – to build up my kids speech. Echo their sentences back adding aContinue reading “+1 challenge “
You Choose
In this post I will review this awesome book and explain how I’m using it to gently encourage Junior to use more complicated grammar. The premise of the book is that a child chooses their dream life. On one page you have to choose where you would live, on another page what you would wearContinue reading “You Choose”
Without the herd
It’s a bit like losing your group on a hike. One moment you’re chatting, singing, occasionally stopping to admire the view. Not really giving much thought to the map. Then you fall behind. The group rounds the bend without you, and you’re on your own. You still have to walk the route. There’s no other wayContinue reading “Without the herd”
Emoji cupcakes
I don’t know why my baby didn’t speak. I do know that I didn’t keep her in a cupboard under the stairs – and so my working assumption is that it’s quite possible there are other factors ‘mixed’ in, which have led to her being slower to talk. So, while she’s too small to screenContinue reading “Emoji cupcakes “
SALT for my Squid 