Squid doesn’t talk; her brother doesn’t listen. I suspect they are showing sides of the same traits – somehow those brain connections that register words seem to form more slowly and be more fragile than the average. I found an interesting article by Nina Kraus In Nature Neuroscience Reviews studying the effect of music training onContinue reading “Speech therapy without words”
Category Archives: Listening Skills
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 “
Cat bus
Listening game – which cats go on the ‘L’ bus? This was something we did when Nursery gave ‘homework’ to find items from home beginning with ‘L’. There are a lot of words in that sentence that I couldn’t even begin to put across to my daughter at that stage – so this is ourContinue reading “Cat bus”
SALT for my Squid 