Speech Talk 1: Steven Pinker – on language
Steven Pinker is one of our favourite language scientists. Although he has his critics, he doesn’t mask his thoughts with academic jargon and impenetrable prose. You know…
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Jack and Jill and that hill
Son 2 came home from his second day of school (okay, this was a couple of weeks ago) with this fine work: I love the…
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FAQ: In what order and at what age should my child have learned his/her speech sound consonants?
Read our 2019 update here. Stop right there. When it comes to speech, be wary of words like “should”. Sure, we have lots of validated…
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Do we spend too much time on rhyming books? What else should we do to prepare pre-schoolers to read?
Duck in the TruckThe Cat in the HatMadeline, with her vines and twelve little girls in two straight lines All great, fun books to read…
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Helping toddlers with their first words – mix it up and make them useful (the words, not the toddlers)!
A couple of years ago, in a trendy Inner West cafe, I spied a Very Committed Dad sitting across from his terribly young daughter. They…
