Banter Speech & Language

Sydney speech pathologists helping adults and children speak for themselves.

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Getting ready to read at big school: a free guide for families with preschoolers

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Too many preschoolers start school without the speech and pre-reading skills needed to thrive in Kindergarten. But which skills matter the most?

In this free guide, we seek to answer this question by summarising the evidence in Plain English.

We cover:

  • typical speech development, consonant acquisition milestones, and error patterns;
  • the links between unclear speech and later reading difficulties;
  • foundational pre-reading skills (like phonological awareness and print awareness);
  • how to teach the alphabet to your child;
  • how to teach children to read;
  • the benefits of shared reading and audiobooks; and
  • school readiness communication skills.  

This family guide focuses on helping preschoolers to get ready to read at big school.

Well-developed language skills – listening and talking skills – are also vital for school readiness. You can read more about how to help your preschooler’s oral language development in our free developmental language guide for families. It contains lots of practical strategies and tips about the importance of play, language stimulation techniques. 

We hope you find these resources helpful.

Download it below.

Hi there, I’m David Kinnane.

Principal Speech Pathologist, Banter Speech & Language

Our talented team of certified practising speech pathologists provide unhurried, personalised and evidence-based speech pathology care to children and adults in the Inner West of Sydney and beyond, both in our clinic and via telehealth.

Banter Evidence Snapshots: bite-sized speech, language, literacy and stuttering resources for busy families

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Over the last five years, we’ve written hundreds of articles summarising some of the most interesting research published about speech, language, literacy, stuttering, and voice. 

But who has time to read it? Even we get lost looking for some of our articles!

To make life easier for our clients and readers, we’re pleased to present new, one-page infographics summarising our most popular articles. We call them Banter Evidence Snapshots. 

And we’ll be publishing two a week, starting now!

If you’d prefer to receive Banter Evidence Snapshots via social media, follow us on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter.

Banter Evidence Snapshot: Why preschoolers with unclear speech are at risk of later reading problems: red flags to seek help

To read our full article, check out: Why preschoolers with unclear speech are at risk of later reading problems: red flags to seek help

[su_service title=”Banter Speech & Language” icon=”http://www.banterspeech.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/lyrebird_rgb1-e1393567318720.jpg”]Banter Speech & Language is an independent firm of speech pathologists for adults and children. We help clients in our local area, including Concord, Concord West, North Strathfield, Rhodes, and Strathfield, and all other suburbs of Sydney.

Banter Speech & Language is owned and managed by David Kinnane, a Hanen- and LSVT LOUD-certified speech-language pathologist with post-graduate training in the PreLit early literacy preparation program by MultiLit, the Spalding Method for literacy, the Lidcombe and Camperdown Programs for stuttering, and Voicecraft for voice disorders. David is also a Certified PESL Instructor for accent modification.

David holds a Master of Speech Language Pathology from the University of Sydney, where he was a Dean’s Scholar. David is a Practising Member of Speech Pathology Australia and a Certified Practising Speech Pathologist (CPSP). David is a part-time Associate Lecturer at the University of Technology Sydney’s Graduate School of Health. David sits on Speech Pathology Australia’s Ethics Board and Professional Standards Advisory Committee.[/su_service]