The Talk Shop

Phonological Awareness

Phonological Awareness. When children start school they face the biggest challenge of their lives – that of learning to read. Emergent literacy is a developmental period that is receiving much emphasis because of its influence on later literacy development and achievement. Reading is a learnt, culturally determined process that depends on many inherent, learned and […]

Sleep

The Importance of Sleep. Research has indicated that it is not the number of brain cells that are important for a child’s potential or ability to learn but rather the number of connections each nerve makes within the brain. We call these connections dendrites and they are extremely important for … [Read More...]

Phonological Awareness

Phonological Awareness. When children start school they face the biggest challenge of their lives – that of learning to read. Emergent literacy is a developmental period that is receiving much … [Read More...]

Early Intervention

There are many reasons why early intervention gives a child the best chance of future success and this article will help to explore some of these reasons and develop a cogent argument for early … [Read More...]

Dyspraxia

Developmental Verbal Dyspraxia (DVD) has many different names that might be confusing to parents: motor planning speech disorder apraxia dyspraxia apraxia of speech sequencing … [Read More...]

Discourse – Using Storytelling

In order to promote narrative discourse, children need to have an understanding of sequence so that they understand that news and stories have a beginning, a middle and an end. Story telling is a … [Read More...]