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Talking to young children - Importance of exposure to words!

Part 3 Of Neuron Learning's "Learning Times" series Dr Martha Burns talks about the importance of talking to your children. 

How to help your kids when you are under pressure.

 

Expressive or Receptive Language Issues?

Early speech expressive problems are frequently due to poor phonological awareness. Often students with early speech difficulties eventually acquire a 'dyslexia' diagnosis.
When the speech problems eventually clear up, it is assumed that the problem has disappeared. In fact, the underlying phonological difficulties can remain and manifest themselves as reading/spelling difficulties.

And it can be the other way round too.  Pupils with poor articulation due to physical difficulties eg cerebral palsy affecting the throat and mouth can find it difficult to learn to spell and read.  I think this might be partly due to not being able to have the constant monitoring feedback given by saying sounds oneself while looking at the grapheme. 

Using the diagnostic tools in Fast ForWord we can identify the issues precisely.

Which Way Do I Face Mummy?

Here is an interesting insight into early language development.

"Most brain development occurs between birth and age two, so that is when babies and toddlers need the
benefit of a language-rich start to life. Language is the key to learning. Children's early communication skills are regarded as the single best predictor of future cognitive skills and school performance. In addition, the ability to communicate is the basis of social and emotional wellbeing."

See the full report Click here