Emily Mackie Speechie

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Emily Mackie Speechie

Helping Speechies, Educators and Allied Health Providers. Australian Speech Pathologist of the Year.

04/05/2026

Do you ever have those moments in therapy where you know the concept you want to teach… but you’re not quite sure how to structure the session around it? 🤔💭 That’s exactly why the Top & Bottom Goal Guide was created.

For Speechies or students looking for:

- Clarity when teaching top and bottom

- Toy and picture resources to grab and go

- Activity ideas and scripts to introduce these concepts

- Advice on talking to parents about this as a therapy goal

- Functional implications

Over 10 pages of clinical goodness, including:

- A research paper

- Key word signs

- Essential ingredients for successful language therapy

Comment Top or Bottom to get the link to your inbox. 🚀

30/04/2026

Meet Ali’a! An amazing, experienced clinician with almost 10 Speechie years under her belt. She recently discovered the Preschool Language Hierarchy and has been using it to guide her therapy from start to end — and this is what she mentioned:
“It’s become my go-to for understanding the trajectory of preschool language and setting clear, targeted therapy goals.”

If you want access to this to help your goal setting and preschool language therapy, comment PLH below and I’ll send it to you 💜

27/04/2026

How do speech pathology and maths go together? Isn’t maths completely different as it’s numbers?

My eldest daughter started her first year of formal schooling and this is some of her maths work from last term.

Speechies, what do you see!? I spy preschool language concepts and goals!!

Yes, maths is numbers; however, a lot of activities in maths involve language.

Some of these language concepts we teach at such a young age, from 2 years onwards; however, they are some of the first concepts incorporated into children’s maths work from day one.

I cannot stress the importance of getting our goals and therapy thorough, effective and correct for our little ones! Also, knowing how our goals are linked to functional, everyday tasks.

Speechies, if you are not feeling clear on your preschool language practical therapy skills and how to take a child from 0 to 100% generalisation, come and join me (and hundreds of students) inside the PLA right now!

Comment PLA and I’ll get you started for less than a cup of coffee a day.

21/04/2026

Parent asks: Are you just playing? How does working on more/less help REALLY help my child?

My eldest daughter started her first year of school last term and this is one example of her schoolwork. Speechies, what do you see!? I spy preschool language concepts and goals!!

Some of these preschool language concepts we teach at such a young age, from 2 years onwards; however, they are some of the first concepts incorporated into children’s academic work from day one.

I cannot stress the importance of getting our goals and therapy thorough, effective and correct for our little ones! Also, knowing how our goals are linked to functional, everyday tasks.

Speechies, if you are not feeling clear on your preschool language practical therapy skills and how to take a child from 0 to 100% generalisation, come and join me (and hundreds of students) inside the PLA right now!

Comment PLA and I’ll get you started for less than a cup of coffee a day.

17/04/2026

Do you ever have those moments in therapy where you know the concept you want to teach… but you’re not quite sure how to structure the session around it? 🤔💭

That’s exactly why the Top & Bottom Goal Guide was created. Paed speech pathologist, Kaddy, shares how the guide helped her plan sessions for children learning the tricky concepts of first and last. Instead of guessing what to do next, the guide gives you a clear framework to follow. Inside the guide you’ll find:
✨ A simple overview of the goal (including prerequisites and typical age of acquisition)
🧸 Practical therapy activity ideas you can use straight away 🗣️ Helpful scripts to explain goals clearly to parents
📈 Step-ups and generalisation ideas so skills carry over outside the clinic It’s designed to make therapy planning clearer, easier, and more structured for busy clinicians.

The guide is a PDF delivered straight to your inbox 📄📧 Comment TOP or Bottom below and I’ll send you the link. 🎉

14/04/2026

A big shoutout to Nicole on completing the PLA! 🎉 Love hearing your learnings and seeing you grow as a Speechie 🙂

08/04/2026

Parent asks: Are you just playing? How does working on ‘what doing?’ help my child?

My eldest daughter started her first year of school last term and this is one example of her schoolwork. Speechies, what do you see!? I spy preschool language concepts and goals!!

Some of these preschool language concepts we teach at such a young age, from 2 years onwards; however, they are some of the first concepts incorporated into children’s academic work from day one.

I cannot stress the importance of getting our goals and therapy thorough, effective and correct for our little ones! Also, knowing how our goals are linked to functional, everyday tasks.

Speechies, if you are not feeling clear on your preschool language practical therapy skills and how to take a child from 0 to 100% generalisation, come and join me (and hundreds of students) inside the PLA right now!

Comment PLA and I’ll get you started for less than a cup of coffee a day.

06/04/2026

Yesterday we celebrated Easter as a family of 5, for the first time! It’s the most special and important day of the year; and was that bit more with Baby Isaac this year. 💜

01/04/2026

Happy 4th Birthday Belle!!!

We love you so much and can’t believe how much you are growing 💜

Address

6-8, 28 Laurence Street
Sydney, NSW
2753

Website

https://www.emilymackie.com.au/linkinbio

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