Just Peachy Speech

03/03/2023

Thank you to everyone for reaching out and inquiring about my services. Unfortunately, I am unable to take on any more clients at this time. If you would like to be added to my waitlist, please feel free to reach out. If you are looking for more immediate services, please visit: https://www.novascotiaslp.com/about

If you want to sign up for summer services, I will be offering a few blocks of intensive or weekly S-LP interventions (literacy, language, and articulation). Call or e-mail to arrange these services anytime during my business hours.

Listing of private practice speech-language pathologist services in Nova Scotia.

03/01/2023

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Tiered vocabulary: not all words have equal importance in language instruction! A word’s frequency of use, complexity, and meaning determines which tier it will fall. Most children will enter school knowing Tier 1 words and Tier 2 words are most commonly used for direct instruction in the classroom.

TIER 1: These words are commonly used in everyday conversation. They include sight words, nouns, verbs, and adjectives.

TIER 2: These words are not widely used in speech and daily conversation. Instead, they are often used and found in books and written text, and often have multiple meanings.

TIER 3: These words are low- frequency and occur within specific contexts, such as school subjects, occupations, and hobbies. They have distinct meanings and purposes.

19/10/2022

Babies’ understanding of language begins long before they start to talk. Though they may not be ready to say words, building their understanding is an essential step on the path to language development. As a parent, there are many things you can do to support your baby’s understanding and build a solid foundation for them to use words later on. Learn a few simple strategies in our article: https://bit.ly/3V8L2Zk

19/10/2022

Communication begins way before talking! Try some of these strategies to engage more with your little one.

08/05/2022

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👉 When people ask you "how many words does your baby say", how do you respond? Do you know what counts as a word?

👉 Did you know that first words will likely not sound like an adult form of the word?⁣ Often, little ones will use part of the word (like “do” for “dog”) or approximations (“meme” for “baby”). These all count towards your little one’s first words! 🙌 ⁣
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👉 Noises, animal sounds, or exclamations are considered words if your little one uses them consistently to mean the same thing! For example, if your little one says, “uh-oh” every time something falls to the ground, then we would consider “uh-oh” part of your child’s word count. ⁣
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👉 Sign language and words in other spoken languages (if your little one is a dual language learner) ALL count as words in your little one’s vocabulary! ⁣
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𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱’𝘀 𝘃𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗯𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱:⁣
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* 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆: 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻!⁣
* 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆: 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝘆! ⁣
* 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆: 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴!⁣
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💕 What was your child’s first word?! Are you still expecting your little one’s first word?! What are you hoping it will be? We want to hear about it! ⁣

27/04/2022

Looking for new and exciting ways to work on speech goals? Check out my digital snakes & ladders game on teachers pay teachers! More sounds positions and printable game boards to come ☺️

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Just-Peachy-Speech-With-Jenny

16/04/2022

Many of the words we say In everyday speech are filled with consonant clusters. The word “spaghetti,” for example, has a consonant cluster containing /s/ and /p/ sounds. 🍝

For toddlers learning to speak, these clusters of consonants can be particularly challenging. That’s why young children tend to drop certain consonant sounds or syllables from words, for example, “paghetti” instead of “spaghetti.” This behaviour is called cluster reduction.

This strategy is a normal part of speech development, consonant cluster reduction beyond the age of approximately four/five can be an indication of a more prolonged problem. The good news is that cluster reduction can be effectively treated by a speech-language pathologist.

12/04/2022

Children with speech and language delays are more likely to struggle with literacy skills (i.e. the ability to read and write). Before students are ready to read and write, it is important to develop phonological awareness (PA) skills.

PA is the ability to recognize and manipulate the spoken parts of sentences and words.

PA involves a continuum of skills that are crucial for reading and spelling success. These skills are especially important at the earliest stages of reading development — in pre-school, kindergarten, and first grade for typical readers.

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16/03/2022

When babies and toddlers are learning how to talk, they exhibit normal patterns of sound errors to simplify tricky speech sounds. These patterns are called phonological processes. Don’t ask them to correct these errors - they can’t help it at the this age! Just model the correct production back to them. So when your child says ‘tat’ for cat, model back the correct pronunciation ‘that’s right, that’s a car’. Source: Bowen, C. (2011). Table 3: Elimination of Phonological Processes.

02/03/2022

Ever heard of fronting? Fronting is a common phonological process (in children under the age of 4) where sounds are produced in the back of the mouth are substituted with sounds produced in the front of the mouth.

02/03/2022

When children first begin to produce /l/ and /r/ sounds in conversation, they make a /w/ sound. Both /l/ and /r/ are commonly substituted with the /w/ sound until around 5 or 6 years of age.

01/02/2022

Scavenger hunts are a great way to target language concepts, vocabulary, and target speech sounds! This activity requires little prep and can be done just about anywhere!

28/01/2022

11/01/2022

Speech refers to how we say sounds and words. Speech sounds develop at different times. When toddlers are learning to speak, they are trying to coordinate all the different muscles of the lips, tongue, and jaw and it’s complex processes. Errors are to be expected, therefore, some sound errors are age-appropriate.

This chart shows when 90-100% of children acheive specific speech sounds.

What sounds are your children working on? Tell me below!

Source: McLeod, S. & Crowe, K. (2018). Children’s consonant acquisition in 27 languages: A cross-linguistic review. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

04/01/2022

Find out what to expect as your child’s expressive language begins to grow! (Lanza & Flahive, 2008)

02/01/2022

Hello everyone,

My name is Jenny and I am a certified/licensed Speech-Language Pathologist. I work full-time as an S-LP in the school board. In my spare time, I offer private home-based and virtual assessments/therapy for infant, pre-school, and school-aged children in the Annapolis Valley. My business is called 'Just Peachy Speech' and I strive to offer high-quality, research-based speech and language services to help children reach their communication potential!

Check out my website to learn more and see what services are available!

https://www.justpeachyspeech.com/