South Lakes Speech & Language Therapy

25/12/2025

Merry Christmas to everyone awake early (and who slept in)! What did Father Christmas bring??

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24/12/2025

One more sleep to go, "Merry Christmas!" 🎄
Video from Singing Hands

23/12/2025

Children need about 50 different words in their expressive vocabulary before they can start combining words when speaking. Their expressive vocabulary also needs to be made up of different word types including people, thing, action and location words.

Build your child's expressive (and receptive) vocabulary this holiday season by focusing on these holiday action words.

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22/12/2025

Baking together is a fantastic way to support your child's speech, language and mealtime skills!

Read South Lakes Speech & Language Therapy's latest post for ideas on how to support communication and mealtime skills (with a Christmas theme and recipe!) while baking together this holiday season. Link in the comments.

21/12/2025

Christmas BSL signs 🎄

Image credit: Let's Sign BSL

20/12/2025

Christmas Riddles🎄

Riddles are a fun way to help your child practice higher level language and executive functioning skills. They require cognitive flexibility to shift meanings, working memory to hold clues, and attention and planning to approach the problem.

Have fun trying these Christmas riddles with your child 🎅

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19/12/2025

18/12/2025

Singing songs together is a fantastic way to support a young child's communication! For a young brain, the rhythmic, repetitive nature of music makes language more accessible. Plus the gestures that accompany many children’s songs give language a visual component making it easier to attend to and learn.

For more information about language learning through singing, see South Lakes Speech & Language Therapy's latest post. Link in the comments.

17/12/2025

Children need about 50 single words before they are able to start combining words when speaking; and they need a variety of word types in their early expressive vocabulary so they can combine words in meaningful ways.

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16/12/2025

14/12/2025

Children learn communication best through everyday routine interactions. Try these communication strategies when getting your child ready for bed.

Image Credit: Meath HSE Speech and Language Therapy Department

13/12/2025

Are you wondering about the pros and cons of a dummy and whether or not it is time for your child to transition away from the dummy?

If so, read South Lakes Speech & Language Therapy's latest post about dummy use. Link in the comments.