NHSG Aberdeenshire Children's Speech & Language Therapy Service

13/02/2026

🤔 💭 Factual Friday 💭 🤔
Babies brains make 1️⃣ million new connections every second 😮
✅ Interacting and doing things together helps build these connections and supports their brain development 👶 🧠

10/02/2026

⭐️ Top Tip Tuesday ⭐️
Another great tip from BBC Tiny Happy People (now CBeebies Parenting) for previously sharing 💜
✅ Model the word to them 💬

09/02/2026

👐👌Makaton Monday👌👐
With all the wet weather recently, there are plenty of puddles around 🌧️ 💦
✅ So ‘puddle’ seems like an apt sign to be able to learn and use at the moment 💦 Thanks to Makaton with Lucinda (Nikki Makaton Tutor) for previously sharing 🩵

Makaton for 'puddle' 💦I'm usually asking her to get out of them! But today she was allowed in! This is our family channel for Makaton. Please subscribe to s...

08/02/2026

🎉 Sunday Funday 🎉
Create your own musical instruments this week using pots, pans, trays, spoons and containers filled with stones, lentils, rice or pasta 🥁 🎺
Great for supporting...
✅ attention and listening 👀👂
✅ early language 💬
✅ sound awareness for speech sound and literacy development 👄👂✍️
💚 share photos of your musical instrument fun below as a comment 📸

06/02/2026

🤔 💭 Factual Friday💭🤔
An amazing fact 🤩 and some great tips for supporting babies development 👶

03/02/2026

⭐️ Top Tip Tuesday ⭐️
Great tips from Peeple on making the most of nappy time to support little ones’ development 🩵
✅ Sing, chat and play together 🎶 💬 😃

02/02/2026

👐👌Makaton Monday👌👐
Level 1️⃣ and level 2️⃣ Makaton course scheduled in Inverurie in March/April 👐
This course is suitable for:
✅ anyone who is just starting out in learning Makaton or who needs to refresh their previously learned signing skills 👐
✅ parents, carers, professionals and anyone with an interest in signing 👐
📧 If interested please email gram.makatonaberdeenshire@nhs.scot with the details requested on the form below 👇

01/02/2026

🎉 Sunday Funday 🎉
Get wrapped up, go for a walk and gather sticks together this week 👀🚶‍♀️What other things does your little one imagine sticks to be during play❓
✅ Playing and talking together, and letting their imagination develop, will support their talking and early literacy skills 😀💬✍️

30/01/2026

🤔 💭 Factual Friday 💭 🤔
Lots of reasons why playing a simple game of peek-a-boo is great for little ones’ development 🫣🤗 Thanks to BBC Tiny Happy People (now CBeebies Parenting) for previously sharing 💜💛
✅ As well as peek-a-boo not costing anything and that it can be played anywhere!

27/01/2026

⭐️ Top Tip Tuesday ⭐️
✅ Sing action songs with your little one right from the start to support their development 🎶
Here’s a great one from Peeple to sing together during the current wintery weather 🌧️ ❄️

26/01/2026

👐👌Makaton Monday👌👐
A handy sign shared last week by The Makaton Charity 🧡
✅ To learn 🤔 💭

25/01/2026

🎉 Sunday Funday 🎉
Are you in need of another rainy day activity for your little one❓
Create your own musical instruments using pots, pans, trays, spoons and containers filled with stones, lentils, rice or pasta 🥁 🎺
Great for supporting...
✅ attention and listening 👀👂
✅ early language 💬
✅ sound awareness for speech sound and literacy development 👄👂✍️
💚 share photos of your musical instrument fun below as a comment 📸