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Rebecca Wakeford Speech Therapy

Paediatric speech therapy practice in Sinoville, Pretoria. Practices in Pretoria East (Die Wilgers) and Pretoria North (Sinoville).

Services in English and Afrikaans.

25/01/2026

U is for ‘up’ and ‘under’. These are prepositions and very important for following directions, answering questions and expanding our sentences.

23/01/2026

V is for verbs. These are action words and are super important for following instructions, answering questions. Verbs are very important for language development because they allow children to start building early sentences.

22/01/2026

W is for “watch me”. We often ask our little ones to look at us or look at our mouths when we’re teaching specific speech movements. This visual cue helps them to figure out what their articulators (teeth, mouth and tongue) are or should be doing to create clearer sounds.

21/01/2026

X is for eXcitement. In order to get your little ones interested in new activities (to boost language learning) you need to be animated and silly. This helps grab and keep their attention which makes learning easier and more fun for both you and your little ones.

05/12/2025

Y is for your turn. Turn taking is an important pragmatic/ social skill for all children to learn. You can teach your little ones to take turns during play. You can allow them to have 3 or 4 turns and then you can ‘my turn’ and have a quick turn before letting them continue.

04/12/2025

Z is for zoom. This refers to activity. Don’t expect your little one to sit still at a table and look at pictures or flash cards. Use movement, natural play situations and everyday activities to teach language. This is much more interesting and much more effective.

03/12/2025

Activities to support speech and language development at home.
PRETEND PLAY:
-Playing dress up, shopping, doctor, cleaning or cooking.
-Use some detail and prepositions to expand sentences (e.g.: "Let's use the yellow cloth." / "Put the hat on your head.")
-You can work on some basic language concepts such as colours, shapes, numbers (e.g.: "I see 2 shoes.").
-Work on sequencing (e.g.: First I put water in the bucket and then I put the cloth in.).
-Encourage your child's natural story telling and cue them with what they think make come next.
-Most importantly have fun and be in the moment with your little ones.

02/12/2025

Activities to support speech and language development at home.
COOKING:
-Cooking is great for doing sequencing activities (e.g.: What must we do first? What comes next?).
-For older ones you can practice what sound they hear at the beginning/end of a word (e.g.: What sound does egg start with? = 'E'). Remember this is the phonetic sound and not the alphabet letter.
-You can work on some basic language concepts such as colours and numbers (e.g.: "Let's use the red spoon." / "Put two spoons in.").
-Work on following directions.
-Most importantly have fun and be in the moment with your little ones.

01/12/2025

Activities to support speech and language development at home.
ART ACTIVITIES:
-Google/Pinterest is FULL of amazing and simple ideas- use the internet.
-Include some detail or prepositions when completing your art activity (e.g.: "Yes I like that red paint." / "Put the paper under the roll.")
-For older ones you can practice what sound they hear at the beginning of the word (e.g.: What sound does book start with? = 'B'). Remember this is the phonetic sound and not the alphabet letter.
-You can work on some basic language concepts such as colours, shapes, numbers (e.g.: "Yes that is a circle.").
-Most importantly have fun and be in the moment with your little ones.

30/11/2025

Turn Taking
Cue Your Child to Take a Turn
It may take your child a while to learn how to take turns in a conversation.
- Cue Your child with facial expression and body language. Lean toward your child to let them know you're ready to listen. Open your eyes wide with anticipation and lift your eyebrows. Smile or nod your head to encourage them.
- Point to whatever has captured their interest.
- Give hand-over-hand help. Use games or songs that include actions and help them do the actions at the correct time.

29/11/2025

Conversation Stoppers
Help your child stay in the conversation by avoiding these conversation stoppers:
- asking too many questions
- asking questions that are too hard for your child to answer
- don't have anything to do with what your child is interested in

Rather combine questions with comments.

Address

147 Sefako Makgatho Drive, Sinoville
Pretoria
0182

Telephone

+27736008980

Website

http://rebeccawakefordspeechtherapy.medeweb.co.za/

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