Speech Soapbox
Check out our musing and ideas about the wide world of speech pathology and early years development. We cover developmental milestones for speech, language, literacy, social skills, and feeding. This blog is aimed at parents wanting to know more about a specific area, teachers looking for tips and tricks to promote language in the classroom, and therapists looking for useful resources. And it is all FREE!
School Skills: Fourth Grade Milestones
Check out all the milestones you can expect from your child by the end of fourth grade. These include listening, speaking, reading, writing, grammar and social skills.
School Skills: Third Grade Milestones
Check out all the milestones you can expect from your child by the end of third grade. These include listening, speaking, reading, writing, grammar and social skills.
School Skills: Second Grade Milestones
Check out all the milestones you can expect from your child by the end of second grade. These include listening, speaking, reading, writing, grammar and social skills.
School Skills: First Grade Milestones
Check out all the milestones you can expect from your child by the end of first grade. These include listening, speaking, reading, writing, grammar and social skills.
School Skills: Kindergarten Milestones
Check out all the milestones you can expect from your child by the end of kindergarten. These include listening, speaking, reading, writing, grammar and social skills.
Speech Sound Errors: Denasalisation
Learn about phonological processes, what ‘denasalisation’ is and how to help your child overcome it using evidence-based speech therapy techniques.
Speech Sound Errors: Deaffrication
Learn about phonological processes, what ‘deaffrication’ is and how to help your child overcome it using evidence-based speech therapy techniques.
Speech Sound Errors: Initial Consonant Deletion
Learn about phonological processes, what ‘initial consonant deletion’ is and how to help your child overcome it using evidence-based speech therapy techniques.
Speech Sound Errors: Final Consonant Deletion
Learn about phonological processes, what ‘final consonant deletion’ is and how to help your child overcome it using evidence-based speech therapy techniques.
Speech Sound Errors: ‘r’ Blend Cluster Reduction
Learn about phonological processes, what ‘ ‘r’ blend cluster reduction’ is and how to help your child overcome it using evidence-based speech therapy techniques.