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Strategies to support your child's communication development within their everyday routines and play.
8 Skills that Children need to practice before they develop first words
Teach this ⬇️Are you and your parent friends waiting to hear first...
4 Tips to Enhance your Baby's Speech and Language Development
Your little one is learning how to communicate from the second they're...
Teach yourself before you teach your child
⚠️don't make this mistake⚠️Saying the SOUND that letters make can be so...
Teach your child to talk using Plydough
Throwback ThursdayA little video of Auggie (age 2years and 7 months) and...
My child doesn't say some speech sounds - should I worry?
⚠️SAVE THIS FOR REFERENCESome sounds are harder to say than others. Knowing...
Top Language Tip from a Speech Therapist
This makes a difference ⬇️⬇️Sometimes adults so badly want to hear their...
Teach your child to say 2-word phrases
LANGUAGE MILESTONES ⬇️By age 2, typically children are using between 50 and...
Ten things to do with your kid that isn't play with toys
Tired of playing pretend?Save this list for later - it'll come in...
Pre-verbal Skills
First words start here⬇️Your baby is probably already intentially communicating with you...
Worried your little one isn't talking much yet?
Here's how you can help.It starts with shifting your perspective: verbal words...
If you're parenting a toddler, you might need to hear this
Learn more ⬇️ We all want to hear our children talk so badly...
Do I need apps to support my child's language development
Put the screen down.Turn taking is the foundation of conversation.We know that...
How to be the best parent you can be by connecting with your child and holding your boundaries respectfully.
Your child's brain, why they're misbehaving and how to help when they're losing it
What to do ⬇️Sometimes our kids seem to lose it over the...
Why I don't say "Good Job" or "Well Done"
IYKYK ⬇️This change makes SUCH a difference and is totally worth practising...
When swimming lessons go wrong...
My response ⬇️When our kids feel dysregulated, out of control, the worst...
5 Reasons Your Preschooler Isn't Listening To You
😡LISTEN UP!! If adults were to record themselves all day then listen...
Help! My toddler won't stop throwing toys
“stop throwing” doesn’t work. Here’s what does.Our kids need to learn how...
Girls have got this!
GIRLS HAVE GOT THIS.Some research into parent interactions with kids has found...
5 Steps to Help your Child having a hard time
The secret to staying calm ⬇️It starts with remembering that your child...
Sunday Chaos
Nothing relaxing about it.A reminder that gentle, respectful parenting isn't about training...
Sharing my chaotic evening of parenting
Hats off to solo parents.Bedtime can be SOOOO triggering. All you want...
Avoid tantrums at the park
This works 👇Preschoolers don’t understand time. “5 more minutes” means nothing when...
Whats the best thing to say when your kid is having a tantrum
Hear me out ⬇️Kids have tantrums. They're developmentally appropriate - it's a...
The home of easy to set up play ideas! Browse a range of activities that are simple to create and often use the stuff you already have lying around your house! These activities are all created with communication development in mind, so be sure to join in with your little one and foster some conversation.
POV: You're not scared of messy play...
Cleaning hacks ⬇️⬇️I know that SO MANY OF US are loathed to...
18 month old milestones
Are milestones important? Milestones aren't everything. The world is a better place...
Support your Child's Scissor Skills
Easy hack for fine motor strength....Using scissors is one of those skills...
Why I let my kids play with tools
⚠️How risky?⚠️We don't tend to associate tools with preschoolers. Naturally - we...
Simple Play Idea: Dandelion Lions
Dandelions are EVERYWHERE at the moment and kids sure do give you...
Craft a Christmas Decoration
Could you?It's nothing the vacuum can't fix!Let your kids go wild with...
Christmas Tree Decorating
Yay or nay?!EACH TO THEIR OWN but I'm pretty passionate about Christmas...
Cute Christmas Crafting
“Sparkling snowflakes in the making! ❄️🎄Crafting these pipe cleaner and bead snowflake...
Because parenting is hard enough as it is!
Here are some ideas to make things a little easier and support your child's development in the process.
Make bedtime easier with this evening activity
Make the most of the dark!My kids are the most messy and...
Why I make my toddler LAUGH before bedtime
Laughter really is the best medicine. Plus it just makes life easier!...
Why should you involve your child in housework?
Steal my strategy... Throwback Thursday! Here's my 2 year old and I...
The Ultimate Guide to Toothbrushing
END THE BATTLETeeth brushing can be so hard and so demoralising at...
Getting reluctant kids into car seats
⬇️Steal my strategy for getting kids into car seats.They're not being difficult...
Use this trick to teach your child to ride a bike
So much easier!The towel method makes learning to ride a bike so...
Struggling to get sunscreen on your little one?
Sensory overload.I think most of us would find it overwhelming if someone...
Surviving Toilet-Learning (and gastro)
Working smarter not harder.Messy mats are super absorbent but don't let that...
Flexiflask Hack to make immunicasations easier
Have you tried this?Immunisations can be mega stressful - none of us...
Why it matters if your child is snoring
Deep sleep?Once thought to be a sign that babies were having a...
Say "no" to bathing in mould
We designed our slip-safe spots when we were exasperated by bath mats...
Wreck your lounge to help your kids to go to sleep
Are you brave enough for this?The type A among us LOVE a...
Install Slip-Safe Spots with me
Say "no" to bathing in mould.We designed our slip-safe spots when we...
My go-to Strategy when my kids are Dysregulated
We all want to hide sometimes.I see you escaping to the toilet...
Sickness Remedy on the go
Survival mode - activated.Flexiflasks can keep your drinks hot too. Just don't...
You're in the right place for all things food. We want to support you to have more successful mealtimes with your children.
Asking Kids to set the table
⬇️ This can help with difficult mealtimes.It seems a bit old-school, but...
What's a clever mat and how can it support mealtimes?
Less mess. More success.Your suction dinnerware is only as good as the...
How to teach your toddler to eat with cutlery
Never underestimate your toddler!Our little ones are capable of way more than...
Clever ways to make mealtimes easier
Make life easier.I’ve designed our clever bowls to have incredible suction so...
Is your little one ready for cutlery?
👶 ready for cutlery?Clever Cutlery is specially designed to set children up...
Preschooler Knife Skills
Kids can use knives.If your little one can stand independently then they...
Struggling with your toddler at mealtimes?
Have you checked your high chair?!We'd left it way too long since...
Teaching your Baby to drink from a Clever Cup
Designed by a Speech and Language TherapistDid you know that children can...
What makes our plates clever?
Divided plates CAN increase selectiveness and your child's preference for food to...
Benefits of letting Babies use an open cup from 6m+
Practice makes perfect.Embrace the mess and let your little one learn how...
Do pouches and feeding bottles affect feeding development?
Messy is best.I think squeezy pouches and feeding bottles and smoothie cups...
How to Clean your Flexiflasks
Kids drink bottles can be disgusting.I designed our Flexiflasks because I realised...
Why I let my toddler make cups of tea
Kids love independence.I always give august the opportunity to join in with...