Holiday speech and language activities
It's nearly the holidays! Maybe you've gotten through the school year, knowing that your child needs some extra language work? Maybe, her...
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Benedicta Isaac-Kumar,
- Jul 20, 2022
- 2 min
Top 5 games to play with flashcards
Flashcards are great teaching resources. But if they're only ever used for drill work ('What's this?' 'What's that?' 'Name this' 'Name...
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Benedicta Isaac-Kumar,
- Mar 21, 2022
- 3 min
Teaching your very young child to answer questions
An important element of having a conversation is that of answering questions. Conversations can take many forms. They might contain...
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Benedicta Isaac-Kumar,
- Nov 15, 2021
- 3 min
Describing words and how they help your child
Describing words (or adjectives), are words that describe properties of people (tall man), objects (red car), places (quiet...
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Benedicta Isaac-Kumar,
- Feb 26, 2021
- 2 min
Are you worried about your child's speech clarity?
By about 3 years of age, most of your close family should be able to understand what your child is saying. If this milestone has not been...
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Benedicta Isaac-Kumar,
- Feb 2, 2021
- 3 min
ACTION WORDS: top verbs for your toddler
Parenting a toddler is not easy. In fact, keeping up with a little human being who is nearly always on the go is exhausting business. Not...
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Benedicta Isaac-Kumar,
- Feb 1, 2021
- 3 min
A walk with your toddler
Have you run out of things you can do with your toddler? A toddler's brain is like a sponge. It's eager to feed on anything you will let...
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Benedicta Isaac-Kumar,
- Feb 1, 2021
- 3 min
Why learning a second language is important
Do you know that the vast majority of the world speaks more than one language? If you are from India, knowing a second language (and a...
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Benedicta Isaac-Kumar,
- Feb 1, 2021
- 4 min
Is your child playing enough?
Is your child playing enough? And do you know why it's important that they play? We know kids play. The vast majority of their time, in...
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Benedicta Isaac-Kumar,
- Feb 1, 2021
- 2 min
Teaching your child the 'hard' English words
Not all words are equal. Some words are harder than others. This applies to all languages. Typically, it is not the word itself which is...
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Benedicta Isaac-Kumar,
- Jul 9, 2020
- 3 min
Top 5 books to teach your toddler English
So, you want your toddler to hear a bit of English too; and you're not sure where to begin? Reading is a great way to do this. But what...
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Benedicta Isaac-Kumar,
- Jun 16, 2020
- 3 min
Teaching your child to wait
A great way to teach your child to wait is by teaching him to take turns. Taking turns is a normal part of life. When a child has...
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Benedicta Isaac-Kumar,
- Jun 9, 2020
- 2 min
Teach your child to listen
Listening is the foundation skill of learning a language. Children's brains are wired in such a way that what they hear forms...
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Benedicta Isaac-Kumar,
- Jun 6, 2020
- 3 min
5 fun games to help your child learn to understand language
The first step to speaking a language, is of course, learning to understand it. If you are concerned that your child is not saying many...
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Benedicta Isaac-Kumar,
- Jun 2, 2020
- 3 min
The connection between attention and learning to speak
Are you concerned about your child's attention span? Reeman is 3 years old. He is a busy child, always on the go. He is not saying many...
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Benedicta Isaac-Kumar,
- May 30, 2020
- 3 min
Lock-down does not mean melt down
Finding lock-down hard with young children? Here are some simple ideas you might find useful. First things first - children, by design,...
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Benedicta Isaac-Kumar,
- May 25, 2020
- 2 min
Read, read, read
Looking for things to do with your child? Read on. Reading with your child combines the best of a number of activities. It develops a lot...
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Benedicta Isaac-Kumar,
- May 18, 2020
- 2 min
How you can help your toddler learn new verbs
You cannot construct a sentence in English without verbs! Find out more.... What are verbs? Verbs are words that describe action - cut,...
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Benedicta Isaac-Kumar,
- May 11, 2020
- 2 min
Top tips to help your child learn English
All children have the capacity to learn several languages at once. While for adults, learning a new language can be quite challenging,...
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