Bilingual Play-Time Routines (For Mandarin & Cantonese Families) That Boost Early Language Development Fun, simple ideas for families in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs For many families in Blackburn, Box Hill, Doncaster, Glen Waverley and surrounding suburbs, raising a child in a Mandarin–English or Cantonese–English home is part of everyday life. The beautiful thing about bilingual households
When Should a Bilingual 3-Year-Old See Speech Pathologists in Blackburn? (A helpful guide for Cantonese/Mandarin-speaking families) If you live in Blackburn, Box Hill, Doncaster or the surrounding eastern suburbs, you’re probably raising your child to understand both English + Cantonese/Mandarin. How do I find speech pathologists in areas around Blackburn, Box Hill, and other eastern
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You’ve probably heard how important emotional regulation is too, but you’re left wondering: how do I teach that to my child at home? You’re not alone. Many parents want to support their child’s learning and emotional wellbeing in the early school years—but feel unsure about what to do, or how to do it effectively. For
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Does your child find it hard to make friends? Do they avoid group activities, struggle with small talk, or feel overwhelmed in busy environments? At Blackburn Speech & Paediatric Therapy, we know how tricky social situations can be for some children — and how much it means to both kids and parents when friendships finally
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It’s dinner time. You’ve just placed your two-year-old in the highchair. He points eagerly at the banana on the counter and lets out a loud “Uh!” You know what he wants—but you find yourself thinking: “Why won’t he just say the word?” If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone. Many families feel worried when their toddler
Late talking, often a concern for parents, can be a natural variation in language development. This blog explores late talkers within the context of bilingualism versus English monolingualism in children aged 18 and 24 months. We’ll delve into what constitutes late talking, how language is typically developed for bilingual and Monolingual English speaking children, and
There are two ways to process and develop language, where both of them are natural and normal: When children are young (age 3 and below), it can be difficult to identify them as an analytic language processor (ALP) or a gestalt language processor (GLP). Kids might use both ways to process language. When they get
Conceptual vocabulary for bilingual children is to the collection of words and terms that are essential for understanding and expressing ideas, concepts, and relationships in two languages. One of the questions that the majority of parents of bilingual kids ask is why their kids have a poorer vocabulary in one language if compared with cousins,
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The infants born during the pandemic scored lower, on average, on tests of gross motor, fine motor and communication skills compared with those born before it (both groups were assessed by their parents using an established questionnaire). It didn’t matter whether their birth parent had been infected with the virus or not; there seemed to
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