“What is the use of a book,” thought Alice, “without pictures or conversation?” Lewis Carroll, Author If your child is about to begin school, reading will be one of the first skills they will learn. As a parent it is important to be involved in this learning process from as early on as possible. You
Whether it is breakfast, lunch, or dinner, fruit salad is a delicious snack for many of us! You can use the task of preparing the fruit salad as a useful activity to teach your child new words! Doing this task together helps to build your child’s language skills, and trains their motor skills at the same time.
Reading and writing are the foundation of learning and doing well at school. They help lead to finding meaningful employment as adults and aid in establishing friendships and integrating into the wider community. Family plays a key role in encouraging children to read; parents’ engagement in reading experiences will help to shape a child’s attitudes
Reading is an essential way to build language skills, but it can be a challenge to find literacy activities that don’t always involve a book. Yet, in our everyday lives, we are surrounded by text and language. You can use all these extra resources when planning a language activity with your child. Junk mail is
Our brains work a bit like an air traffic control system. They have to take in lots of information, ignore distractions and make decisions about how to act and what to prioritize. These skills include working memory, multitasking and flexibility in thinking. Children are not born with these skills—they develop over time¹. Children who struggle with
Keri Reynolds is a bilateral cochlear implant recipient who also works with the MED-EL USA team. She regularly shares her advice and personal tips with other candidates and recipients to help them on their own cochlear implant journey. You’ve gone through all the candidacy testing and you are a candidate for a cochlear
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