Links & Resources

Before your child turns one, and you hear those beautiful first words, there are milestones that we hope they hit. Here are some “what to expect” notes for our babies. There are many moments that come before first words.

Click the link below to access normative information surrounding communication abilities of school-aged children. The page has links to Kindergarten students, through grade five.

The Talk Box contains yearly newsletters for what to expect with respect to understanding and use of language, speech sound norms, a talking and listening checklist, information on learning more than one language, and toy cards to give you ideas how to layer language on top of everyday play.

Phonological awareness (PA) skills are all the pre-reading skills that develop before children learn to read (i.e., decode words). This link below gives you an idea of when these pre-reading skills develop in preschool-aged children.

Just like tennis, a conversation requires this idea of back-and-forth; serve and return. The link below discusses how important this serve and return idea is to build a foundation for communication.

Before your child uses words, there are things you can hope for! Communication goes way beyond words, so here is some information about 16 gestures you can watch for as your baby grows.

The Book Nook by the Hanen Centre shares their favorite children’s books, and talks about ways you can use them with young children to promote their emergent literacy skills. The link below is for their You Tube channel.