It is a common occurrence for learners to confuse the letters b and d while reading and writing from a young age. Some learners may even confuse p/d/p and q since they all have a similar shape but are presented at different angles. Even though most learners outgrow these confusions by the age of 10, […]
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This is something we get asked every day… How can I help my child at home? And the truth is that there are so many things you are probably already doing that support their communication development. Here are a few useful strategies and ideas to try at home to help your child every day: Get
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A child’s speech and language development begins at birth, and hearing our children babbling and then using their first words is a very exciting time. It is natural that we, as parents, worry about whether or not our children are doing what they should for their age. It is vitally important that we consider and
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PETC, a therapy centre in the east of Pretoria is looking for a qualified Play Therapist to share a room part-time. Please enquire with Natacha Latouf 083 447 7516 – natacha@practicalparenting.co.za or Carien Muller 082 454 7516 – carienmuller1@gmail.com
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How to play using sand: Hide toy animals or blocks in the sand tray and encourage your child to use their fingers and hands to explore and dig them out. Build their listening and language skills by naming each animal that they retrieve; you can also imitate the sounds that these animals make. Count how
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Make your own musical instruments at home: Bean shaker You can use a recycled plastic bottle Fill it with some beans or rice Decorate with paint or any arts and crafts items lying around at home Shake away!! Tin can drum You can use a recycled coffee tin or yoghurt tub Cut the end off
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Let us talk about stooling patterns in children. This topic is often taboo in society, but a healthy stooling pattern especially in children plays a very important role in maintaining overall good health. Morale of the story; we should be asking our children more about their stooling pattern. “Constipation” is a familiar term for many
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Anne Fishel posted an article on preliminary research conducted by “The Family Dinner Project” in collaboration with “Making Caring Common” on “How Covid changed dinner”. Their research included 696 American adults including 444 parents with children living at home, and suggests that family dinners increased for more than 50% of American families during the pandemic,
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Are your kids afraid of going to sleep at night? Are they afraid of monsters or zombies? Well don’t look further, Monster Spray will make all the monsters disappear!
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I would like to present my first video of a practical fun exercise you can do with your child, to create characters to explain any story that may relate to the child, to encourage the child through any difficult circumstance that they may be experiencing. Making the characters together allows your child to share some
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