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Strategies to support your child's communication development within their everyday routines and play.
Is It Their Ears? The Overlooked Link Between Hearing and Language Delay
One of the biggest contributors to language delay is children having difficulties...
Tell a story to get a story
TELL a story to GET a story.🙂Takes the pressure off🙂 Models excellent...
Reading time and Language Development
This is magic ⬇️YES it's lovely to have kids snuggled beside us...
Stop doing this one thing if you want your child to talk more
IT'S SO TEMPTINGto ask our kids to say stuff to us.Like "say...
What NOT to do if your child starts stuttering
Do this instead ⬇️ It's not uncommon for some kids to go...
8 Skills that Children need to practice before they develop first words
Teach this ⬇️Are you and your parent friends waiting to hear first...
4 Tips to Enhance your Baby's Speech and Language Development
Your little one is learning how to communicate from the second they're...
Teach yourself before you teach your child
⚠️don't make this mistake⚠️Saying the SOUND that letters make can be so...
How to be the best parent you can be by connecting with your child and holding your boundaries respectfully.
Is it bad behaviour… or a stress response?
We’ve been conditioned to think that when a child cries, yells, throws...
Chewy Anzac Biscuits and the Power of Visual Recipes
I really struggle to follow recipes and I think that’s half the...
How to Stop Your Toddler Hitting: A Respectful Parent's Guide
Toddlers are tiny. Their emotions are not. When they don’t know what...
Your child isn't being naughty. They're doing their best.
If you’ve ever been at the end of your rope thinking, “Why...
Why I Still Stay in the Room Until My Kids Fall Asleep
Before we get into it, here’s a quick caveat: I’m not a...
5 Clever Play Ideas That Take 2 Minutes to Set Up (And Actually Keep Them Busy)
Let me guess – you saw the video of the magnetic tile...
Why Your Child Might Seem 'Out of Control' – And What Can Help
Ever had one of those moments where your child completely flips? One...
Raising a Bilingual or Multilingual Child
Bilingualism Doesn’t Cause Delays Let’s start by busting one of the most...
Time-outs are harmful
Timeouts Are Harmful ⬇️Tantrums and misbehaviour are a normal part of child...
Calm Down Corners - not for every child
Do this instead ⬇️Struggling with your child’s calm-down corner? It might be...
What to do when child isn't listening
Do this instead ⬇️Feeling frustrated when your child isn’t listening? Let’s reframe...
Dropping an old-school parenting belief
Outdated ⬇️It's worth stopping to think about whether you're operating on some...
The home of easy to set up play ideas! Browse a range of activities that are simple to create and often use the stuff you already have lying around your house! These activities are all created with communication development in mind, so be sure to join in with your little one and foster some conversation.
A Better Way to Hunt for Easter Treasure (Just Like My Mam Used To Do)
When I was little, my mam would set up the most magical...
8 Ways to Play with Magnetic Tiles That Aren’t Building
If your kids love magnetic tiles but you can’t face one more...
No rules when it comes to Creativity
No agenda 🤌There doesn't need to be a learning agenda for our...
School Holiday Activities: Invitation to play
No new toys ⬇️Kids can easily get bored with their toys because...
School Holiday Activities: Bounceable Bubbles
SO EASY ⬇️My kids LOVED this.All you need is:• Warm water• Sugar•...
School Holiday Activities: Washing Basketball
Also good for👇• hand eye coordination• gross motor skills• collaborative play• social...
School Holiday Activities: Measuring Monsters
Play is learning ⬇️Measuring might not sound cool or fun to us...
School Holiday Activities: Number Bounce
My kids are obsessed with numbers at the moment so we devised...
School Holiday Activities: Lemonade Stand
Water play wins ⬇️Sick kids? Set this up.I set up this lemonade-stand...
School Holiday Activities: Park Ranger Adventure
Plan for tomorrow ⬇️We're trying to spend more hours outdoors and often...
School Holiday Activities: Torchy Treasure Hunt
Try this ⬇️Kids love a treasure hunt and this is such a...
7 Reasons to Prioritise Messy Play
Beyond beneficial ⬇️Delving into messy play opens up a world of learning...
Because parenting is hard enough as it is!
Here are some ideas to make things a little easier and support your child's development in the process.
Parenting Hack: Overnight Accidents
Toilet training? Here’s a hack.Our Messy Mats double as protective sheets for...
Teaching Road Safety around parked cars
KEEP THEM SAFE.Visual aides are incredibly helpful in helping children understand what...
Make bedtime easier with this evening activity
Make the most of the dark!My kids are the most messy and...
Why I make my toddler LAUGH before bedtime
Laughter really is the best medicine. Plus it just makes life easier!...
Why should you involve your child in housework?
Steal my strategy... Throwback Thursday! Here's my 2 year old and I...
The Ultimate Guide to Toothbrushing
END THE BATTLETeeth brushing can be so hard and so demoralising at...
Getting reluctant kids into car seats
⬇️Steal my strategy for getting kids into car seats.They're not being difficult...
Use this trick to teach your child to ride a bike
So much easier!The towel method makes learning to ride a bike so...
Struggling to get sunscreen on your little one?
Sensory overload.I think most of us would find it overwhelming if someone...
Surviving Toilet-Learning (and gastro)
Working smarter not harder.Messy mats are super absorbent but don't let that...
Flexiflask Hack to make immunicasations easier
Have you tried this?Immunisations can be mega stressful - none of us...
Why it matters if your child is snoring
Deep sleep?Once thought to be a sign that babies were having a...
Say "no" to bathing in mould
We designed our slip-safe spots when we were exasperated by bath mats...
Wreck your lounge to help your kids to go to sleep
Are you brave enough for this?The type A among us LOVE a...
You're in the right place for all things food. We want to support you to have more successful mealtimes with your children.
How to Encourage Your Baby to Feed Themselves Sooner with the Spoon-Switching Method
Feeding your baby can feel like a juggling act, especially when it...
Messy is Best: The Importance of Letting Kids Practice with Food
To get better at anything, including skateboarding, kids need practice. Part of...
Open Cup Practice with a Breakfast Smoothie
Smoothies are one of the BEST THINGS to put in an open...
Kids Recipes: Overnight Banana Bix
Your kids' new favourite breakfast! This kid friendly recipe is too easy...
How Setting the Table Can Improve Mealtimes for Kids
Struggling with difficult mealtimes? It seems a bit old-school, but having kids...
Open Cup or Sippy Cup? Here’s Why Open Cups Win Every Time
Did you know your baby can start using an open cup...
What’s a Clever Mat and How Can It Support Mealtimes?
Less mess, more success - sounds like a dream, right? If your...
How to teach your toddler to eat with cutlery
Never underestimate your toddler! Our little ones are capable of way more...
Make Mealtimes a clever success
A lot of thought has gone into developing our Clever Mealtimes Range....
Is your little one ready for cutlery?
👶 ready for cutlery?Clever Cutlery is specially designed to set children up...
