Parent and Carer Workshops
Simple, effective language development strategies for all parents and carers
Learn our PlayTalkRead strategies to help your child’s language development, whether you have a newborn, a quiet child, or the chattiest child!
Our BabyTalk, ToddlerTalk and School Ready programs are practical workshops hosted by child language development specialists.
Each program consists of 5 workshop sessions run over 90 minutes
Learn about the latest strategies and techniques, then practice putting them into action
Separate BabyTalk, ToddlerTalk and School Ready programs for each stage of your child’s development
Online materials and support to help you succeed!
BabyTalk
Studies have shown that even newborns rapidly build communication skills. Our PlayTalkRead program will teach
you to help your baby build the foundations of their language development.
you to help your baby build the foundations of their language development.
- What does baby communication look like?
- I’m listening! Babies are learning more than words. They are learning turn taking, intonation patterns, phonemes, eye contact, and turn taking.
- Expectations and stages of development
- Tuning in to your child and their interests
- How to increase opportunities talking practice in your everyday routines (parents are so busy already!)
ToddlerTalk
Your toddler is on a developmental express. Learn effective, proven techniques to help your child make the most of their aptitude for language.
- What does your toddler need from you?
- Creating child-centred language learning opportunities in your everyday routine: from morning dressing, meals and bath times.
- Expectations and stages of development.
- Keeping it fun so that your kids learn to love talking, as the kids the practice that helps them learn!
School Ready
Schools are language-rich environments. Learn how to help your child develop the essential skills they will need to thrive with their teachers and friends.
- Learn techniques to build both vocabulary and sentence structure and sentence types.
- Build on a child’s ability to initiate conversation on their interests.
- Learn how spoken language and imaginative play with language are a child’s the basis of literacy. The more extensive a child’s spoken language skills are before school the better equipped they are have strong understanding of what they read and creativity in what they write.