A common narrative is that earlier is better and, as such, much of the intervention focus has been on EYFS. But the assumption that speech and language are primarily a concern of early years and key stage 1 is not the full picture, Hulme continues, referencing some recent work “eva...
The Association of Speech and Language Therapists in Independent Practice (ASLTIP) has a database of private speech and language therapy practitioners. 'Be prepared to fight for your child' Clare is mum to James, four, who has speech and language delays. 'When James was two and a half, I...
Literal language is a feature of non-fiction texts; figurative language is more commonly used in fiction and poetry. Figurative language uses figures of speech to give a text more richness and depth, often comparing things to other things to create an image in the reader's mind. Figurative ...
Although a Year 1 topic, the teaching of full stops is part of more advanced grammar objectives, too. In Year 3, once inverted commas (speech marks) are introduced, children will learn to punctuate direct speech (words directly spoken) by ending the spoken words with a full stop, exclamatio...