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🚀 Help Your Child's Speech & Language Grow - From Home 🏠 😄 Simple, evidence-based exercises that fit easily into your day ⏩ Just 10 minutes a day
We're on X !!! Hi everyone, we are LittleTalk and we're on a mission to empower parents with resources to practise speech and language development at home. 💙💛 We need your help! We're currently looking for Parents to test with us, free of charge - little-talk.org

👅⚡ Fun Fact Friday ⚡👅 Did you know? Your tongue is a speed machine! It can make up to 5 movements per second during fluent speech, faster than a professional athlete’s reflexes! This tiny muscle is a speech superhero, helping to shape sounds and words at lightning speed.

✨ Fun Fact Friday ✨ When you speak, your soft palate lifts to block air from escaping through your nose. If it doesn’t? That’s when hypernasal speech can happen - kind of like talking with a cold! 🤧 #FunFactFriday #SpeechTherapyAtHome #SoftPalate #SpeechMechanics

Helping your child build language skills doesn’t have to be a correction, it can be a conversation! 🗣️💬 This week’s tip is all about remodelling: gently restating what your child says with the correct structure. It’s a supportive way to guide them without discouragement! ❤️

Today is Top Tips Tuesday 😎💛 Expanding your child's sentences is a great way of modelling longer sentences to your child, helping them to develop their vocabulary and language! #ParentTips #LanguageDevelopment #TalkToYourToddler #EarlyYears #TopTipTuesday #SpeechAndLanguage

"They'll grow out of it", "Just give them time", We get it. That’s why we are building LittleTalk, because Parents deserve to start helping, right now. ✨ No waiting lists. ✨ No guesswork. ✨ Just 10 mins a day, guided by experts. Start here 👉 little-talk.org
🌟 Top Tip Tuesday 🌟 #10 You’re Your Child’s Best Teacher 🫶 No one knows your child like you do and that makes you their most powerful teacher. Our speech therapy from home app is here to guide and support you, but never forget you’re already doing an amazing job. Keep going!

⏳ Top Tip Tuesday ⏳ #9 Give Your Child Plenty of Time to Respond It might feel natural to jump in when your child pauses, but sometimes… silence is golden! Preschoolers can take up to 20 seconds to process a question and respond, and that’s completely okay. #TopTipTuesday

🗣️✨ Fun Fact Friday! ✨🗣️ Your lips, teeth, tongue, and even your palate are all part of an amazing team... They're called articulators, and they work together in milliseconds to create clear speech! 😮👏 #FunFactFriday #SpeechTherapyAtHome #Articulators #SpeechDevelopment

🌟 Top Tip Tuesday 🌟 #8 Offer Choices to Your Child✨ Instead of yes/no questions, try offering simple choices like: “Do you want water or juice?” Why? Giving your child options helps them practice expressive language and also builds confidence! #TopTipTuesday #ParentTips

Did you know your brain plans every single word before you say it? 🤯 It coordinates sounds, muscle movements, and precise timing, all in just milliseconds! Speech is like a mini performance your brain rehearses in real-time! Cool, right? 😄

✨ Top Tip Tuesday ✨ Boost your child's language skills by weaving new words into everyday conversations! 💬 Instead of formal lessons, try describing what you see: "That cloud is fluffy - it looks soft and light." Ready to make language learning fun and easy? Sign up today!

👅💬 Fun Fact Friday! Did you know your tongue is the most flexible muscle in your body? 😲 It can produce over 50 unique speech sounds, depending on the language you speak! At LittleTalk, we harness that amazing flexibility with fun, effective speech therapy exercises!

🧠💬 Fun Fact Friday! Did you know your brain processes spoken language in less than 0.2 seconds? That’s faster than the blink of an eye! 👀⚡ Language comprehension = superpower unlocked! 💥✨ #FunFactFriday #SpeechTherapy #EarlyLanguageDevelopment #speechandlanguagetherapy

✨ Top Tip Tuesday! ✨ This week’s tip: Follow your child’s lead! When kids are doing what they love, they’re more motivated to talk, listen, and learn. 💬💛 Use their interests to spark meaningful conversations and grow their language skills naturally. 🌱 #SpeechAndLanguage

It's Fun Fact Friday - We hope everyone is enjoying half term and having a nice break! ☀ Did you know that speech and talking involves more than 100 muscles? #FunFactFriday #SpeechTherapy #EarlyLanguageDevelopment #speechandlanguagetherapy #speechandlanguage #investinslt

Back with another Fun Fact this week!🎉 Or maybe a bit more of a tip in this case! 🤔 Did you know that tongue twisters are actually a great way to practise speech sounds? Even adults find them tricky (including for me) #FunFactFriday #SpeechTherapy #EarlyLanguageDevelopment

Introducing Fun Fact Friday! ✨ Did you know babies start learning language before they're even born? 🤯 By just 25 weeks gestation, they can already hear sounds from the outside world. They’re listening! 💬💛 #FunFactFriday #SpeechTherapy #SLPFunFact #EarlyLanguageDevelopment

Make speech & language practice part of your daily rhythm: 🛁 Bath time 🚗 School run 🍽️ Mealtimes We’ll give you the tools. You bring the love.💛
Speech and Language Therapy isn’t just about speech - it’s about connection, confidence and independence. 💛 We’re here to help you build that bridge, one word at a time. #ParentSupport #EarlyLanguage
⚡ Quick reminder: You don’t need to be a speech and language therapist to help your child talk more. You just need: ✅ 10 minutes ✅ The right tools ✅ A little encouragement That’s what LittleTalk is here for! 💛 #ParentPower #LittleTalk