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Not
too young to learn
Was your child born in the second half of 2001 or
2002, therefore missing out on starting kindy or pre-school with
children born in the same year? If so, and your child is showing signs
of needing further stimulation, the Clever Kidsí Little Learners
program can help bridge the gap.
Little Learners equips kindy and pre-school children
with skills necessary to begin ìbig schoolî with confidence and
enthusiasm. The hands-on activities allow children to use their senses
so they learn through hearing, seeing and movement. Each letter of the
alphabet has complementary writing activities that are modified to
suit your childís level of development.
An additional component to the Little Learners
Program includes early numeracy skills, which involves fun,
interactive activities that teach children about numbers and shapes.
For further information regarding the Little
Learners Program or any of Clever Kidsí award-winning programs for
students of all ages, contact: Clever Kids Claremont on 9284
4408
or Joondalup on 9301 0713
To
lisp or not to lisp
By Kunali Shah
Imagine
walking into a store where a 25-year-old man 25 is asking assistance.
The shopkeeper looks at him and assumes he has some sort of
intellectual disability. Why? Because he has a lisp. Would you want
your child to end up like this?
A
lisp is also known as an interdental ìsî or ìzî and makes an
ìsî sound like a ìthî. Many parents wonder if a lisp is normal
and whether their child will grow out of it. A lisp is not part of the
normal development of sound acquisition, and research shows that most
children do not grow out of a lisp without therapy.
If
a child is still lisping at four years of age, therapy is recommended.
Many parents will find that children begin to lisp when they lose
their front teeth. In this case, waiting till the adult teeth are
present is beneficial. If the lisp is still present after the teeth
are acquired, then speech therapy is beneficial.
Research
suggests that children with sound production errors often have
literacy difficulties if not treated. Donít wait for your child be
re-trained for correct sound productions.
For appointments, call Kylie on 9383 2300.
Specialist
educational intervention: Pre-Primary to Year 10
Julia Gilmore (M.Ed.,B.Ed.,Dip.Tch)
What do you do when your child is struggling at
school? Reports and
portfolios have recently been handed out and the second half of the
year has begun.
Parents are often aware that their child is not
succeeding or reaching his/her full potential at school but are not
sure about what to do. Whether
the child is struggling in reading, writing, spelling, maths,
organizational and study skills or is cruising and not achieving
his/her true levels, there is help available.
I am seeing more parents of Pre-Primary, Primary and
Secondary students who want specialized intervention to help their
child. Most parents find
it very hard to help an unwilling, frustrated and often negative child
at home and need guidance and support from an educational specialist.
At A1 Learning, each child is given an individual
programme so that he/she can achieve full potential and develop a
strong sense of self-esteem as a learner.
Parents are given weekly feedback, with additional support
always available.
Parents and teachers report major improvements
within weeks of the children commencing their programmes at A1
Learning.
Parents often need counselling
as to the best choices for their childís academic, social, emotional
and behavioural well-being. At
A1 Learning, practical assistance and follow-up help is provided.
Check
out the website: www.a1learning.q-net.net.au
or call Julia on 9402 5080.
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