The Hanen Centre | Speech and Language Development for Children

How to Build a Strong Foundation for Your Child's Language Skills

Your child’s language foundation is the key to his success as a communicator. It’s upon these back-and-forth interactions that the rest of his language skills are built. So how can you give your child the chance to develop a strong foundation for his communication skills?

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Common Questions about Questions

As a parent, you probably use questions as a way to encourage your child to talk and help him or her have little conversations with you. In this article, you’ll find answers to some questions you might have about how to use questions effectively to build your child’s language and conversation skills.

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Making Predictions with a Boomer’s Big Day

Reading comprehension is about more than understanding the information conveyed in the pictures and text of a book. To really understand a story, children must also fill in what the writer is “saying” but hasn’t specifically stated. In other words, children need to read between the lines to grasp the overall message of a story.

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