The Hanen Centre | Speech and Language Development for Children

Tap into Your Child’s Natural Way of Learning Language

By age six, the average child understands about 10,000 words! This amazing feat happens by children picking out patterns in the language they hear every day. For children with language delays, they have more difficulty picking out these patterns in language. In this article, we share some tips on how you can help your child find patterns during your everyday interactions. Continue Reading

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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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Building Sound Awareness with

with The Snail and the Whale

Rhyming books are a great tool for promoting sound awareness, a skill that prepares children for connecting the letters they see on a page with the sounds they represent, which is critical for making sense of print. In this Book Nook, we share a Hanen strategy that you can use when reading rhyming books with your child.

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