The Hanen Centre | Speech and Language Development for Children

E-Book or Paper Book − What’s Best for Young Children?

Concern has been raised about how much time children are spending in front of screens, and whether they learn as much from e-books as they do from traditional print books. There have been several studies about e-books over the past decade, and they have revealed both advantages and disadvantages.

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What Is Behaviour Regulation? And What Does It Have To Do With Language Development?

A child's ability to regulate his own behaviour is closely related to his language development. Studies have shown that preschool children who have better behaviour regulation skills also have better early literacy, vocabulary, and math skills.

What are some of the things you can do to promote your child's behaviour regulation and support his language development?

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Hanen’s European Adventures

Veteran Hanen Instructor Toby Stephan just wrapped up three It Takes Two To Talk workshops in Barcelona, Madrid and Munich!

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Tips for Parents

As a parent, you want to know how to help your child develop the best possible language and literacy skills. So we've developed a series of practical tips to help you do just that.

They are based on the most current research and are designed to be used with young children in everyday situations.

Choose the group of tips that corresponds best to your child's current stage of communication development:

Tips for parents of young children who communicate

without words.

Tips for parents of children who have just started talking.

Tips for parents of children who talk in sentences.