The Hanen Centre | Speech and Language Development for Children

Five Books, Five Literacy-Building Ideas!

Early literacy skills are the "tools" your child needs to learn to read and write, so the more early literacy skills she has now, the better prepared she’ll be for school. Here are some fun tips for building the five critical early literacy skills your child needs to learn before she starts school.

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Was That Intentional? Helping Young Children with Communication Delays Send Purposeful Messages

A big developmental step happens when young children learn to send messages intentionally – that is, when they learn to communicate directly to someone to achieve a specific goal. Find out what parents of children with communication delays can do encourage their child’s intentional communication.

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Bridging the Gap Between the Home and Classroom

At a private preschool in Needham, MA, a group of educators have been using the Hanen guidebooks ABC and Beyond™ and I’m Ready!™ to connect the home and the classroom in new and powerful ways...

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