Light Up Language with Analogies
Analogical reasoning is important for school and life success. In this video blog, David talks about analogies, the complicated relationship between language development and analogical…
FANBOYS: Coordinating Conjunctions for Compound Sentence Making
To express our thoughts and feelings properly, we need to link our ideas together. From around the age of 42 months, typically developing children start…
Light Up Language with Similes and Metaphors
Understanding similes and metaphors is an important higher level language skill for school, work and social success. It’s also something that many school-age children struggle…
Worried about the HSC? 8 practical (and free) things you can do this week to get ready
For young adults doing the HSC, 2020 might seem daunting. So much information to absorb, with so little time! And spare a thought for students…
Light Up Language With Idioms
In this video blog, we discuss idioms: why they are important for primary and high school students (including children with developmental language disorders), which idioms…