FAQ: What’s the difference between speech and language?
A mum (not my own) asked me this question recently. She wanted to know why I’m called a Speech-Language Pathologist. ‘Isn’t that redundant?,’ she asked. …
Speech Talk 2: Patricia Kuhl – the linguistic genius of babies
Dr Patricia Kuhl has more accolades and titles than Queen Victoria. Among her many achievements and roles, she is a co-director at the Institute for…
Speech Talk 1: Steven Pinker – on language
Steven Pinker is one of our favourite language scientists. Although he has his critics, he doesn’t mask his thoughts with academic jargon and impenetrable prose. You know…
Jack and Jill and that hill
Son 2 came home from his second day of school (okay, this was a couple of weeks ago) with this fine work: I love the…
Do we spend too much time on rhyming books? What else should we do to prepare pre-schoolers to read?
Duck in the TruckThe Cat in the HatMadeline, with her vines and twelve little girls in two straight lines All great, fun books to read…