Apart from getting your children out of the house during the school holidays, why is the humble park so important for your child’s development? Children’s occupational therapist, Carlien Badenhorst from Kids First in Sydney’s northern beaches explains…. ...
This is one of the best child development explanations you will ever read. Speech pathologists Elise Baker and Natalie Munro from the University of Sydney share how your child’s speech and language could affect their future and why it’s so important for...
Experts recommend that all children aged 3-12 should play outside for between one and three hours a day. Need ideas? Here are 20 easy outdoor games that will benefit your kids’ health, learning and social skills. According to the Australian Government’s Department of...
If your child is not developing, behaving, functioning or learning effectively, it may be because their nervous system is not processing sensory input adequately. In my daily work as an Occupational Therapist, I work with many children who have sensory processing...
Did you know that, old-fashioned nursery rhymes offer children a fantastic opportunity to develop their language? Research has shown that children who know how to rhyme have developed an understanding of sounds and words…and this is a helpful step in their early...
Your son or daughter’s speech and language development begins before they say their first words. This helpful chart, shared by the speech therapists at Kids First in Sydney’s northern beaches, will help you determine if your child is reaching their speech...
