Speech and Language

A useful Speech and Language Assessment tool you can do from home!

1.9 million children currently struggle with talking and understanding words. This progress checker is based on what we know about how babies and children develop skills. Choose the age of the child and then answer the questions. At the end, the website will direct you to some helpful advice and resources.

https://progress-checker.speechandlanguage.org.uk/

Please let me know if you have any questions!

US Reading Study, children at age 5 (Science Daily, 2019)

The number of words heard by a 5-year-old, if they are...
Never read to - 4662
1-2 times per week - 63,570
3-5 times per week - 169,520
Daily - 296,660
5 Books a day - 1,483,300

Reading to our children has a huge impact on their vocabulary! Well done to everyone recording in the children's reading records. Thank you for your continued support.