An amazing resource; its so clear and easy to use. I love how the activities are set out week by week, making it easy for any member of the team to pick up and deliver. -- Angie Burgoyne * Reception teacher and EYFS lead, Moons Moat First School * For all schools who cant have a speech and language therapist visit: this book is for them. Jacqui and Lizs expertise and knowledge is vast and they have worked with children directly for many years. The ready-made activities, scaffolding support and resources mean that these sessions can be picked up and delivered straight away. -- Hannah Jackson * SENDCo * This book is a fantastic resource for anyone with an interest in supporting young children with their speech sound development and/or developing vital pre-literacy skills. A lot of the activities support phonological awareness development, skills which underpin both speech sound and literacy development. Other activities are more specific. There is a clear and well planned progression from the general to specific that all learners will find helpful.
The resource features lesson plans and photocopiable resources.[ ...]The introduction helpfully gives information on speech sound development and atypical processes that would benefit from either the specific intervention detailed 1n the book. or escalating to a professional.
The instructions are clear and [ there are] step down strategies to support where necessary. This is a fantastic piece of work that has been well thought through. * Morag Murray (via Netgalley) * 30 ideally paced and of ideal length practices for helping young children with speech, sound production and literacy. [ ...] The interventions are all child-appropriate. They list what you need for the exercise (usually, this is a resource provided with the book) and give step-by-step instructions. There are listening, clapping, saying and rhyming exercises, divided into weeks, and allow children to gradually develop their skills. Excellent resource for those who work with children. * Didem Durak Akser (via Netgalley) * This book does exactly what it says. It starts with easy-to-read, basic facts about speech sounds and how to identify a child who needs further help or referring to SALT. It is realistic about how interventions may be delivered in a classroom and all of the sessions are explicitly mapped out with the resources available for [ photo]copying from the book or downloading from the publishers' website. Excellent.
I'm going to be purchasing a copy of this book and showing it to our SENCO and EYFS teacher. Some of the activities looked so valuable for all of the children in my class. * Lizi Blackhouse, educator (via Netgalley) *
