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Speech Pathologist based in Brunswick, Victoria. Supporting children's speech, language and early literacy development.

25/01/2025

Reach out to mariah@soundadventures.com.au for more information ✨

13/12/2024

A night of fun to mark the end of a wonderful year with our Sound Adventures team ❤️ I’ve had a turbulent one, but despite it all they’ve been consistently here - I’m so very lucky. And our little community of families remains stronger and better than ever because of them.

Thank you to Louisa, Diandra, BJ and Dean for your commitment, hard work and kind heart to all the beautiful children and their families we have the pleasure of supporting.

Cheers to 2025 and thank you everyone for trusting in us with your children’s therapy. That isn’t something that we take lightly ❤️❤️
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21/10/2024

9 ways a speech pathologist can help…

Speechies tell me, what have I missed?

21/07/2024

Even when the goal set is achievable, reaching it can feel like this…

Can you relate?

13/03/2024

Holiday program! Existing and new children welcome, we have one spot left. If you’re interested in your child joining, get in contact with Mariah today on mariah@soundadventures.com.au

14/02/2024

Here’s a little sound game you can play to help strengthen those early literacy foundations with Our Sound Adventure and any favourite text at home ❤️

👂once you identify a target sound, try swapping out sound for another! The real and nonsense words you create sound funny and it helps kids grasp some of those important phonological awareness skills.

For example, if you are currently on the /k/ page, you will have already worked through the other sounds, so you can say something like “I wonder what the word “shark” would sound like if we changed the last sound? Are there any other words we could make if we change it?” Some ideas for this are “sharp” and “shard”

- text by Alice

Three other great texts for this game that I like are rhyming books like:
- oi Frog 🐸
- oi cat 🐱
- Fox’s socks 🧦

💭 Will you play sound swap when reading next time?

13/02/2024

Our Sound Adventure and Sound Deck supports Speech, Language, and Literacy development in the most fun and engaging way!

The next few posts will include some ideas for how you can use the book and Sound Deck to support your little one on their own Sound Adventure, targeting different developmental stages.

👂As you turn the page to go through a new sound, you can ask your child to think of any other words that start with that sound. If that’s a bit tricky, you can ask them if they can see something in the room that starts with that sound.
👂As you are reading the book, you can ask them to identify whether the sound is at the start, end, or in the middle of the word. For example, when learning about /s/, Santorini sunset kiss, has the sound in all three places!

🫶 Tip: When you’re modelling the sounds to your little one, try not to add a vowel sound onto the consonant. For example, if the sound you’re focusing on is /p/, don’t pronounce it as /pa/. Your child may learn it with the vowel, and start adding it in everytime they see a /p/.

- text by Alice Giffard

14/01/2024

Happy new year from my family to yours 🫶 we snuck in this family shot during our work shoot with last year and so very glad we did.

We’ve been travelling the last month and I’ve been easing back in to work gradually. We’ve had a health curveball knock us pretty hard. Ready now to tackle what this new year throws our way with a full, grateful heart. Thanks so much for being here ❤️

I aim to show up more consistently to share a variety of content including info on paediatric speech, language and social communication, as well as more about our group programs and a bit about my book along the way!

Would love to hear what you love to see here. What would you like me to share? It will help me so much 💕

16/11/2023

WAITING LIST FOR NEW KIDS IN 2024 IS OPEN 🎉

Between Louisa and I, we have a few new therapy spots available on Wednesdays and Thursdays starting Feb, 2024.

I’ve been working down the waiting list today from enquires dating back to Feb and calling one at a time - if you’re already on the list, OR you know that you are keen on a WEDNESDAY or THURSDAY spot for next year, please send through a new enquiry form through my website to bump it up.

Hope you’re having a good day! Looking forward to meeting some new faces around here soon ❤️

14/11/2023

BLACKFRIDAY10 starts now to get a little discount off my book, plus free shipping!

If you’ve been following for a while you’ll know there’s only one time a year we can do this markdown… and it is now 🫶 so if you’ve been thinking about it, grab a copy for a special birthday, xmas, starting school present, or just because!

Let me know through Instagram DM if you’d like books individually wrapped with the beautiful paper for the perfect gift ready to go 🎁

09/11/2023

Drum roll for Annelies 🥁

We’ve been so lucky to have Annelies with us this year as part of our AHA program. She’s been an asset to our team and the children who have worked with her have loved it.

Here are some fun things Annelies shared with me about herself when I asked her recently:

- I love seeing the moment of joy it brings a client when we’ve worked on one of their communication goals, whether it’s being able to say their name or getting the spelling of a word correct on the first attempt

-outside of work I love running and playing boardgames with friends and family

- when I was in primary school my family took my sister and I outside of school for a year and we travelled around Australia in a camper van!

Can’t wait to see what the future holds for you Annelies! Thanks for everything you do.

26/10/2023

Drumroll for the incredible Diandra 🥁

I’ve been so lucky to learn and grow next to Diandra for the past year - she brings so much fun and warmth to our groups and we’re so lucky to have her.

Diandra is a mum of two and a primary teacher for 9 years. She’s taught across many primary levels, and also taught STEM, which she loves.

Here are some things about Diandra:

What’s your favourite part about teaching?
- Seeing a student have that “ah-ha” moment in their learning and seeing how proud they are of their efforts. I also love seeing students eager to complete a lesson or activity, which is why I put a lot of energy into planning. If I’m excited to teach something, I know students will be excited to participate.

What fills your cup?
- spending time with my family unit is how I love spending my days. Whether it’s park visits, a trip to the zoo, going for a walk with the pram and dog, coffee outings or a quiet day at home, just spending time together makes me happy!

- I’m a secret lover of DIY! It’s causes chaos to the tidyness of my house, and usually has me behind on all house chores, but I’m always thinking of the next project hubby and I can accomplish!

Thank you for everything Di I love working with you ❤️

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