Kawartha Children's Therapies

01/01/2024

Happy New Year!!!

Come join us on Wednesday January 3rd for a FREE Public Skate in Beaverton from 1-3pm at Foster Hewitt Memorial Community Centre. We look forward to seeing you there!

12/05/2022

Check out some of the wonderful programs happening at the Brock Township libraries!!!

We have some great programs planned this week:

Tuesday:
Reading Buddies - Cannington Branch - 4:30 - 6:30 pm *Registration required*
Builders Club - Beaverton branch - 6:15 - 7:00 pm *DROP-IN*
Homesteading 101: DIY Peppermint Lipbalm & Bath Salts - Beaverton, 6 - 7 pm *Full*

Wednesday:
Preschool Storytime - Cannington - 10:15 am - 11:00 am *DROP-IN*
Reading Buddies - Sunderland Branch - 4:30 - 6:30 pm *Registration required*

Thursday:
Up-Cycle Craft Club - Sunderland - 6:30 - 7:30 pm *Registration required - waitlist*

Friday:
Ugly Christmas Sweater Ornaments (Teen program - ages 11-17) - Cannington - 5 - 7 pm *DROP-IN*

Saturday:
Seasonal Family Make & Take craft - Beaverton, Cannington & Sunderland - 11 am - 12 pm *DROP-IN*

For details on these and other upcoming programs, please click here: https://brocklibraries.ca/register-for-programs/

12/03/2022

Holiday party 2022🎄✨

10/17/2022

🗣 Articulation (speech sounds) is one of our most common concerns for parents.

🗣 If you have concerns or questions about your child’s speech sound development, don’t hesitate to reach out to us!

09/28/2022

As mentioned in our previous post, Autism Level Up developed an amazing resource that explains what and why we are changing the body body listening idea to a whole body learner.

They created Bumper who is a whole body learner 🤩. In our post you can see our version of what bumper looks like but what is important is the features Bumper has which represents a whole body learning approach.

▶️Tactile Manipulators: exploring, building, operating tools, communicating
▶️ Mobility Units: moving, dancing, fidgeting, bouncing etc.
▶️ Inner Mechanics: charging, fuelling, feeling, reacting etc.
▶️ Mission Control: Sensing, analyzing, processing, communicating

For more information check out Autism Level Up!

09/20/2022

We are saying NO to whole body listening and instead saying YES to being a whole body learner!

The term ‘whole body listener’ is used to describe how someone should listen. You know the classic eyes looking at the person talking to you, ears ready to hear what is being said, mouth being quite (no sounds), hands and feet quiet, etc.

A ‘whole body learner’ uses ALL of their tools and processing mechanisms to take in and analyze information.

Shoutout to for creating BUMPER who we will introduce next

09/16/2022

Early intervention = key ! 🔑

09/14/2022

We often get a lot of parents asking questions about their child having trouble with their sounds and for good reason.

We work with a lot of clients who are working on articulation. Sometimes these errors can be simple to remediate and other times more complex.

The next slides are a great summary of when children should acquire specific sounds.

If you have any questions regarding your child’s sounds, don’t hesitate to reach out!

*all information taken form Crowe, K. & McLead, S. Children’s English Consonant Acquisition in the United States*

09/12/2022

At Kawartha Children’s Therapies, we believe that early literacy matters. It matters because we can work on a variety of skills like developing rich vocabulary, self-expression, and reading comprehension at an early age.

Tips for early literacy:
📕 allow you child to choose a book
📕 read the story to your child & make it fun!
📕 point to the pictures and talk about what you see
📕 have your child flip the pages

09/05/2022

Well tomorrow is back to school for many of our clients! 📚 we wish you all the best in this coming academic year.

If you have any concerns about your child, do not hesitate to reach out and we can schedule an intake call to discuss.

09/01/2022

So, what’s the difference?

Receptive Language vs. Expressive language ➡️➡️

08/31/2022

Expressive language 🗣 aka. the output!