NHSG Aberdeenshire Children's Speech & Language Therapy Service

31/03/2026

⭐️ Top Tip Tuesday ⭐️
Great tips available on Parent Club Scotland website for supporting little ones’ development from bump to baby🫄👶
✅ Chat together right from the start 💬

30/03/2026

👐👌Makaton Monday👌👐
Check out this video from Singing Hands to learn some signs to use when talking about Easter 🐣
✅ Easter 🐣
✅ bunny 🐰
✅ chick 🐥
✅ chocolate 🍫
✅ church ⛪️
✅ Easter egg 🥚
✅ flower 🌷
✅ God
✅ Jesus
✅ lamb 🐑

For our Topic series - here are some signs including both non-religious and religious vocabulary around this celebration. With huge thanks...

29/03/2026

🎉 Sunday Funday 🎉
Spend time washing the car or a bike this week 🧼 🪣 🚗 🚲
✅ Simple everyday activities and chores can provide great language learning opportunities...as well as being lots of fun 👶👧👦💬

27/03/2026

🤔 💭 Factual Friday 💭 🤔
An amazing fact 🤩
✅ By chatting with your little ones as you go about your daily activities you will be developing their talking skills 💬

24/03/2026

⭐️ Top Tip Tuesday ⭐️
What if your little one isn’t interested in books yet❓ Here are our top tips to get them interested👇 📖
✅ sharing books together is a great way to support their talking skills 💬
✅ it’s never too early to start sharing books 👶

23/03/2026

👐👌Makaton Monday 👌👐
Spring is in the air 💐 🐣
Here are some helpful signs for spring from Mr Tumble 👐 How many can you learn and use this week❓
✅ chick 🐥
✅ lamb 🐑
✅ goat 🐐
✅ egg 🥚
✅ picnic basket 🧺

Justin Fletcher teaches you how to sign words that may find useful during the season of spring.00:20 - chick00:37 - lamb00:55 - goat01:12 - egg01:29 - picnic...

22/03/2026

🎉 Sunday Funday 🎉
🦈🐠Feed the Shark🐠🦈
This week make your own cardboard shark and feed it paper fish 📦 ✏️✂️ Create matching fish 🐠🐠 as well as different different colours and sizes 🐠🐟 A great way to support...
✅ early language skills 💬
✅ turn-taking skills 👭
✅ matching skills 👀
✅ understanding of ‘same’ and ‘different’ 💭
✅ understanding of colours and size 🔹🔷

20/03/2026

🤔 💭 Factual Friday 💭 🤔
✅ Check out this information previously shared by BBC Tiny Happy People (now teamed up with CBeebies Parenting) about little ones learning more than one language 💜

16/03/2026

👐👌Makaton Monday👌👐
✅ For St Patrick’s Day tomorrow check out this free download of handy signs from The Makaton Charity website 🍀

15/03/2026

🎉Sunday Funday🎉
If you’ve got a little one in your life who you’re a mother figure for, spend time this Mother’s Day sharing books together 📖 📚
✅ By doing so you’ll be supporting the development of their talking skills 💬

13/03/2026

🤔 💭 Factual Friday 💭 🤔
Watch this short clip from
CBeebies Parenting to find out how toddlers best learn words 👀
✅ Face to face interactions and conversations are key!

Toddlers learn words through face to face interactions with adults, free from distractions. And even if they're able to say lots of words, they'll no doubt understand lots more!