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Smart Kid Talk
Supporting Your Child's Speaking and Listening Journey
Welcome to Smart Kid Talk! This site should make you know about and assist your child in decoding and encoding speech. Learning, relation and success in school and in life are all based on communication.
As a parent, carer, or a member of the family, you will not fail to get practical information on how children develop language skills, the importance of the skills and how you at home, simply, can support the development of language in your child.
What You'll Find Here
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Key Areas
Understanding speaking and listening domains
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Milestones
Development from birth to age 5
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Why It Matters
Learning and relationships
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Home Activities
Practical support strategies
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Resources
References and helpful links
🎯 Discover Your Communication Style!
Answer a few questions to learn how you communicate with your child
1. During playtime, you usually:
A) Talk about what your child is doing and add new words
B) Let them play independently while you watch
C) Ask lots of questions about what they're doing
2. When your child says something, you:
A) Repeat it back with more words added
B) Nod and smile
C) Ask them to tell you more about it
3. Reading books together, you:
A) Point to pictures and talk about them beyond the text
B) Read the words on each page
C) Ask questions about the story and pictures
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