Tag: Child development

Christmas Activities to help boost Scissor Skills for Children

Christmas Activities to help boost Scissor Skills for Children

I have been creating free printable’s for preschool-aged children since my youngest daughter was in nursery. And mainly because she had her own battles to overcome. Such as speech delay and being diagnosed with a severe tongue-tie one month before she turned three. You can 

AD | 4 ways to encourage outdoor imaginative play

AD | 4 ways to encourage outdoor imaginative play

When my youngest daughter ventures outside to play, I absolutely love watching her get creative. Witnessing those creative aspects flourish to have no bounds when playing. This could be on their own, or with friends. Either way, seeing those beautiful little minds in action is 

AD | 5 Benefits of having a Climbing Frame for your children

AD | 5 Benefits of having a Climbing Frame for your children

Over this last year, the time spent at home with our families has been priceless. I have watched people, including myself, home school, take up new hobbies and get more active. Not only that, but my social media has been buzzing with people redecorating their 

The light at the end of the tunnel | Our speech delay journey

The light at the end of the tunnel | Our speech delay journey

  I cannot quite believe I am saying this, but I’m standing in the light. The metaphorical light, that is, at the end of the exceptionally long tunnel that has been our speech delay journey. When your speech delay journey starts, seeing the end of the 

An update on our speech delay journey!

An update on our speech delay journey!

It’s been a while since I last shared an update about Annabelle’s speech delay journey. My previous speech delay update was back in February of this year, but I guess frequent updates aren’t really necessary and that’s mainly down to speech delays not being a 

Where we are now, in our speech delay journey

Where we are now, in our speech delay journey

I’ll never forget those times where I felt as though something was wrong with my daughter. I just had this gut feeling. She was almost 3yrs old and her words consisted of “Dada” & “Hiya”. That was it. The books always tell you that they 

An update on our speech delay journey

An update on our speech delay journey

Ever since I shared my last post about our speech delay journey things have changed so much. Annabelle has turned corners, hurdled fences and come along so much during the last few months and it is crazy the difference in her ability to communicate with 

Going private & starting speech therapy

I wrote a post a week or so ago called, My toddler has a tongue tie, but a few weeks after writing that we finally got the letter through the door, you know the little brown medical envelope – which got me so excited to