Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Barney, BJ and Baby Bop visit Cape Town for the first time!

Capetonians are in for a special treat from 30 August to 1 November, when BJ and Baby Bop will, for the very first time, join everybody’s favourite dinosaur, Barney, at The Baby Expo Cape Town, happening at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.
Read the complete article here.

The Baby Expo Durban in celebration of all South Africa’s Superhero families

Since its first expo in 2005, The Baby Expo™ has proved to be streets ahead of its competitors by creating the biggest child and parenting expo in Africa and by producing the most advantageous platform for new businesses to launch their baby products and services.

Read the complete article here.

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Tips from a Speech-Language Therapist

Lindsay Brown tells RemSpecED that in the pre-school classroom, phonemic awareness activities can be weaved into everyday routines and tasks.

The objective of any phonemic awareness activity should be to facilitate children’s ability to perceive that their speech is made- up of a series of sounds. It is the breaking down and manipulation of spoken/oral language.

Read the rest of the article here and check out the Phonix in Box website.