Emily May Speech & Language Therapy

Emily May Speech & Language Therapy Hi, I’m Emily, a Speech and Language Therapist based in Towcester, Northamptonshire.
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I work with children to develop their speech, language and communication skills.

Check out a review from a nursery setting I have worked in with children☺️ I can support with children in their home or ...
22/04/2026

Check out a review from a nursery setting I have worked in with children☺️ I can support with children in their home or their nursery/pre-school setting, wherever works best for you and your child!

Get in touch for more information📩

Here’s some feedback I’ve had from one of the families I work with! It’s so lovely to see a child making progress❤️Get i...
19/04/2026

Here’s some feedback I’ve had from one of the families I work with! It’s so lovely to see a child making progress❤️

Get in touch for more information📩

Check out one of the reviews from a family I have worked with!❤️Get in touch for more information📩
15/04/2026

Check out one of the reviews from a family I have worked with!❤️

Get in touch for more information📩

Christmas craft ideas🎨✂️Here are some craft ideas you could try! - Handprint Christmas trees - Pom-Pom Christmas wreaths...
07/12/2025

Christmas craft ideas🎨✂️

Here are some craft ideas you could try!
- Handprint Christmas trees
- Pom-Pom Christmas wreaths
- Santa beard from cotton balls

Model action words (verbs) such as…
- press
- cut
- stick
- glue

05/12/2025

❗️Speech Sound Tip❗️

Working on the ‘s’ sound? You could model these ‘s’ words at Christmas time…
- snowman
- snow
- star
- Santa
- sleigh

You could play games that involve ‘s’ words, for example…
Snowman snack - pretend to make a snowman food with pretend play items and model words like ‘snow’, ‘scoop’, ‘stir’ and ‘snowman’
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03/12/2025

Provide opportunities for your child to communicate by offering them choices - and these can be linked to Christmas!

You could ask…
- Red bauble or green bauble?🔴🟢
- Should we sing Jingle Bells or Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer?🎶
- That’s Not my Santa or Dear Santa?📚

Make sure you hold each item choice in your hand if possible, get onto your child’s level and bring forward the item as you name it
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Christmas time is a good opportunity for modelling new language🎄🎅🏽Here are some sounds, words and phrases you can model ...
01/12/2025

Christmas time is a good opportunity for modelling new language🎄🎅🏽

Here are some sounds, words and phrases you can model when putting up your decorations…
- ho ho ho
- lights
- tinsel
- star on the tree
- big Christmas tree
- red bauble
- lets hang your stocking

Therapy toy of the week - spinning top!Why do Speech and Language Therapists love using spinning tops?Spinning tops enco...
08/10/2025

Therapy toy of the week - spinning top!

Why do Speech and Language Therapists love using spinning tops?
Spinning tops encourage children to:

- Problem-solve as they may try to independently use the toys

- Request ‘help’ if they cannot work the toy and/or ‘more’ if they like the toy

- Use/build their anticipation skills as they wait for ‘go’ in ‘ready steady go’

- Hear modelled language during the activity e.g. “turn”, “spin” and “stop”

Therapy toy of the week - wind up toys!Why do Speech and Language Therapists love using wind up toys?Wind up toys encour...
17/09/2025

Therapy toy of the week - wind up toys!

Why do Speech and Language Therapists love using wind up toys?
Wind up toys encourage children to:

- Problem-solve as they may try to independently use the toys

- Request ‘help’ if they cannot work the toy and/or ‘more’ if they like the toy

- Use/build their anticipation skills as they wait for ‘go’ in ‘ready steady go’

- Hear modelled language during the activity e.g. the name of the toy “witch” or “monkey”, the noise the animal/character may make and functional words of ‘help’ or ‘more’

❗️Bilingualism ❗️Did you know..?- Bilingual children may know fewer words in each language BUT their total vocabulary is...
14/09/2025

❗️Bilingualism ❗️

Did you know..?
- Bilingual children may know fewer words in each language BUT their total vocabulary is the same or better than children learning one language.
- The age of first words, two-word phrases and grammatical development for bilingual children happen within the same age range as children learning one language.
- Code switching (mixing words from both languages in one sentence) is typical for bilingual children.

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