Getting preschoolers on the right track: Language and brain development help from the health unit

The health unit’s Language Express program ensures pre-school children aren’t lagging behind when it comes to speech and communication development, especially after lockdown after lockdown during the pandemic.

The program’s manager, Catherine Robinson says the focus can’t just be on student-age kids who may have to catch up.

She invites parents to visit language-express.ca to take the language check-up test to check on your child’s development. Just tap or click this text block and you’ll be brought to it. It includes information on warning signs too.

Robinson also says that its important for development to get young kids playing together and interacting, especially since the pandemic largely robbed them of that experience for much of their young lives.