Helping little learners feel confident, capable and ready for preschool!

Is your child getting ready to start preschool or kindergarten? Our free, Ready, Set, Preschool! program helps children build the everyday skills they need to participate in a classroom environment, all through play, fun and supported practice.

Run by Can Speak’s Speech Pathology and Occupational Therapy team, children will have opportunities to practise:

• 🎲 Playing games, taking turns and joining in with others

• 📚 Listening to stories and following visual routines

• 🎒 Packing a school bag and opening lunchboxes

• 👟 Developing independence with dressing and everyday routines

• ✂️ Building fine motor skills through drawing, craft and play

• 💬 Communicating needs, asking for help and navigating transitions

Our focus is on building confidence, communication, independence and participation not worksheets or academic skills. Activities are play-based, supportive and designed to help children practise skills they can use in everyday preschool and kindergarten routines.

Program details

• Age: 3–5 years

• Location: Can Speak Clinic at 22 Thynne Street Bruce (upstairs from Guardian Childcare). Free Parking onsite. 

• Duration: Runing Wednesday Mornings from 9:30am for approx 60-75 minutes

• Cost: Free!

• Who attends: A parent or responsible adult must remain on site and actively support their child throughout each session.

Spaces are limited. You can book through our online booking system 4 weeks in advance. 

Looking to help your child make strong, focused progress?

Our Occupational Therapy and Speech Pathology Intensives are designed to provide a concentrated burst of support to boost skill development and confidence.

During an intensive block, your child attends therapy more frequently — for example, daily or several times per week over a 1–2 week period. This consistency allows for repetition, faster learning, and greater carryover of new skills at home and school. Intensives are ideal for targeting specific goals such as speech clarity, self-regulation, handwriting, motor coordination, or sensory processing.

Please note that ongoing weekly appointments may not be available after the intensive, as regular term schedules are often full. However, intensives are offered during all school holiday periods, and families seeking ongoing therapy can join our standby list with a clinician when spots open up.

✨ Expressions of Interest are now open for January 2027!
Complete our form to discuss your child’s goals and find the frequency option that best fits your family.

Can Speak has partnered with Little Hands OT and Country Children's Physiotherapy to participate in the Spark MD intensives.

This intensive allied health program will be held during school holidays.  The program is designed for children aged 0-12 years who have goals across all three disciplines: Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, and Speech Pathology. The program includes 45 minutes of therapy per day with each specialist, for a total of 3 hours per day. Start times will either be 8:45am or 1pm.

To ensure the program is tailored to your child’s needs, the following process will occur:

1. Intake Teams Video Call: You will be contacted a couple of weeks before the intensive dates to schedule an intake phone call. Parent/Carer only required.

2. Assessment Day: One week before the intensive, your child will attend a 3-hour assessment day where each discipline (Physio, OT, Speech) will assess their individual needs and goals.

3. Intensive Program: During the week of the intensive, your child will attend 3 hours per day, with 45 minutes dedicated to each discipline (Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Pathology).

4. Reporting: You will receive a summary report at the end of the intensive