1. Use a tongue depressor(This method should be done by a certified Speech-Language Pathologist!) With a tongue depressor push the tongue into the correct position for a /k/ or /g/ sound. While holding the tongue in the correct position have the child try to say the /k/ sound. If t...
We’ve talked a lot about helping kids with articulation disorders here on Mommy Speech Therapy. I’ve shared myArticulation Screenerto help you identify the sounds kids are saying in error as well as anArticulation Goal Trackerto help select the sounds that need to be targeted and keep track...
Many of you, both parents and speech-language pathologists (SLPs), have experience with a child who has really struggled with his or her /r/ sound. Researchers and clinicians in the field of speech-language pathology have long known that this is the trickiest sound to correct. In fact, on...
No wonder that pesky sound (or lack of it) keeps getting messed up in children’s speech. The R sound is typically one of the last sounds to be mastered by children, often not maturing until ages 6 or 7. That’s just one of the reasons it has the persistency to remain incorrect in...