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Try to provide lots of good models of the /k/ and /g/ sounds for your children by giving them as much exposure to the sounds as possible. A good way to do this is to sit down with your children and read books that have lots of these sounds in them. It’s o.k. to slow down ...
If this is the case there is likely something more going on and you should see a Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) for a speech and language evaluation. The Speech Pathologist will assess the child to see if they can determine the cause of the delay. Difficulty with the production of vowels...
The Process of Articulation Therapy October 23, 2024 by Heidi Hanks Originally posted July 2, 2010. Updated October 23, 2024. For those of you that have read some of my previous posts on how to teach specific sounds you may have noticed a pattern. That’s because when teaching kids how...
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...
conversation. Practicing sounds in stories helps bridge the gap between successful speech production in the speech therapy room to successful speech production in real life. This app would have been great for Sam to practice his r sound with all the additional stories that specifically target that ...
How do I teach my child to drink from a straw? If your child is having difficulty learning to drink from a straw try using a Capri Sun or juice box to teach your child the concept of straw drinking. With a Capri Sun you can squeeze the juice up the straw to teach your child ...