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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...
Vowels are typically the first sounds that emerge from our precious little ones and most often not a concern. Starting around 2 months babies begin to “coo” making sounds in the back of their mouth like “ah-ah-ah” and “oh-oh-oh.” By 6 months they have progressed to babbling whic...
It’s easy and convenient and in most instances gets kids moving.“I’m setting the timer for 5 minutes.”Although it gives us some parenting control, the anticipation of not knowing when the timer will go off can cause a bit of anxiety for our children. If a child doesn’t know what...
For more details on to how to carry the /f/ and /v/ sounds through this process, I would suggest reading my post entitled“The Process of Articulation Therapy”. You may download and use the /f/ and /v/ sound worksheets on theworksheets pagefor practice. ...
providing a variety of opportunities for a child with apraxia to talk is vital. Parents can get creative and make practice time fun to help in breaking up the monotony of therapy. Speech practice can be done during story time, in the car, in the tub, or while playing a game—anything ...
cup cut another 1/4″ off the top of the straw. Every few weeks repeat this step until your child only has about 1/4″ of straw left they can put in their mouth. This assures that they cannot suckle the straw and their tongues will be in the proper position for good speech ...
My sister was visiting the other day and asked me for some suggestions on how to encourage her son to speak more. I suggested trying bubbles. Bubbles are one of my favorite therapy tools because they can be used in so many different ways to both assess language skills and […] ...
I have had a few requests for how to teach the Y sound. Here is a brief explanation of how I teach the Y sound in speech therapy. Learining the Y sound all by itself To teach the /y/ sound start by asking your child if they can say the […] ...
Many of you have been interested in how to stimulate more speech from your toddlers so I thought I would share a few tricks I use as a speech therapist. Most often children just need a little more incentive to get them talking so I like to use what is known to speech therapists as “...