With most of us home schooling - we've all become great (or not so!) teachers, but this time together might have raised some concerns that you may have not had before. Lots of these concerns can be about speech and language.
Here we have put together a guide about Speech Sound Development.
The majority of children can use most speech sounds in words by the age of 7.
Here are some guidelines on when speech sounds generally develop. All children develop at different rates and this is a guideline only.
By 2+ years - children will be using:
b p d
n m t
By 3+ years - children will be using:
k g f
v s h
z sh ng
By 4+ years – children will be using:
sound blends such as st/sp/bl/fr
By 5+ years – th l r
All children make predictable pronunciation mistakes when they are developing their speech. In the world of speech & language therapy these mistakes are referred to as phonological processes and are perfectly normal. Below are some examples of the more common mistakes and a guideline as to when they should disappear. Again, all children develop at different rates and this is a guideline only.
Stopping /f/ four = tour - usually gone by 3 years
Stopping /s/ sun = dun - usually gone by 3 years
Final consonant deletion dog = do - usually gone by 3 1/2 years
Fronting car = tar - usually gone by 3 1/2 years
Stopping /v/ van = ban usually gone by 3 1/2 years
Stopping /z/ zoo = doo usually gone by 3 1/2 years
Stopping 'sh' shoe = doo usually gone by 4 years
Weak syllable deletion banana = nana usually gone by 4 years
Cluster reduction star = tar usually gone by 4 years
Gliding of liquids red = wed usually gone by 5 years
If your child says a word incorrectly, use a ‘good model approach’ and say the word correctly straight back to them.
Lisa & Tracey
www.talkingtots.info
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