It was horrible and caused a lot of children to be delayed in their speech and language skills. Is your four year old speaking at all? Or just not speaking clearly? He may need speech and language therapy either way. Without seeing or hearing him it would be difficult to assess him There is more to producing sounds than just looking at lips. He has to feel correct placements of sound production. And practice those sounds in isolation then words then in sentences. He still has a chance to catch up since he Is young, though. Correct sound production is still developing in four year olds
My four year old is speaking a ton but she does have a bit of a time with pronunciation especially the beginning of a word. I think I am bring too critical after rereading your response. Your last two sentences is calming for me to read as a parent who took all 4 kids out of society completely in 2020. I need to read more to her and practice sounding words out but homeschooling 4 is tough enough just getting their meals made haha.
God Bless you! If I had to do it again I would homeschool knowing what I know now. But my kid is pushing 40 and on her own dime now. I was asleep when she was in public school. I never realized how indoctrinated she became but mostly it occurred when she went to college.
Mis-articulation is one of the easiest things to fix. Don't model every word she mispronounces since it is coming from a parent and your kid wantw to please you. Just pick a select sound in a word maybe for a week and let her know ahead of time you will do that. Make it fun to do.
Begin with the sound alone and have fun making funny b b b or d d d. You can even have fun making up funny words without meaning to make the sound. Then practice the target sound at the end of single syllabled word and then at the beginning of the word. Then in the middle of the word. Then try putting them in simple sentences. Use simple one-syllabled words to start. ex. for b sound: cab, bat, abby
Good articulation comes from practice of the sound in the correct position, how it feels to produce and whether or not it is voiced such as a Z or voiceless such as an S. s/z are paired sounds that are produced in the same place when made but the voice is turned on for Z or off for s. For some children it is just figuring out how to adjust their lips or teeth to make the correct sound. Some try to thrust out their tongue when it should be back for s/z. R is hard to see how it is made but you can tell her to make a boat with her tongue and pull it into her mouth anchor the tongue to the back of the teeth curling the tongue up to front of the roof of the mouth
S, Z, L, R and even TH sounds are the last to develop (some of these up to age 7). But if she has problems with t/d, b/p, k/g (all paired sounds produced in the same place) or m/n and ng (nasals) these are sounds to target for her age now. Just remember that sound blends such as /bl/ or /kr/ would be harder to pronounce. These also may develop at a later age.
FWIW It is the kids who are behind in language I worry about the most for the future.
I appreciate your response and shared it with my wife. My dilemmna as a parent right now seems to be the fact that I am holding all my children to my 6 year olds standard. My 2 year old is almost as articulate as my 4 year old, whom both speak full sentences...also both still not potty trained. I seem to forget that every child develops at their own pace especially since they all travel as a pack here at the house.
I pray I can find a good nannie or private school to drop them off at for a few hours but right now im pretty closed off from society.
I’m slightly dyslexic and I recently (in the last 3-4 years) realized I stare at peoples lips when they speak rather than look them in their eyes. In a way, it helps my brain comprehend things more quickly
I do the same because I cant hear well . Im not good at maintaining eye contact when I speak. I wonder what everyone thinks about it. My confidence is there but yea I have never looked people in the eyes
It was horrible and caused a lot of children to be delayed in their speech and language skills. Is your four year old speaking at all? Or just not speaking clearly? He may need speech and language therapy either way. Without seeing or hearing him it would be difficult to assess him There is more to producing sounds than just looking at lips. He has to feel correct placements of sound production. And practice those sounds in isolation then words then in sentences. He still has a chance to catch up since he Is young, though. Correct sound production is still developing in four year olds
My four year old is speaking a ton but she does have a bit of a time with pronunciation especially the beginning of a word. I think I am bring too critical after rereading your response. Your last two sentences is calming for me to read as a parent who took all 4 kids out of society completely in 2020. I need to read more to her and practice sounding words out but homeschooling 4 is tough enough just getting their meals made haha.
I have a 6,4,2 and 1 yr old
God Bless you! If I had to do it again I would homeschool knowing what I know now. But my kid is pushing 40 and on her own dime now. I was asleep when she was in public school. I never realized how indoctrinated she became but mostly it occurred when she went to college.
Mis-articulation is one of the easiest things to fix. Don't model every word she mispronounces since it is coming from a parent and your kid wantw to please you. Just pick a select sound in a word maybe for a week and let her know ahead of time you will do that. Make it fun to do.
Begin with the sound alone and have fun making funny b b b or d d d. You can even have fun making up funny words without meaning to make the sound. Then practice the target sound at the end of single syllabled word and then at the beginning of the word. Then in the middle of the word. Then try putting them in simple sentences. Use simple one-syllabled words to start. ex. for b sound: cab, bat, abby
Good articulation comes from practice of the sound in the correct position, how it feels to produce and whether or not it is voiced such as a Z or voiceless such as an S. s/z are paired sounds that are produced in the same place when made but the voice is turned on for Z or off for s. For some children it is just figuring out how to adjust their lips or teeth to make the correct sound. Some try to thrust out their tongue when it should be back for s/z. R is hard to see how it is made but you can tell her to make a boat with her tongue and pull it into her mouth anchor the tongue to the back of the teeth curling the tongue up to front of the roof of the mouth
S, Z, L, R and even TH sounds are the last to develop (some of these up to age 7). But if she has problems with t/d, b/p, k/g (all paired sounds produced in the same place) or m/n and ng (nasals) these are sounds to target for her age now. Just remember that sound blends such as /bl/ or /kr/ would be harder to pronounce. These also may develop at a later age.
FWIW It is the kids who are behind in language I worry about the most for the future.
I appreciate your response and shared it with my wife. My dilemmna as a parent right now seems to be the fact that I am holding all my children to my 6 year olds standard. My 2 year old is almost as articulate as my 4 year old, whom both speak full sentences...also both still not potty trained. I seem to forget that every child develops at their own pace especially since they all travel as a pack here at the house.
I pray I can find a good nannie or private school to drop them off at for a few hours but right now im pretty closed off from society.
I’m slightly dyslexic and I recently (in the last 3-4 years) realized I stare at peoples lips when they speak rather than look them in their eyes. In a way, it helps my brain comprehend things more quickly
I do the same because I cant hear well . Im not good at maintaining eye contact when I speak. I wonder what everyone thinks about it. My confidence is there but yea I have never looked people in the eyes