I’ll be honest – we’ve been putting off writing this post. Speech sounds are something we work with all day every day and we are constantly making judgements about whether a child’s speech clarity is within the average range or not. However, it’s difficult to summarize it in a post like this. I know it’s […]
What is Cued Articulation? Both Helen and I are massive fans of Jane Passy’s Cued Articulation. Cued Articulation is a signing system for all of the sounds used in English. All 49 phonemes have their own hand sign, showing where in the mouth the sound is made and how. As Speech Therapists we think about each consonant […]
We published the first part of this post earlier in the week and it has been really popular. In case you missed it, you can check it out here. Here are some more ideas of games to play to practise speech sounds. Firstly, some children really don’t like looking at picture cards. Our first set […]
When teaching a sound in therapy, there are a number of things therapists do to help support the child. Equally, when you are helping a child generalise a sound into their speech at home or in the classroom, there are ways to help as well. Today I’m going to talk about cueing. Now this is […]
Helen and I have been very lucky recently and have been sent some fantastic products to review – It’s a hard life being a blogger! Lucy Sanctuary very kindly sent us some examples from her speech resources books plus some soon to be published examples. You can find Lucy’s current 3 work books, “Playing with […]
It’s that time again – we are joining up with Jenna at Speech Room News with her Love it and List it Linky: Articulation apps. This was trickier as there aren’t as many speech/ articulation apps around. Speech Stickers I love this app and so do the children I work with. It is designed for single sound […]
This is the 5th part in our series about understanding your child’s speech and language therapy report. If you have missed them, there is an overview, a post about attention and listening, one about comprehension and one about expression. This post is going to look at speech sounds sometimes called phonology or articulation. This section of the […]
Many children have difficulty saying certain sounds clearly. Sometimes, it is a normal developmental stage and will improve on its own; at other times they may require some direct help from a Speech Therapist. Parents often ask what they can do at home to help. Eating Talking and eating use many of the same muscles, […]
One of the questions I often get asked is “my child can say a particular sound in sentences when I remind him, but he still doesn’t use it while he’s talking. Why?” There can be several reasons for this. First of all, he might not really hear or recognise his own errors when he’s talking, […]
