Speech Sound Development
Speech is how we say sounds and words. We use our tongue, teeth, lips, jaw, and other oral muscles to articulate specific sounds for words. For example, we need to be able to say the "r" sound so we can say "red" instead of "wed."
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by age 2
parents understand at least 50% of what the child says
child may leave off final consonants, ex: ba for "ball"
consonant sounds: P M B T D N W H
by age 3
parents understand at least 75% of what the child says
child should say many types of word shapes, ex: CV (no), VC (eat), CVC (pop), CVCV (mama)
consonant sounds: K G F Y
by age 4
parents understand almost everything the child says
child produces 3 to 4 syllable words
consonant sounds: S Z L V 'SH' 'CH' J
by age 5
parents understand 100% of what the child says
child produces S blends (STop) & L blends (BLow)
consonant sounds: R
by age 6
parents understand 100% of what the child says
child produces R blends (TRuck)
consonant sounds: 'TH'