My 3 year old is very smart, she can count to 20 all alone and up to 50 with help. Knows her ABC both English and Spanish. Knows the letter sounds of most of the alphabet. But she can't pronounce 'BL, CR: sounds like black is back and blue is bue crying is like kying or something like that. I have looked everywhere for tips on those sounds and nothing. She is in preschool and I know those mistakes are common. But they drive me crazy lol. Anyone knows where I can find tips?
It is just normal. You can lightly pronounce the word correctly, but I would not get upset with her about it.
It is a a developmental thing at this point.
Just try to let it go.. This is not a problem.
Just let her be. She is 3 years old. When she does pronounce correctly
you will miss her little mispronuncians. My son said "bulldabozer" for the
longest time. One day it became bulldozer. I was so said. He was
growing up.
There's actually a sequence in which children are able to pronounce certain sounds. This is just the stage that your daughter is in her language development. Perfectly normal. She'll be able to produce those blends soon enough.
Here's a tip: She's three. She will outgrow it, way too soon! Let her be a little kid and don't let silly things like this annoy you. I'm sure you talked like this at three also. One day, you will miss this silly little thing that drives you crazy.
It's normal...they just can't form certain sounds yet. You'll miss them someday! :-)
pronouncing words... is age based. It is acquired and developmental.
My kids are bi-lingual... they speak fine. They had different stages of speaking/talking...
My son had a speech therapist because he was a late talker, but advanced for his age in many areas. He is bright... I learned from the Speech Therapist, that certain sounds are just not developmentally at that age yet... there are back of the mouth sounds, front of the mouth sounds, throat sounds, and 'talking' takes mouth/tongue/throat/lips coordination...
but if you are concerned, ask your Pediatrician.
Don't get flustered... because then the child will get hang ups, and/or frustrated.
Pronouncing words... has NOTHING to do with 'intelligence.' Einstein,, didn't even talk, until 3 years old.
all the best,
Susan
Do NOT worry about this. I know sooo many kids that took forever to pronounce words correctly till 5 or 6. She just started talking compared to you. Give it time and let he be a kid and not worry about her annunciation. There are FAR worse things you should worry about.
she is doing great! My three year old does little things like says sf instead of sp, like spoon sounds like sfoon...I just say it again to him and then see if he can do it. I make it fun like a little game, if it gets frustrating I drop it. He has fun seeing if he can say it "my" way:)
You have a perfectly normal 3 year old. In a few years she will pronounce those sounds.
I take that back: She is above average for her age. Ask yourself if you are expecting her to do other things that are not age appropriate. I see many kindergartners (yes five year olds) who have been stressed at home by parents pushing them academically. Every single one of these parents start the parent teacher conference with "we don't ever push our kids academically"
No ethical speech therapist will take your money to work with a child who is developing ahead of schedule. Most school districts consider mispronunciations normal until the 6 or 7th birthday.
You can not believe how quickly they grow up, having two grown children makes me savor every moment with my little one (now 5). I have so much more patience this time around because I know soon he will be flying out of the house with car keys in his hand and only home long enough to shower and eat!
You are not alone, i hear kids pronounce it that way all the time.
However~ I would suggest a speech therapist now to start early, that
way you will not have to reverse habits :)
Hi,
My best guess would be there is nothing wrong. When my daughter was in kindergarten she would use the "b" sound for any word beginning with "f", such as Frank would sound like Bank. She would also say "bolleyball" instead of "volleyball". Her teacher told me her speech just is not fully developed. We would correct her at home if she was pronouncing anything incorrectly.She is now in 5th grade and speaks perfectly! We never had any speech therapy.
I hope this gives you some relief!
All the best!
Early Intervention in my county gave me a graph with sounds and mastery timeframes. It is adapted from Sander JSHD 1972, Smit et al JSHD 1990, and the Nebraska-Iowa Articulation Norms Project. All of the ranges of development should be used as a general guide. Please get your daughter evaluated if you suspect that speech may be an issue.
Blends, such as st, pl, gr, bl and cr, are mastered between the ages of 3 and 5 years for both girls and boys. The /b/ sound alone should be mastered between 1 and 3 years. The /k/ sound, which is also the hard c sound, should be mastered between ages 2 and 3.5. The /r/ sound alone can take longer, between ages 3 and 8. The /l/ sound alone is between 3 and 5 years for girls, 3 and 6 years for boys.
Please message me if you would like to know the timeframes for any of the other sounds on the chart.
It seems to be pretty common. My son is 4.5 and he is improving as he gets older (he used to have a lot of missing sounds, now just a few are left). I asked the school counselor when I registered him for pre-K. Apparently it is so common in preschoolers they don't give them just speech therapy in pre-K, they wait until Kindergarten to see if the kids outgrow it (unless of course there are other significant problems and they get special ed services). If you are really concerned about you could find a speech therapist or just practice with her yourself.
My 4 year old still says "Lellow" as well as mispronouncing many other words. I don't feel any need worry about it. I do correct him, but I don't think it is anything out of the ordinary for his age. My older son said "Wellow" until he was 6. Also, my daughter is current 2 years and 8 months. She mispronounces most words, and I don't expect it to improve over night on the day she turns 3. If this continues till she is 6 or so, I would seek a speech therapist. At 3, most kids mispronounce many words.
From what I've heard, it's VERY common for children to have trouble with double consonants. I think it could even last until they are 5.
You could certainly encourage her to pronounce words correctly, but don't obsess over it - you will drive yourself and your daughter crazy.
totally normal. My 3 year old son is very smart as well, yet he can't pronounce certain things...can't put the "s" before other words, like school is "cool" and scoop is "coop."
Enjoy it....they'll only be this cute and little for so long. :)
Lynsey
My son turned 4 in June, he was having major issues with pronouncing all the sounds in words. I talked to his dr, had a hearing test done, he passed. So now we have him in Speech therapy. He goes once a week and has been for about 7 weeks now and is already showing major improvements. I had talked with his therapist about it and she said that it is actually very common for kids around that age to mispronounce sounds. So probably nothing serious. You can always talk to her dr though if you are concerned.
Hi J.,
Sounds like your daughter just needs a little boost with those sounds she has difficulty making. I remember speech therapy as a kid. You had to read page after page of words with the letter combinations you needed to work on, until you got it right. Maybe if you make a list of the BL and CR words, you can work with her a little at a time, stopping before she gets cantankerous, and eventually, with practice, she will pronounce them well. Other than that, it may be helpful to know that kids grow out of these pronunciation issues.
Good luck!
"Grams"
from the Pocono Mts. of PA
Don't stress about it. She will outgrow it, but if you feel she needs the pronunciation modeled more reply to her using the word pronounced correctly.
Something like "my bear is kying." "Oh, really? Why is your bear crying?" This way she doesn't know that she is being "corrected," but she gets the correct pronunciation modeled for her.
For what it's worth, my (bilingual) daughter mispronounces a lot of words in the local language (Japanese), but rarely pronounces English words incorrectly. My theory is that she's around a lot of other kids who are speaking Japanese and therefore has more contact with mispronunciations in that language. However all of her English is "filtered" through me (ie I'm the only English speaker she hears except for some programs I have chosen for her to watch.)
