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    Children’s Services

    Articulation: dos and


    don’ts

    When children are having trouble making certain sounds, it is really important not to punish
    them or make them feel bad about their speech, but encourage them to keep trying. Praise
    all of their attempts.

    Here are some things you can do to help your child Try not to:
    make a sound:
    • Persist until they ‘get-it-right’, as this is both
    • Practise every day. You will achieve much more by frustrating for you and the child. Give them three
    doing a little bit every day instead of in one long speech attempts, and if they’re not succeeding, praise their
    session. efforts and move on.
    • Use fun games and lots of encouragement. • Say to your child that they are being ‘lazy’ or
    ‘stubborn’. As soon as you start to feel frustrated,
    • Explain how the sound is made by telling them what
    praise them for having a go and move on.
    they need to do with their lips and tongue. Encourage
    them to look at your mouth and listen. • Focus on more than one sound at a time, as this will
    confuse most children.
    • Always finish with a positive comment, or an activity
    your child can do well. • Expect too much too soon. Learning new sounds takes
    time.
    • Praise successes and stay positive.
    • Reward your child immediately after every good
    attempt of a sound, and explain why it was good. For Adapted from: Brown, Jenny. & Western Sydney Area
    example: Health Service (N.S.W.). (1994). Pre-school communication
    workshop : an inservice programme for staff working in
    o You’re trying so hard!
    early childhood settings. Merrylands, N.S.W. : Western
    o Good, you remembered to put your teeth Sydney Area Health Service
    together for ‘s’
    o Great /k/ sound!
    • Correct any mistakes in a positive way – praise them
    for trying and show them how they can get it right
    next time.

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    1800 242 696 lchs.com.au

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