Speech therapy for preschoolers

Enzo27 · July 2012

My ds has trouble with his "k" sounds, when he says k words they tend to have a "d" sound. It's frustrating for him because his me starts with "k". Anyone else dc have a problem with certain sounds? I am not sure if it is something that he will just eventually get or if I should look into some sort of speech therapy. His four year wellness visit isn't until next month so I was just looking for suggestions. Thanks!

AmandaJLewis · July 2012

At that age, I was worried about some of EJ's letter sounds too. But was told that the ones I was concerned with were harder to make and would develop later and not to worry about it. I forget which ones it was now... but because I was in speech therapy when I was in elementary school for my S's and R's I was extra sensitive to it. She still pronounces a few things funny. But it is more charming than concerning anymore. She has improved the sounds I was concerned with without any intervention.

ETA- this link does say that K sounds are one of these more difficult sounds.

http://www.babycenter.com/404_should-i-worry-that-my-preschooler-mispronounces-certain-sou_70368.bc

lala5507 · July 2012

My 3 year old can't do R's. I think they normally do speech therapy in kingergarten/ 1st grade. At least that's how they did it when in was a kid.

Enzo27 · July 2012

AmandaJLewis:
At that age, I was worried about some of EJ's letter sounds too. But was told that the ones I was concerned with were harder to make and would develop later and not to worry about it. I forget which ones it was now... but because I was in speech therapy when I was in elementary school for my S's and R's I was extra sensitive to it. She still pronounces a few things funny. But it is more charming than concerning anymore. She has improved the sounds I was concerned with without any intervention.
THank you so much for the reply!
I did read that k's were hard, I just feel bad because he gets frustrated when other little kids cant understand his name! I know he is still young, I am hoping it just works itself out, in the meantime I am reading books with lots of K words so hopefully that will help.

ETA- this link does say that K sounds are one of these more difficult sounds.
http://www.babycenter.com/404_should-i-worry-that-my-preschooler-mispronounces-certain-sou_70368.bc

Enzo27 · July 2012

THank you so much for the reply!

I did read that k's were hard, I just feel bad because he gets frustrated when other little kids cant understand his name! I know he is still young, I am hoping it just works itself out, in the meantime I am reading books with lots of K words so hopefully that will help.

AmandaJLewis:
At that age, I was worried about some of EJ's letter sounds too. But was told that the ones I was concerned with were harder to make and would develop later and not to worry about it. I forget which ones it was now... but because I was in speech therapy when I was in elementary school for my S's and R's I was extra sensitive to it. She still pronounces a few things funny. But it is more charming than concerning anymore. She has improved the sounds I was concerned with without any intervention.

ETA- this link does say that K sounds are one of these more difficult sounds.
http://www.babycenter.com/404_should-i-worry-that-my-preschooler-mispronounces-certain-sou_70368.bc

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