All About Delayed Speech
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I think phonics might help if your child cannot pronounce three-syllable words at one go. Phonics also improves spelling.
Its a bit like chopping up all the pronunciations of the word and then piece them together again
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hi
my boy in k2 n he's those v reserved type who didn't speak much in school or public
i am worried that he cannot speak well in P1 or at show n tell
my boy attends alot of enrichmt classes bt mainly they just teach him phonics, grammer, spelling etc nt much focus on speech
i am wondering is there any centre tt can teach kids to speak confidently n also read aloud?
my boy's teachers feedback to me he's quiet he's shy n maybe its character so ask me not to worry
bt i am worry cos me n hubby do not speak v well i do not wish my kid to follow our footsteps
myboy has attended JG group since nursery or even smaller bt I dun see results in him
hope someone can recommend one centre tt can focus on reading aloud n speech rather than academic
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Hi Mum, kids who has difficulty to express in words may resulted from different area. First, it may be throat muscles issues that impacted speech or difficulty in using the throat muscles to utter the words. Secondly, look into the child’s emotional needs. Give him the warmth, care and support he needed which may be lacking
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My son’s speech therapist has advised us that we can enrol him in commercial classes like Speech & Drama. She does not encourage Phonics class as my son is too "focus" on alphabets. Any parents know of any speech & drama class good for speech delayed children?
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Hi Sheryl,
How old is your boy? My boy is 28 months. He goes to daily playgroup. He has been seeing a speech therapist for the past 2 months after I realised that he is significantly behind in his speech, compared to his older siblings’ language development. His paed recommended the therapist,
I am also wondering if speech and drama classes would be good for him. -
My boy is 4 yrs old now. He is with the speech therapist for 2 yrs already. Improvement is not immediate. We see vast improvement after we put him in childcare where there is more interaction with other children. He is assessed to be 4 mths lower than his peers now after 2 yrs of ST. Parents have to play a part too. Practise what the therapist teach.
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4 months behind is quite minor, I think. I am sure your son will catch up very quickly.
My son is not very cooperative during speech therapy classes - hopefully he will improve. Probably because of the lack of cooperation, the therapist is not able to do much of an assessment on him for now.
What was your son like at about 2 and a half years old? My son is still at single syllable. There is a slow but steady increase in his number of words, which is encouraging. But all still single syllable. -
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My son also uses single syllable when he is 2 yrs plus. Childcare teachers commented that he has strong vocabularly & they are surprised by the amount of words he know. I think he just do not know how to use them to form sentence & communicate.
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Hi Sheryl,
Your son must be able to make sentences now since he is only 4 months behind. That's really great! Agree with you that parental involvement is very important.
Can you share with me how you encourage your son to move from single to multi syllables? Thanks.
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