All About Delayed Speech

[SAHM Chew]

I need help!


My DS3 was diagnosed with delayed speech and he is attending speech therapy lessons every week.

I wanted to start teaching him how to read, therefore, i am using Peter and Jane 1a.

But i realised that he has problem recognising words. He could not recognise the word "Peter" even after 2 days (4 sessions with him).

How should i help him? Is this a problem in the 1st place?

Thanks

[SAHM Chew]

My boy is 4 yrs old.

slmkhoo:

SAHM Chew:

I need help!

My DS3 was diagnosed with delayed speech and he is attending speech therapy lessons every week.

I wanted to start teaching him how to read, therefore, i am using Peter and Jane 1a.

But i realised that he has problem recognising words. He could not recognise the word \"Peter\" even after 2 days (4 sessions with him).

How should i help him? Is this a problem in the 1st place?

Thanks

The P&J series is teaching reading by recognising whole words. This is one of the methods of learning to read, but it doesn't suit every child as the starting point. Some kids need to be taught phonics (the sounds of inidividual letters and letter combinations) then how to blend them to form words. Every reader should use both methods eventually, recognising whole words for speed and sounding out words for new words. How old is your child? Most kids can learn individual sounds as early as 3yo, but don't usually master blending until 4-5yo.

[mashy]

SAHM Chew:

My boy is 4 yrs old.

slmkhoo:

[quote=\"SAHM Chew\"]I need help!

My DS3 was diagnosed with delayed speech and he is attending speech therapy lessons every week.

I wanted to start teaching him how to read, therefore, i am using Peter and Jane 1a.

But i realised that he has problem recognising words. He could not recognise the word \"Peter\" even after 2 days (4 sessions with him).

How should i help him? Is this a problem in the 1st place?

Thanks

The P&J series is teaching reading by recognising whole words. This is one of the methods of learning to read, but it doesn't suit every child as the starting point. Some kids need to be taught phonics (the sounds of inidividual letters and letter combinations) then how to blend them to form words. Every reader should use both methods eventually, recognising whole words for speed and sounding out words for new words. How old is your child? Most kids can learn individual sounds as early as 3yo, but don't usually master blending until 4-5yo.

[/quote]He is only 4 yrs old. Most kids read at about 5 yrs old, so don't worry too much if he can't remember after just 2 days of teaching. If u want such instantaneous results, wait till 5-6. By then they will remember better. But if you want to start early, then you have to be patient. It's just like toilet training. It is a lot harder to teach a 12 mth old toilet training compared to a 4 yr old simply because they aren't ready yet. It is still trainable but a 12 mth old may take like 6 mths to be trained while a 4 yr old just take 2 weeks. Same logic with reading. And what's the hurry?

[Tamama]

SAHM Chew:

I need help!


My DS3 was diagnosed with delayed speech and he is attending speech therapy lessons every week.

I wanted to start teaching him how to read, therefore, i am using Peter and Jane 1a.

But i realised that he has problem recognising words. He could not recognise the word \"Peter\" even after 2 days (4 sessions with him).

How should i help him? Is this a problem in the 1st place?

Thanks

To share this with you. I still remember I got a pack of three DVD on basic phonics so many years ago by incident and was told to start playing them for my girl when she reached 18 months old. At that time she just turned 1. I didn't let her watch the DVD until she was 2. One clean up day I digged out the DVD set and started to let her watch during free time. I stocked to one DVD first and it is talking about consonants. It only lasted for 20+min so I thought its just the right length of time for her. Almost everyday we repeat that DVD. When she grew older like 3, we start another DVD on vowels and its even shorter. We watched it quite frequently for a short while. Cos my girl was attracted to other DVD like Elmo or Barney... That kind of things. Then the first DVD on alphabet. Throughout the watching I was just physically present.
Somehow my girl managed to read one word per page books, then one phrase per page books, then one sentence per page books, then so on and on. At first I read to her. No long later she read what she wanted. For those words she never see before she could used her own phonic skill to pronounce it pretty much correctly. She knew the meaning after I explained to her.
At K level she was assessed by her form teacher that she comprehended well with a fourth grade book which was a chapter book. She is now in p2 and her English is nothing to worry as told by her teacher.
My young boy has ASD (no diagnose yet, but he should be on the spectrum). He also somehow watched that kind of DVD when he was around 2. But not as frequently as his sister back at that time. He is an awesome reader as well, but his expressive language still needs improvement. Only the reading skill is way better than his age group. Strange but I think somehow those phonic DVD works.
So you may want to give it a try. :please:

[SAHM Chew]

Thanks for the advise. Maybe i am too impatient.

mashy:

He is only 4 yrs old. Most kids read at about 5 yrs old, so don't worry too much if he can't remember after just 2 days of teaching. If u want such instantaneous results, wait till 5-6. By then they will remember better. But if you want to start early, then you have to be patient. It's just like toilet training. It is a lot harder to teach a 12 mth old toilet training compared to a 4 yr old simply because they aren't ready yet. It is still trainable but a 12 mth old may take like 6 mths to be trained while a 4 yr old just take 2 weeks. Same logic with reading. And what's the hurry?

[Rosey02]

Hello,

I came across this posting about delayed speech. Don’t know if you are still looking for some help for your child, or if you are still in Singapore… I know of an excellent, home-based service for speech/language for children, however it is in the Klang Valley, Malaysia. If you would like to hear more, let me know!

[junemom]

Tamama:

SAHM Chew:

I need help!


My DS3 was diagnosed with delayed speech and he is attending speech therapy lessons every week.

I wanted to start teaching him how to read, therefore, i am using Peter and Jane 1a.

But i realised that he has problem recognising words. He could not recognise the word \"Peter\" even after 2 days (4 sessions with him).

How should i help him? Is this a problem in the 1st place?

Thanks

To share this with you. I still remember I got a pack of three DVD on basic phonics so many years ago by incident and was told to start playing them for my girl when she reached 18 months old. At that time she just turned 1. I didn't let her watch the DVD until she was 2. One clean up day I digged out the DVD set and started to let her watch during free time. I stocked to one DVD first and it is talking about consonants. It only lasted for 20+min so I thought its just the right length of time for her. Almost everyday we repeat that DVD. When she grew older like 3, we start another DVD on vowels and its even shorter. We watched it quite frequently for a short while. Cos my girl was attracted to other DVD like Elmo or Barney... That kind of things. Then the first DVD on alphabet. Throughout the watching I was just physically present.
Somehow my girl managed to read one word per page books, then one phrase per page books, then one sentence per page books, then so on and on. At first I read to her. No long later she read what she wanted. For those words she never see before she could used her own phonic skill to pronounce it pretty much correctly. She knew the meaning after I explained to her.
At K level she was assessed by her form teacher that she comprehended well with a fourth grade book which was a chapter book. She is now in p2 and her English is nothing to worry as told by her teacher.
My young boy has ASD (no diagnose yet, but he should be on the spectrum). He also somehow watched that kind of DVD when he was around 2. But not as frequently as his sister back at that time. He is an awesome reader as well, but his expressive language still needs improvement. Only the reading skill is way better than his age group. Strange but I think somehow those phonic DVD works.
So you may want to give it a try. :please:

I have this problem with my DS too. He is diagnosed with HFA. Expressive language is delayed. but he can read very well, at least to Peter Jane level 6 onwards by 3 yrs old.

Any mommy/daddy here can recommend a good speech therapist?
I am looking out for alternative, coz the current one which we are going to start is very $$$. But we will still go ahead to try out for some months.
At the same time, I saw that some of you are hiring private therapist.
Could you kindly give me some input and recommendation?

Many thanks

[SAHM Chew]

junemom:

Tamama:

To share this with you. I still remember I got a pack of three DVD on basic phonics so many years ago by incident and was told to start playing them for my girl when she reached 18 months old. At that time she just turned 1. I didn't let her watch the DVD until she was 2. One clean up day I digged out the DVD set and started to let her watch during free time. I stocked to one DVD first and it is talking about consonants. It only lasted for 20+min so I thought its just the right length of time for her. Almost everyday we repeat that DVD. When she grew older like 3, we start another DVD on vowels and its even shorter. We watched it quite frequently for a short while. Cos my girl was attracted to other DVD like Elmo or Barney... That kind of things. Then the first DVD on alphabet. Throughout the watching I was just physically present.
Somehow my girl managed to read one word per page books, then one phrase per page books, then one sentence per page books, then so on and on. At first I read to her. No long later she read what she wanted. For those words she never see before she could used her own phonic skill to pronounce it pretty much correctly. She knew the meaning after I explained to her.
At K level she was assessed by her form teacher that she comprehended well with a fourth grade book which was a chapter book. She is now in p2 and her English is nothing to worry as told by her teacher.
My young boy has ASD (no diagnose yet, but he should be on the spectrum). He also somehow watched that kind of DVD when he was around 2. But not as frequently as his sister back at that time. He is an awesome reader as well, but his expressive language still needs improvement. Only the reading skill is way better than his age group. Strange but I think somehow those phonic DVD works.
So you may want to give it a try. :please:

I have this problem with my DS too. He is diagnosed with HFA. Expressive language is delayed. but he can read very well, at least to Peter Jane level 6 onwards by 3 yrs old.

Any mommy/daddy here can recommend a good speech therapist?
I am looking out for alternative, coz the current one which we are going to start is very $$$. But we will still go ahead to try out for some months.
At the same time, I saw that some of you are hiring private therapist.
Could you kindly give me some input and recommendation?

Many thanks

Hi Junemom,

My DS3 had been undergoing pte speech therapy since feb 2012. It is expensive, $150 per hour, 4 times weekly, but I can see the improvement. I am not sure the improvement is due to him growing up, therefore, he shld be speaking more, or is it really with the help of the speech therapist.

But at that moment, I do not wish to wait and hope that he outgrow it. I am glad I found some help for him. $ can always be earned back.

The pte speech therapist came to my house weekly. But she is currently on maternity leave. She will be back on Apr 2013, and my son will resume his speech therapy lessons.

If you want the contact, you can PM me.

[junemom]

Hi pm u tx

[SAHM Chew]

My DS3 is 5 this yr and has delayed speech, as well as delayed in language. He is slow in writing and reading too.

How can I help him?
I get fed up with him when he is not cooperative and I do not have a lot of time to sit beside him and teach him.
Usually, I try to use 1 hr to teach him in the morning before I prepare lunch. But effectively, only 15 mins is productive.