Poor communication can lead to a troubled and confused child. Unclear speech, sentences that don’t make sense, and not understanding others are all signs that your child is having trouble communicating. Below is a guide so you can judge if your child’s speech and communication skills are progressing normally.
It’s important to note that most children will say these sounds clearly by the time they are three.
Sucking, learning to bite and chew, as well as putting the odd item into their mouth are all important activities for your child to undertake.
That’s because these behaviours help your child to become aware of the different mouth parts they possess and also it helps to control and change mouth positions… this is an important learning step for your child.
Most children can be easily understood by this age. However, if your child is tired, a bit off colour, or just plain excited, then of course his or her speech may be less clear.
Singing, playing rhyming games, playing and reading books are all fun ways to help your child sort out different word and sound patterns. Even just talking and playing with other children will help your child’s normal development.
All of the sounds clearly.
It’s important to note that some children may take extra time to blend all of the sounds together. Especially with such words as tree, plane, desk and so on.
Reading to your child every day, interacting with him or her and generally just listening and talking about their day, will help your child to develop normally.