I cannot express the importance of working with your child daily on speech homework. Practice, practice, practice is the key to remediating articulation errors. Remember that it takes time to learn a new skill, particularly one that will eventually become natural. Here are some suggestions for working with your child in the home environment:
- Designate a time each day to review production of target sounds.
- Avoid "over-correcting" a child. It is acceptable to remind your child to use his/her "new sound" without correcting each mispronunciation.
- Slow your rate of speech to model production of target sounds.
- Use language at an age-appropriate level.
- Avoid interrupting the child's speech to correct production when he/she is in mid-sentence.
- Find time to do quiet things, such as reading a book or going for a walk, and talking about the activity without correcting each sound.
- Find ways to build your child's confidence. Praise is very important!
- Always listen to what your child says, not how your child talks.
- Be patient and use good eye contact. Give your child a chance to express himself/herself.
- Talk about your child's speech in a matter-of-fact, reassuring way.
- Make homework time fun. Play games which require turn-taking. Before each turn, your child could label a picture or produce a word with the targeted speech sound.
- Use a variety of resources. Here is a link to a website which offers speech articulation games:http://www.quia.com/pages/havemorefun.html
If you need any suggestions or would like some creative ideas on practicing with your children at home, please contact me at any time!
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