• 19/02/2023
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Pedaling on the tongue of children: When to visit a speech therapist?- Babyweb.cz<

When your puppy is two years old, he starts to catch on and imitate the speech of his parents and other adults. It is also the age when they form their first short sentences, and by the end of their third birthday, your child is already very inquisitive and talkative. And you have a lot to do to answer his numerous "Why?" or "What is it?", which in the case of difficult articulation sounds more like: "Cry?" and "What is it?". At this time, you should sharpen your skills and help the child in case of difficulties with pronunciation.

From the beginning of the first attempts at speaking, great patience, playfulness and a fun way (rhymes, poems, short stories, stories, fairy tales) are required to arouse the child's interest in speaking, and above all, correct pronunciation. It's going slowly, but it's going. Often the child understands his surroundings well, but cannot express himself very well.

When to see a speech therapist?

And it is especially at the age between three and four that it is good to contact a specialist, in this case a speech therapist. Even a simple consultation can give direction to your efforts and help your offspring. In general, it is not possible to determine exactly when it is good to visit a speech therapist. It is quite individual because every child is different. Some sit and walk early, others take their time. It's the same with speech. However, at the mentioned age of three to four years, in case of poor articulation, deformed speech, or weak vocabulary, or poor pronunciation of sounds, we should always seek a speech therapist.

Speech as such

The development of speech in every little person has several stages that are determined by their age. So how is it, or should it be?

Globally, development depends on how much you, as parents and other adults around the child, pay attention to the child, read to him, talk to him, play with him, say nursery rhymes, poems, fairy tales or stories. You are simply helping him develop his speech and vocabulary. Sometimes, however, he sticks his tongue out at the child and so-called steps on it. Then it's the speech therapist's turn.

At the speech therapist

And it is true that the sooner we come to the speech therapist with the problem - even if it is just for advice, the better and sooner your child will cope with stepping on his tongue. A speech therapist is a de facto speaking coach. The sports one trains the movement and activity of the body with the children, the speech therapist trains your child with words, correct pronunciation and the ability to speak.

In the beginning, there is always a consultation with a speech therapist, then an examination of the child, and only then does the training begin. If the speech therapist considers the child to be still young and not suitable for learning, i.e. training, he will recommend some exercises and rhymes, and arrange a visit with you in six months or a year.

Otherwise, he will show the child what to do with the mouth, tongue, where to rest the tongue, etc. and you as parents will recommend speech therapy games, poems and exercises that you and your child will regularly practice at home. It takes a while, but regularly. You can also involve other adults - grandmothers, grandfathers, uncles and aunts, so that they can talk a lot with your child and try exercises or poems with him in a playful way. There are always several visits to the speech therapist, depending on the development and correction of each defect, which is individual for each child.

This is the only way to help your child get out of clicking his tongue and slurring his speech. Also praise him a lot, even for just a little progress. You will give him self-confidence and the will to continue practicing and fighting with letters. It is important, because then your child will pronounce all the sounds correctly when he starts school and will not have problems with learning.