My DS has got a little bit of a speech issue. He struggles to pronounce certain letters, mostly "s", "t" and "r" and stutters when anxious. We're waiting on an appointment with a speech therapist at the moment.
He's recently started school, and his first piece of homework was phonemes. He was given 6 letters, along with actions and words.
Problem was that he got very upset because he couldn't say some of the letters, so started refusing to engage at all. Lots of tears. We have found before that if he thinks he can't do something he'll just avoid it, so we know it's about building his confidence up enough that he'll try, and convincing him it doesn't matter if he doesn't get it perfectly right.
I tried to keep it light and not pressure him, trying to turn it into a game. I spoke to his teacher this morning for advice, and she's said she thinks we're on the right track and is going to see if she has some activities we can try.
So in the meantime I wondered if you knew of any games/activities that might be good to do with him? What worked for your kids?
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Son struggling and getting upset with phonemes
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JustMog · 28/09/2016 09:48
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