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I teach this child in nursery and I (and nursery leader) have concerns about this child's speech. He was three in April/May and seems to me to have quite a few difficulties, particulalry with consonants, so "house" is "ow" and "tractor" is "tra'ah" and so on. In isolation it wouldn't be so bad but it's every word so he is really hard to understand! "I ate all my breakfast this morning" comes out as "ah ay a' ma bra'yah thi' mah'ah".
He is a bright little boy with a lot to say, but also quite laid back so he doesn't get too frustrated when he is not understood (which is a lot). However he is the third child, babied by his mum and older brother and sister, who if around will answer any questions for him . His older brother has speech problem which his mother will not recognise and we think the same will happen with this younger brother and we may not be able to get help for him.
At the moment I am repeating things back to him eg"Oh, you ate all your breakfast this morning, did you?" and making a note of which sounds he has problems with, but I don't know what else I can do ... it's so frustrating. Does anyone have any advice?
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3yr old with speech problems - advice needed
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Anonfornow · 03/10/2004 10:54
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