Re: Turning syllables around

[Guest guest]

Hi,

My son who is 5.5 does this, he started when he finally started to talk about

3, the strange thing about it, it isn't all the time, so it is hard to put

your finger on it as to exactly which letters it happens with, which consonants

etc. Now that he is the age he is, it isn't as much but it still happens, he

mixes up verb tense, and also pronouns, also , not on a consistant basis. We

are still trying to get to the bottom of this , speech therapist told me the

inconsistancies are apraxia based, hope she is right, but she is still going to

test for other things as well.

[Guest guest]

I was wondering about one of the things that Benny does in his speech,

he tries to get all the sounds he hears in a word in but they don't

necessarily come out in the right order. Last night it was ma-MA-ga

for grandma. No-NO-no is another example. Is this typical of apraxia

or of the phonological disorder that his ST says he has?

It obviously to me is a brain thing, sort of like dyslexia reversal.

Peace,

Kathy E.

[Guest guest]

My son did that - and he actually would " talk " to me using nonsense

syllables. He could hear the rhythm of the syllables and the lilt of

my voice and he'd chat with me and kind of wonder why I didn't

understand. As he got older, he would get kind of tongue tied and

things would get jumbled. Anyone else here remember stumbling over

the words " supposedly " or " aluminum " (Brits don't count for that one -

you pronounce it differently!)? Like that. It seemed to be a

normal part of the development of " normal " speech - slowing down

might help, as would breaking down the syllables and tapping them out

on a table or something.

Finally - for those of you with older children (4 or 5) you might see

if this is a good time to teach basic reading skills. If you're

breaking down syllables anyway - and if your child knows what sounds

most letters make because they've had to work to produce each one -

it's a GREAT time to teach reading. I've worked with my 5 year old

son for a sum total of about 1 hour and he's got phonics down! Just

a suggestion -

Marina