Re: Going from sounds to words?

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Our good SLPs never did worksheets with until she was older.

Our good SLP worked on oral motor activities (imitating, licking

things off of sticks, blowing bubbles, etc) and then worked on

different beginning sounds. I remember working on " who " and then

the sentence " I want more " for a long time. I've forgotten after

that.

She also had work on beginning sounds and after she mastered

that we worked on ending sounds. For example, worked on " Po "

and then progressed to " Pop " , " Mo " then " Mop " .

If you aren't seeing progress after about 6 months, then I would

switch SLPs. Your son just may need a different person and strategy.

's SLP also used lots of visual cues through a program called

Visual Phonics to help visualize the sounds. We still use it

on multisyllable words.

Good luck!

Suzi

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Marie

Our slp never has used work sheets with & he has been in speech from 32

months until just this past summer at the age of 5. The closest thing to

worksheets she used would be flash cards. One thing my son at that age

loved to do was play a game called Puppy Racers with his slp. She would

work on sounds like ba, ba, ba, then let him play with the balls from the

game. Then she would change it to bo, bo, bo, allowing him to play the game

again. He would get excited about the game & work so well with her on the

sounds. It seemed like no time & he was asking to play with the " doggy ball

game " of course it didn't come out perfect but she knew what he wanted to

do. As he got older she would play a kind of go fish with the flash cards.

He always thought she was playing with him, he never knew it was speech

therapy. All the slp's at the children's hospital use a play style with

therapy & it really seems to work with these little ones. Hope this helps,

by the way is doing really good presently, beyond anything I would have

imagined 2 1/2 years ago!!!

Tammy I. in FL mom to 5 1/2 apraxic

From: " marie4k Hansen " <marie4k@...>

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Subject: [ ] Going from sounds to words?

Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 11:46:14 -0700

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Just keep working at it. It is a slow process. Maybe find a new ST.

Do a lot of repetative things too I know that has helped Austin. Like instead

of counting plates, 1 2 3 go plate, plate, plate.

Ask you ST about using CUES for his speech. When we do the " S " we make a

swiggly line with our pointer finger coming out by the side of our mouth and

that helps Austin to remember to say " s " Now he is actually starting to do it

himself.

Let us know how it is going.

Vicki - mother of Austin 5 and Daughter 12, gifted.

> Hi all :

> I am still baffled at how to help my son start to form words with his sounds ?

> He goes to ST but all the worksheets she does are over his head . He can't

blow

> or even imitate facial movements yet ? She works alittle with the straws and

> chewy tubes . but we are getting Nowhere at all.

> He really wants to communicate and shows us everyday he knows what he wants to

> say by using PECS .

> He has sounds and can say MOM but not clearly ..He has the M, A ,I , O , U ,E

> ..Sounds .

> What can I do at home to help my little boy ..He is getting close to 4 yrs and

> still no progress at all ?

> Thanks everybody ,

> Marie

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