For a while, Jen (SLP) has been testing the waters with 'F's'. He
has always used a 'Th' sound, and part of the problem might be that he is missing a front tooth, but Jen doesn't seem to think that is the whole problem.
Yesterday she asked me for a mirror after witnessing the F's not getting any better. She sat right behind him and just had him bite at his lip over and over, like she was doing, all while watching in the mirror.
A few misses and then BINGO!!!
'Ffffarmer, Ffffarmer, Farmer!'
We congratulated, worked a few more minutes and then moved on.
She said that sometimes you just have to wait until they're ready. She was right.
So, today, I was celebrating for him as he figured out other 'F' words to say correctly.
If you've ever watched So You Think You Can Dance, you'll get my reference.
"Ffffoot"
"Good Job! High Fives!! You're on the Hot Tamale Train!! WOOWOO WOOWOOO!!"
And, the rest of my day has been like this:
"Foot, Feet, Flower, Fireman, Farmer, Farm.... WOOWOOO WOOOWOOOOO....Hot Tamale Train!"
Good Week!
3 comments:
Yay! We have the opposite: F sounds for everything, but no Th sounds!
Great job of cheerleading, Mom! Great SLP!
Orangeboy has had the opposite problem. He substitutes f or v sounds for th's. We worked on it for a long time, but I almost miss hearing momf (month) and movver (mother).
INTERESTING about the /th/. Maybe this is where his tooth got in the way....
New problem: He can spell... so he is confused. When I helped him with Phone, which has the /f/ sound, he said Pone... thinking that he was supposed to be using the literal sound... not the letter sound.
He's frustrated at me saying ANYTHING about the /v/ sound, so I'm going to stick with strictly F's in the first position for now.
(i.e. - FiVe)
OH no. LOL
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