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do you find speech delays effect learning to read at all?
ds just turned 5 and has been asking to learn to read
He has moderate speech delays due to oral motor problems but is fine cognatively.
We have had a year of speech(delays were more severe before) but are taking a 3 month break.
I just wondered what your experiences were.
thanks. Maggie
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it's a bit difficult because the speech problems make it hard to know what sound they're trying to say for sure as well as being able to sound out the words.
Mine picked up the sounds from the leap frog dvd's and sight reading words might be a good focus.. because how they say the sounds won't cloud the issue.
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I've not found this to be true for us. Our 9yo has just finished speech therapy, and he learned how to read easily. Ironically, my 12yo, who is dyslexic, was a very early talker. And my 4yo, who barely spoke before he was 3yo, has taught himself how to read already. Go figure. 
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I think it probably is unrelated. One of my children, who had a lot of speech therapy, was a very early reader. Another, who spoke quite clearly, read at the late age of 9! (I thought the homeschool police would come after me  ). One of my twins has major speech/language problems, but read early. If he's asking to learn to read, I'd go ahead and try it. He may be ready. If you have a lot of difficulty, you might want to wait a little longer. The age at which children read varies widely.
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My son has actually begun speaking clearer (or at least leaving gaps where sounds are supposed to be (the sounds he just can't say)), since learning how to read. Now, instead of just listening to the sounds, he can actually SEE them too - and know what is supposed to be where.
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It probably depends on what his specific speech issue is. My sons who were later talkers were later readers. I've talked to a mom whose daughter's articulation and auditory perception issues make it hard for her to learn reading at least by the phonetic method.
But some Down Syndrome children, I have read, learn to read without being able to speak. So it probably varies quite a bit.
Your child has oral motor problems but is it purely physical or related to motor processing in general? My son has motor processing difficulties (dyspraxia) which is affecting the speed with which he is progressing in reading.
Anyway I'd go with the interest! If it's not "taking" try a different road or just let it drop. My special needs son, though he's not yet reading well, just loves letters and words and is getting great pleasure from his literacy journey even though it is slow.
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