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Mary K
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Posted: June 22 2010 at 9:51pm | IP Logged Quote Mary K
My 4.5 yodd (b-day in early Nov.) can not pronounce a soft "g" sound. She says a "zee" sound instead. She does know that J,G and Z are different letters. She also says "s" for "ch". It's been cute, but I'm wondering if we should look into speech therapy for her.
Any opinions would be appreciated.
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Posted: June 22 2010 at 11:15pm | IP Logged Quote montessori_lori
Hi, Mary! It's perfectly normal for children to have a hard time with sounds like these. For most children, they can clearly say sounds by age 7-8.

However, sometimes early intervention is warranted. I got speech therapy for my son at age 5. In his case, he didn't say any hard consonant sounds correctly. Also, he couldn't say them even if he watched me - he simply couldn't form the sounds.

In contrast, my 6 year old still says "free" for three, but she *can* say it correctly, she just usually forgets. My son truly could not make the sounds correctly.

I would wait a little, because it sounds like it's only a few sounds and she's still young. You can sit in front of her and make the sounds correctly, showing her the placement of the teeth, tongue, and jaw. And let her have a mirror so she can see herself make them. Then you can find words that have those sounds and practice saying them every day.

If she were having trouble with more sounds, and were a little older, I would say speech therapy would be warranted but it doesn't sound like it at this point.
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