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5-min Speech Therapy Activities You can do at Home

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  1. Use the Counter Go to a sporting goods store and buy a counter. This is a small, circular object with a single button. Each time you press a button, the counter goes up one by one.   Set a goal for your child (the number of repetitions) and tell him or her to press a button every time he or she performs the skill correctly. Once he has dialled the target number, he is done.   Give him time and see if he can beat his old points (but he has to say well to be counted, no chasing and wasting!).   2. The game of collapse Put a bunch of plastic coins in the bag but red one of them. After each repetition, you and your child will both contribute one coin.   If someone withdraws a red coin, he or she must return all his or her coins (in cash!).   Anyone with more coins after 5 minutes wins. (I found this one at www.5minutekids.com, love it!)   3. Hold Yoga Poses Check out pictures of yoga poses for kids online. Ask your child to pick one and hold it while doin
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Types of Speech Disorders in Children

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  5 Common Speech Problems in Children:   1. Articulation Disorder   Articulation Disorder is a speech disorder in which a child has difficulty making certain sounds correctly. Sounds may be omitted or misplaced during speech. The child may change the sounds (“wabbit” instead of “rabbit”) or add the wrong sounds to the words. Young children will develop speech problems as they learn to speak, but are expected to "grow in them" at some age. If the errors persist beyond normal years of growth, varying in volume, the child may have difficulty speaking. The most common speech problems are in the “lisp” state - where the child does not pronounce the S-sound correctly - or when the child is unable to pronounce the R-sound correctly.   2. Apraxia of Speech It is a communication disorder that affects the motor system of speech production. Speech production is difficult - especially in sequence and sound production. A person may know what he wants to say, but there is a
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Effective Speech Therapy Activities for Toddlers

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All children may not speak at the same pace; all children are different. But there are some early childhood speech therapy activities that you can do to help your child learn to speak.   Use simple sounds Use simple sounds like “da” and “ma” or “ba” and “aa” or “ooh” for babies even when they are newborns. These simple speech therapy activities help your child to speak. As they grow older, they listen and try to imitate you.   Speak slowly so that the child understands Try using simple words and friendly tones. Your toddler will probably hear your voice when you talk to him face-to-face. Look him in the eye and speak slowly and patiently. If a child repeats words incorrectly he correctly repeats words, so he understands the difference.   TV does not help to keep children talking Do not turn on the TV as soon as you get home or turn it on whenever your toddler is in the room. Contrary to what you may think, TV is not considered part of speech therapy activities. Com
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