Murphy101 Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 My young ds is dong great with his reading so far but we have two frustrations that he is stumbling over. "th" always comes out as "d" And -er -ir and -ur all come out as "or" he can hear the difference he has watched my face we've worked on where to place the tongue still the comes out duh burn comes out born bird comes out board can anyone give me some tips to correct this at home? tia! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto2blessings Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 but my 7 yr. old has trouble with 'th,' too. I wrote out some sentences with lots of th's in them that he reads for me during school. A speech pathologist friend told me that when they say it wrong point to your own tongue with your teeth on it to remind them. I try to remind about once a day or so when he says a word wrong, hopefully he'll get it right soon! The Dr. wasn't concerned, just said it was tongue placement. Maybe do a web search? Blessings:) Gina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athena1277 Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 How old is he? Many kids have trouble with that til they are around 7yo. If he's 5 or 6, I would just gently correct him and give him time. My dd had trouble with those sounds for a long time, but it has improved a lot this school year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Indeed Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Not sure if this would be helpful... http://www.fiarhq.com/~gbprnhrz/forum/showthread.php?t=57705 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 These may help, they show a lot more than just looking at someone saying the sound, you get to "see" inside: http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/# My phonics lesson 6 may also help, it shows contrasting pairs like f/v and th/th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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