I am sooo happy you are making these! For years I have been looking for this specific thing and couldn't find it. Even just working with my 4 year old for a couple days I have seen so much improvement! Thanks for your videos!
So excited to have found your resources. Working with my youngest on mastering the F sound. She picked your video herself and really tried hard on the exercises you spoke of. Thanks for all you do!
Thank you so much for this! My son just turned 4 and can’t do f’s (among many other letters - v’s and sometimes d’s). We have been working with a SLP for over a year now and not much improvement. But I think your techniques will help a lot.
Not sure if you will see this, however my 5 year old had his front teeth pulled at 2 and now replaces the F souns with B, is it due to loosing those teeth or is it possible to pronounce it correctly without those teeth?
Hello, Thank you for posting such helpful videos. My son is 3 year old and he struggles with the f sound. He has baby bottle carries in his front 4 teeth so most part of those teeth are missing, do you think that affects him to produce the ff sound? If yes how can I help him.
Yes for sure, simply because the teeth create the friction of air so I would just recommend giving it time for his new teeth to grow in ! Then try this! .:)
My 3 year old can say F perfect by itself, but when she’s using words she replaces it with s sounds. She actually knows she’s not saying F and thinks it’s funny.
try to go backward to the syllable level and see if she can do it in syllables (FEE FI FO FUM!) for instance (The first 3 are syllable level, the 4th is CVC word level)
Hey! I’ve been an SLP for 6 years but I recently switched from SNF to pediatric clinic. I have a little boy I’ve been working with on the /f/ in isolation. His error pattern is that he will make substitute t/f sound however when we move to syllables he will say “f tish” instead of just “fish” and do that for all the other words as well. How else could I get him to drop that t and continue with that f sound ?
Thanks Kelly for ur tips. May i ask you, how if my child still mix up between P and M sound. Between B and M soun. My child still strong with M sound. Thank you before
Hey there! Are you using speech sound hand cues? I would recommend practicing the sound with the speech sound hand cue over & over again in isolation (sound by itself) before adding it into the word. Also, for P, model & exaggerate blowing the air OUT! Blowing a candle, blowing a cotton ball, etc & pushing on their belly as a tactile cue for blowing the air out for /p/! Let me know how it goes!
It is called Blow Fish Blow Up but I will say that it doesn't work - I like the old school "Lets Go Fishing Game" and so do most of the kiddos I work with! Also - Shark Bite is fun!
Thanks for posting. My 4.5 year old still struggles with F. He says it as “b”. Trying to correct. Can you give me examples of words to practice on beginning middle and end? That would help me a ton! Thanks for your time.
mommyspeechtherapy.com/wp-content/downloads/articulation/f-initial_words.pdf if you google “mommy speech therapy f sound” I usually recommend these words to practice at home! Here’s an example! Hope these help! He’s still on target though! Age 5 for /f/ sound! :)
Trying to help my grandson with the letter F. He is nearly 4. He was born with a cleft pallet but it was repaired when he was a baby. Could having had this problem even though fixed be affecting his speech.
But when you say the /f/ sound, you don't actually put your teeth over your bottom lip. It should be on the back side of the lip. Though I suppose when teaching it we need to exaggerate the expressions, no? I teach primarily adults who come from a language that does not have the /f/ sound at all. I tell them that the teeth go behind where they'd put on makeup and that the bottom lip actually sticks out a little. In that case, when you place your hand in front of your mouth, the air actually travels up instead of down. I have them put their hand right in front of their nose, palm-down, and feel the air blowing upward. Interesting how we teach so differently to different age groups.
Absolutely love seeing fellow Speechies share about the SLP field!! YAY!
Same!
Thank you for your time making this video. It help my four year old in minutes.
so happy to hear that!
Your videos are so helpful. Best speech therapy videos on RUclips. Your tips have been invaluable during lockdown. Thank you so much.
Thank you so much for watching & for the comment!
Thank you so much. First day with this and my 4 year old already sounds better. Can’t wait to update this in a month!
So happy to hear that! You can totally do it! Keep me updated & thanks for the comment!
I am sooo happy you are making these! For years I have been looking for this specific thing and couldn't find it. Even just working with my 4 year old for a couple days I have seen so much improvement! Thanks for your videos!
Oh yay! Thank you so much for the nice comment & im so happy to help!! :)
This went quite well with my twin girls. Your cheery way of speaking really puts them at ease. Thank you for this series of videos!
amazing! thank you!
So excited to have found your resources. Working with my youngest on mastering the F sound. She picked your video herself and really tried hard on the exercises you spoke of. Thanks for all you do!
Thank you so much for this. Makes a huge difference for so many kids. My daughter and I are working on this so she can say her name clearly.
Love these tips! Cant wait to try these on my 3 year old. 😊
let me know how it goes!
Thank you SOOOOO much for this detailed explanation on how to teach my child to pronounce the F sound!!!
no problem! Hope it helped!
Thank you so much. My little one had so much difficulty on f sound.
Hope this helped!
Thank you for this. We started with your recommendations already.
Wonderful!
Great way of teaching. Was very helpful.
Thank you for watching!
🎉🎉🎉thanku
my son told in first attempt ❤❤❤❤❤
Thanks Kelli, I really appreciate this.
Thank you for the tips on how work on F sounds. My 3 year old son replaces F with C sounds.. for example.. Core for Four and “Chaive” for Five..
Thank you so much for this! My son just turned 4 and can’t do f’s (among many other letters - v’s and sometimes d’s). We have been working with a SLP for over a year now and not much improvement. But I think your techniques will help a lot.
Thank you for the comment!
Can’t wait to try this with my 3 year old! She replaces F sounds with a W. She says wall instead of fall for instance
Let me know how it goes!
Thank you!!!!
Very helpful
Thank you for watching!
Thank you ..
Thanks for watching!
great thank you
our 5yr did great...thanks ❤
so happy to hear that! let me know if you have any other video requests!
Not sure if you will see this, however my 5 year old had his front teeth pulled at 2 and now replaces the F souns with B, is it due to loosing those teeth or is it possible to pronounce it correctly without those teeth?
Hello,
Thank you for posting such helpful videos.
My son is 3 year old and he struggles with the f sound. He has baby bottle carries in his front 4 teeth so most part of those teeth are missing, do you think that affects him to produce the ff sound? If yes how can I help him.
Yes for sure, simply because the teeth create the friction of air so I would just recommend giving it time for his new teeth to grow in ! Then try this! .:)
My 3 year old can say F perfect by itself, but when she’s using words she replaces it with s sounds. She actually knows she’s not saying F and thinks it’s funny.
try to go backward to the syllable level and see if she can do it in syllables (FEE FI FO FUM!) for instance (The first 3 are syllable level, the 4th is CVC word level)
Thank you ! I will try this
Hey! I’ve been an SLP for 6 years but I recently switched from SNF to pediatric clinic. I have a little boy I’ve been working with on the /f/ in isolation. His error pattern is that he will make substitute t/f sound however when we move to syllables he will say “f tish” instead of just “fish” and do that for all the other words as well. How else could I get him to drop that t and continue with that f sound ?
Thanks Kelly for ur tips. May i ask you, how if my child still mix up between P and M sound. Between B and M soun. My child still strong with M sound. Thank you before
Hey there! Are you using speech sound hand cues? I would recommend practicing the sound with the speech sound hand cue over & over again in isolation (sound by itself) before adding it into the word. Also, for P, model & exaggerate blowing the air OUT! Blowing a candle, blowing a cotton ball, etc & pushing on their belly as a tactile cue for blowing the air out for /p/! Let me know how it goes!
Thanks so much for ur guidance. I will try it and will let u know the progress
Great video! What fish game is that?
It is called Blow Fish Blow Up but I will say that it doesn't work - I like the old school "Lets Go Fishing Game" and so do most of the kiddos I work with! Also - Shark Bite is fun!
Thanks for posting. My 4.5 year old still struggles with F. He says it as “b”. Trying to correct. Can you give me examples of words to practice on beginning middle and end? That would help me a ton! Thanks for your time.
mommyspeechtherapy.com/wp-content/downloads/articulation/f-initial_words.pdf if you google “mommy speech therapy f sound” I usually recommend these words to practice at home! Here’s an example! Hope these help! He’s still on target though! Age 5 for /f/ sound! :)
Trying to help my grandson with the letter F. He is nearly 4. He was born with a cleft pallet but it was repaired when he was a baby. Could having had this problem even though fixed be affecting his speech.
hi there, yes, that could delay all speech sound development, but he should be able to correctly produce it now!
My 3yo F sounds /ish/
Why can't I do "f"s with brain injury? ... (7 years in from mTBI)
What sound does he/she make instead?
But when you say the /f/ sound, you don't actually put your teeth over your bottom lip. It should be on the back side of the lip. Though I suppose when teaching it we need to exaggerate the expressions, no?
I teach primarily adults who come from a language that does not have the /f/ sound at all. I tell them that the teeth go behind where they'd put on makeup and that the bottom lip actually sticks out a little. In that case, when you place your hand in front of your mouth, the air actually travels up instead of down. I have them put their hand right in front of their nose, palm-down, and feel the air blowing upward.
Interesting how we teach so differently to different age groups.
This is so true!
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