Mispronouncing sounds? What's normal for kids? - Speech Norms explained by a Speech Therapist

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Is your child mispronouncing words? Do you notice that YOU are understanding what your child says, but OTHER people who aren’t around your child very much have to look to you to translate what they are saying? In this video, I am going to share this helpful chart that details exactly what sound errors are to be expected in normal speech development, what ages we expect to see them eliminated, and what sound errors are atypical and may require guidance from a speech-language pathologist.
To start, I’d suggest writing down a list of the words you notice your child may be mispronouncing.
If you have concerns, or are not really sure how to translate this chart to your child’s specific speech patterns, I recommend contacting an SLP in your local community to do an evaluation that is in depth and lets you know exactly which sounds are the ones your child may need support with and which sounds will likely develop with time for your child.
I anticipate getting comments with specific questions about your specific child. I wanted to make it clear that I will not be answering specific questions about certain words your child says, simply because I’ve never met you or your child in person and, ethically, I would need to do a formal evaluation on your child in order to make any recommendations, and I currently do not provide private consultations for speech therapy.
The good news is, that you will be in great hands with your local speech language pathologist who can meet with you and your child and do an assessment to evaluate where your child may need support, and they will come up with specific goals and activities to help your child achieve the progress in speech sounds your child needs.
Hey! I’m Adrienne, Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist from LearnWithAdrienne.com and you want to help your child:
☀️communicate clearly
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☀️gain life skills
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☀️modeling
☀️labeling
☀️nouns, verbs, adjectives
☀️repetition
☀️sensory exploration
☀️joint attention
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[@sinndymorr6358]

Thank You! Currently, my Granddaughter is on break from The Early On Program. I share your information with her visiting nurse. My Granddaughter had a mild/moderate speech delay.

[@christinascaduto5832]

Love this channel. Helps moms to be more involve as well as teach there child the basic foundations of speech, interaction and awareness

[@LearnWithAdrienne]

Thanks Christina! Your comment is so encouraging! :)

[@freestretchstretchtents8438]

and dads

[@lovelearningnewthings]

Thanks a bunch! Really informative

[@rehanamirza7493]

🇨🇦 keep up the good work! I love watching your videos 😊

[@angelapincetich252]

Thank you so much for this video! So helpful. My husband and I have been wondering if our 3 year old is on track...but after watching this, I'm confident he is doing great and we were needlessly worrying.

[@djpcinema]

Thanks you for this.

[@ivakaneva2111]

Every time when I see your video i edmire you so much. You are so calm and love person. And speak with passion for you job. I wish you happiness and joy 💕

[@nerissasimon411]

Thank you for the guidance you provide- it's been helping me speak to my daughter for 3 years and she has clearly benefited! This episode came at just the right time once again: because she has articulated so well with a large vocabulary for so long, at almost 3.5 years old, I started to wonder if she should be saying sp and st words regularly. She can do it if we ask her to focus on it (usually after we figure out what she just said - we repeat it back and ask if she'd like to try sppppoon - and she can, but it's not her natural inclination to do so yet). So I'm grateful to have learned that this is completely appropriate and also see just how on-track she is overall. Thank you!

[@mariageorgoula3198]

Thank you for sharing this. I was wondering if my 21 month should be saying certain letters and this video can at the best time! Thank you for your support.

[@PPSS12345]

Wow thank you for this! My 3 year old has great vocabulary and talks a lot which is apparently 100% understandable per her pediatrician but I was worried he had a lisp but I think he’s just not there yet for certain sounds.

[@margaretkoegelenberg660]

Hi Adrienne, Thank you so much for your inspiring and informative videos. I really enjoy watching them. My daughter just turned two & we are raising her bilingual. When she was 18 months I thought she may be a little behind, but now that she is two, she's talking quite a lot. Two words which I can remember which she hasn't got the proper pronunciation for is "spoon" she calls it a "poon". I guess the 's' will come a bit later. The other word is "penguin" which is quite a big word for a two year old. She calls it a "pen" which is half way there. 😉 Her first three word sentence is "kick the ball". I was quite surprised to hear her say it because I've got so used to one & two word utterings 😄 Thanks again for your inspiring videos. 💐 Margaret Koegelenberg Pretoria, South Africa

[@evangelineguerrero00093]

I really love your videos

[@hazzeleyezz85]

I absolutely ADORE you and your videos! At my sons 18 mo appointment his pediatrician said he was slightly behind in his speech bc he should be saying 20-50 words but he was only saying about 10. However, he now (20 mo) he is saying more two words sentences and I’m noticing the chart you provided he meets the age requirement for speech sound and engages a lot. How is he behind then if he is meeting the requirement on the chart? I just want to be sure he isn’t falling behind. Thank you. Again I love your videos!

[@kcl060]

This is fun stuff! I am a linguist, but I took a couple graduate SLP classes as part of my coursework, and I love phonetics and phonology, so this is like chocolates and cookies for me, haha. Fun stuff! Thanks for sharing!

[@TheCriscantu]

Thank you Adrienne

[@LearnWithAdrienne]

Thanks for watching!

[@Leneesha]

Thank you so much..

[@LearnWithAdrienne]

You’re welcome!

[@pschellable]

Interesting thanks! My 3year old will say living loom and loose instead of use. I’ll have to check your list. Thx.

[@bernadettebaxter1514]

Great video, thanks Adrienne - this explains so much as to why my daughter doesn't pronounce certain letters/sounds. Could you please confirm where to find the link to the second chart you showed, as I couldn't see the link under the comments section. Thanks so much!

[@vanessabayardo9788]

Hi Adrienne. So my 3.7 year old nephew today said come back and also said eduardo. He was repeating after my other brother (not his dad). He also wanted to go to the park. I told him, "Hold my hand and let's go ask Eduardo's parents". He actually held my hand and followed directions. I was so impressed. He heard Eduardo cry and even though he did not say, "Let me go help". He said help and ran over to see how he could help. He also tells me, "I caught you" because he learn that from me, playing tag. Last time his dad allowed him to tear off a leaf from the tree (even though I kept saying no, since his mom doesn't allow that, and I believe in consistency, but they didn't listen), and he said, "I caught it". I was impressed that he could tell the difference between you and it. I'm dying for the day were he can just talk so much that I can jokingly say, "Wow! You talk a lot!", but actually been happy about it. Do you think he is on his way to talking fluently pretty soon, like a month, maybe?

[@mollysurujbally887]

I can't say this. mantra ,20000 times

[@pnhnut]

Our adopted daughter is 22 months whom we have had since 5 days old. She had a very rough start and did not see or hear until she was 8 months old. Since that time she has caught up and seemingly was on target until her last pediatrician check up. We noted that she says very few clear words. Mama and Papa are mixed she recognizes us both as "bapa". She makes gestures and grunts and often cries for an item. She does however respond and recognize items if you ask her to get the ball or book etc.. The only truly clear word she says is Apple! She does have an older half sister who just turned three who is an absolute chatterbox. Any thoughts on what we should be doing to help support her or do you think we should seek help right away?

[@familyblags]

hi love your channel hope more videos to come. i have a 2yr old son and 6 yrs old too. from Philippines

[@LearnWithAdrienne]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@MS-ux2oj]

Thank you Adrienne. Curious about sounds in other languages besides English, to see if you have similar resources. My son is 5 1/2 and rolling his r’s in words like carro in Spanish is something he is still working on. I remember as a native speaker practicing with my older siblings by saying tongue twisters. How about french and the guttural sounds like garçon? Thank you in advance! Love and still practice lots of your sign language particularly in the playground or at the dinner table when I want to re-direct my kid on the sly without calling him out or embarrassing by reminding him to thank someone or walk slowly etc...

[@harleysimonephotography]

Perfect timing! My 21mo son always picks up the letter "W" and says "A" hahaha, he knows it isn't "A" since he already knows that letter. But then he can pronounce the "W" sound ("wuh"). I think saying "double u" is just a lot for him right now. He'll get there with practice!

[@LearnWithAdrienne]

You're right, the "w" sound (wuh) is developmentally appropriate for him to say at this age, but trying to say "double u" for "W" is MUCH more complex (try saying both yourself and notice your tongue and lips and how much they have to move for you to say it out loud). It's 3 syllables and involves a lot of complex movement. :)

[@patriciamachado5069]

Hi! This chart is only for children who speak english? My mother tongue is Spanish so my two years old son speaks spanish and english.

[@wish2hate]

Hi Adrienne, should we expect all vowels to be pronounced correctly at 2 years of age?

[@CreateAndSewWithKAY]

Good to know

[@sarahsheppard9453]

Thanks so much for this and all your great videos! I've noticed what might be a pattern in my 27mo daughter's speech. We have two cats, Rascal and Dee Dee. Our daughter calls them both "Dee Dee." When I ask if she can repeat "Raascal" or "Waaascal", she refuses and instead says "Dee Dee." Recently I noticed a similar tendency when it comes to her play-date buddy, Tammy. My daughter calls Tammy "Lou Lou", which is actually Tammy's nanny's name. We'll look at pictures of Tammy and she'll say "Lou Lou" and if I ask her to try saying Tammy, she says "no!" If I ask her to just make the "aaa" sound, she's totally willing, and she does say words that begin with the "aa" sound (though the only example I can think of is "apple"). I'm very curious how much I should encourage her to try saying these correct names. This is probably not relevant, but I'll mention that she's growing up in a bilingual English/Russian-speaking home.

[@designedlife2984]

My son has ASD so anything I can practice with him helps immensely. Thank You for your time and effort in making this video. Is there a Phonological Processes link or is that in an upcoming video only? Thank You again.🙏😊💗

[@LearnWithAdrienne]

Glad it was helpful! The link for the Phonological Processes will be provided in the next video for you :) Coming soon :)

[@jenmeredith5384]

Hi! My 8 year old has trouble with the letter R and his name is River. It sounds like W. Not sure how to work on this?

[@LearnWithAdrienne]

If it were my son, I'd call a local speech therapist right away and ask for a "speech sound assessment." They'll be able to help him and give him strategies and guidance :)

[@KleynZ]

I have 27 month olds twins . Both pronounce Finish as Finit. Also the Boy name is Cooper but not saying the "C" but "P" so Pooper ! Thank you for the great lessons

[@ankitasrivastava9981]

Hi Adrienne. My daughter 4 year old speak few words and nursery rhyme but but not doing conversation. I am worried why she is not doing conversation.what I do with her so she start doing conversation.

[@LearnWithAdrienne]

If it were my daughter, I'd call a local speech therapist right away and ask for a "speech and language assessment." They'll be able to help her and give you strategies and guidance :)

[@jehold2010ify]

I have a 3.5 year old who talks really well. More like a 5 or 6 year old vocabulary and speech sounds but she has started making up words. She often doesn't want to say things right even though she's perfectly capable. Is there a reason why she would do this. I'm not really worried or anything because I know she's capable but I was wondering if there's a reason for it.

[@manjusrikishore7335]

My 2 year old doesn't address me as mom and my husband as dad. Is there any way I can help him learn to address us?

[@Christine-bt5nt]

Hi Adrienne! I've been watching your youtube videos for about a year now and just love them. My son just turned 3 and still has trouble pronouncing a lot of words. Will your online class be suited in helping him with speak more clearly? Thank you for all you do.

[@LearnWithAdrienne]

Hey Christine! Great question. My class focuses on language development, so increasing children’s vocabulary and they words they can say. I wouldn’t recommend my class for your son because my class does not focus on speech sound production specifically. However, I have a new video coming out soon that explains Phonological Processes, which may be what your are noticing with your son. Stay tuned for that video soon. And as always, if you have concerns, I always recommend talking with a local speech therapist 🤗

[@Christine-bt5nt]

@@LearnWithAdrienne Thank you and I'll keep an eye out for the new video!!

[@LearnWithAdrienne]

You’re welcome! The video is edited now and I’ll be posting it this week! 🙌🏼

[@jbravovivallo]

Do these norms depend on the language? For instance spanish uses a strong “r” sound quite often, and I wonder whether this frequent use of the sound helps mastering it earlier.

[@LearnWithAdrienne]

Hmmm...I am not sure, I'd have to look into that. I believe that the norms are different depending on the language and the specific sound variations used from language to language.

[@MS-ux2oj]

Curious about this myself too. Car and carro have been mastered at different ages for my bilingual kids. Initial sound like rosa seems to happen at a younger age too than a word like arroz.

[@shamimaparveen7421]

Hello Adrienne.. Should autistic child (3 years old) teach native language first? Or native language and English at the same time?

[@LearnWithAdrienne]

I recommend watching my KZbin video about bilingualism 🤗 www.learnwithadrienne.com/blog/bilingual-resource-guide

[@shamimaparveen7421]

@@LearnWithAdrienne Thank you so much Adrienne..

[@chulasexychica11]

My daughter knows to pronounce sounds of letters blends and digraphs and she is also currently learning to read cvc words but when having a conversation she switched words she knows to babbling. What can i do to keep her from doing this? She is 3 and half by the way. Should this be considered a speach problem ???

[@LearnWithAdrienne]

Hey there! Thanks for your question, the details you shared, and for your trust in me! Here’s how I can help: www.learnwithadrienne.com/questions-for-adrienne

[@janika3689]

My child will be 3 in September, he is seeing a speech pathologist next week. He likes B's and usually will use it in front of most words. Any new words, he will only say the last syllable. I'm hoping his sessions will help him. He also doesnt put words together, so I'm working on that.

[@LearnWithAdrienne]

These strategies help children begin to speak in phrases and sentences: Pacing Board 1: facebook.com/learnwithadrienne/videos/1745797772353383/ Pacing Board 2: facebook.com/learnwithadrienne/videos/1745857992347361/ Pacing Board 3: facebook.com/learnwithadrienne/videos/1746206348979192/ Pacing Board 4: facebook.com/learnwithadrienne/videos/1746256275640866/

[@saltaabibulla1507]

Hello. I want to see if i understand you correctly. My son is two years old. For example, if he says "abbi" instead of "rabbit" is it ok for his age?

[@LearnWithAdrienne]

I'd recommend watching my video about Phonological Processes :) Based soley on your comment and description, I would look into consonant deletions in the handout I mention in that video

[@jenschafer269]

My grandson is nearly three. His vocabulary is huge, and he has a wide range of sounds, but often displaced them. For example dog, dig, and door have clear “d” sound but he pronounces diaper as “biper.” Is there any concern over mispronouncing words where the child is capable of correct sounds in other words?

[@LearnWithAdrienne]

Great question! Keep an eye out for my new video about Phonological processes coming soon (hopefully this week or next week depending on when it is done)! That new video may answer your questions ☺️

[@thejillykilly]

My son has issues pronouncing t and th. Any tips? Is it the same for second language too?

[@LearnWithAdrienne]

How old is your son?

[@thejillykilly]

@@LearnWithAdrienne He is 5.5

[@tofa221122]

My 2 years old son pronounces”b” in ball but he cant pronounce it in bye he uses M instead of B . Is it okay or not?

[@LearnWithAdrienne]

Stay tuned for the video I’ll be sharing this week. It may answer your question ☺️

[@vanessabayardo9788]

Hi! I'm having a problem. I have 2 nephews from 2 different couples. The 1.5 yr old hits the 3.5 yr old all day. I always tell him, "No, don't hit him. Your cousin loves you a lot". Yesterday his mom was there and she had the audacity to say, "He doesn't know that he is hitting". Yeah right. To make matters worse, God forbid my 3.5 yr old even raises his hand at him or even raises his voice a little, because all hell breaks lose with the adults against him. Any solutions? I love them both, but I think my 3.5 year old deserves the same kind of respect they ask for the 1.5 yr old. Any solutions?

[@LearnWithAdrienne]

Yes...listen to Janet Lansbury’s podcast called “Unruffled”

[@CirquedJoy]

My son is 2 and a half. He actually speaks very well for his age, the only sounds I've really noticed him mispronouncing are the 'L' and 'th' sounds, which according to your chart is normal, but my question that lead me to look for this video is, will reading books with lots of those sounds in them help him learn them faster?

[@LearnWithAdrienne]

Hi! Yes, reading books with lots of those sounds is a great idea! Google "Auditory Bombardment" and you'll find info about that strategy :)

[@adrianarivera5602]

I feel horrible and guilty that my 30 month old mispronounces almost everything! If I break down in syllables he will repeat a lot of it correctly but when we put it all together he goes back to his initial word.

[@alyanahzoe]

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