Speech
Which sounds come when, what is still normal at five, and when it is worth asking someone.
All speech resources
WorksheetsExplainerThe patterns children use to simplify words while they learn to talk, the age each one usually goes away, and the difference between an articulation and a phonological speech problem.
WorksheetsHow-toExplainerPairs of words that differ by one sound, sorted by the speech pattern they practice, with a 2-minute picture check, home games and the age each pattern usually goes away.
WorksheetsHow-toExplainerWhat fronting is, when it usually stops, a quick check you can do at home, and how to help: the k sound, k and t and g and d minimal pairs, games and free picture cards.
WorksheetsHow-toExplainerWhen a child leaves off the last sound of words, when it usually stops, and the pairs, word lists and games that help them close the word.
WorksheetsHow-toExplainerWhy children mix up s and sh, when both sounds usually arrive, a quick check you can do at home, the smile-and-round-lips cue that teaches the difference, and s and sh, s and z and sh and ch minimal pairs with free picture cards.
WorksheetsHow-toExplainerWhy children swap f, s or t for th ("fink", "sink" or "tink" for think), when th usually arrives, a quick check you can do at home, the tongue-out cue, and th and f, th and s and th and t minimal pairs with free picture cards.
WorksheetsHow-toExplainerWhat gliding is, why it is usually the last pattern to go, a quick check you can do at home, and how to help: l and r cues, r and w and l and w minimal pairs, games and free picture cards.
WorksheetsHow-toExplainerInitial, medial and final s words with pictures, the z words that go with them, which words to start with, how to practice at home, and free picture cards.