Sunday, September 28, 2014

Speech Therapy for Lisping - Practical Magic for /s/



1. Say 'sun, sad, seal, bus, miss, kissing, listing'

2. Make a 't' sound. Make a few 't'.  Make a lazy 't' like 'tsssss'

3. Put a finger vertically in the middle of the lips and say 'tsssss' five times.

4. Keep teeth together and say 'tssss' louder and longer.

5. Say 'hat.'  Say 'hats.'  Say the lazy 't' sound 5 times (hats)

6. Say 'pot.'  Say 'pots.'  Make the lazy 't' sound five times.  Let more air out.  (If the child squints or closes her eyes while saying the lazy 't' sound, encourage her not to do so.)

7.  Say 'hay, he, who.'  Say the lazy 't' in front of these words.

8.  Say 'tssss...hay.' without blinking five times.

9. Say 'tssss...he' five times.

10. Say 'tssss...who' five times.

11. Say 'tssss...hack' five times.

12.  Say 's' five times.