Articulation Norms [Speech sounds by age chart + common developmental speech errors]

In this video, I’ll show you our speech sounds by age chart and we’ll talk about English articulation norms, or when kids learn to pronounce different sounds in English.
Full lesson available here: toddlertalk.com/blog/what-is-...
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Toddler Talk’s speech sounds by age chart will explain when we would typically expect mastery of a speech sound, or the age at which 90% of children can correctly produce it. It's important to note that the this table shows the sounds and ages of mastery for kids who only speak English. Children who learn other languages may learn different sounds first.
This chart should make it clear that when a two and a half year old says "wabbit" instead of rabbit, that it's perfectly normal. We expect the error at this age because 90% of children don't master the R sound until age five or six.
We call these types of errors developmental errors. They are normal or expected errors within a child's development and typically improve with age and skill advancement. These expected errors do not warrant speech therapy.
Whereas, unexpected errors might. If your child is talking now, that's something to celebrate. But you've probably noticed that they don't always say things exactly the way you do. Or maybe other kids their age sound a little clearer when they speak.
Don't worry - Remember, learning all 44 sounds in the English language is a big task. Each sound requires that they first think of a sound to make, then move all of their mouth and their throat muscles in a perfectly timed pattern to articulate it. It's a lot of work. Combining sounds together into words and words together into sentences makes it even more complicated. And your child is bound to make mistakes. Mastery of each new skill will take time and practice.
So be patient and celebrate each little step along the way!
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[@samanthah2226]

My daughter just turned 3. She will use the "sh" in words like washer but then leave them off of 2 word combos like wash hands. She will say "wa hans". I wasn't sure if it was normal? She is already in speech therapy, however they aren't able to answer any of our questions and tell us to ask her pediatrician who then tells us to ask the SLP.

[@toddlertalk]

Hi Samantha, thanks for sharing your question. I am happy to answer it for you.
At 3 years old children are still find tuning the production of the "sh" sound which accounts for the fact that your daughter can pronounce "sh" in the word wash but she leaves it out when she says wash hands. In general, children are able to pronounce any sound in a single word (or when they say one word at a time) before they are able to pronounce that same sound in a phrase or sentence. It's harder to pronounce the sounds in a phrase or sentence because their mouth has to also be ready to make the next sounds/words they want to say. The ability to coordinate movement of their mouth to make all these sounds naturally develops with practice.
While it's age appropriate that she is leaving "sh" off the ends of words when she puts words together, you would want to be sure that she is pronouncing some of the sounds she's had more practice with, like "m" "p" and "b," at the ends of words pretty consistently.
If you're interested to learn more about sounds children develop and when they develop the ability to put sounds together in different ways to say longer words and sentences be sure to check in as I'll be sharing new speech lessons each Monday this summer.
And as always, if you have specific questions, please don't hesitate to ask them here :)

[@samanthah2226]

@@toddlertalk Thank you so much for your help!