Speech Homework

So Gage is in Speech at school to help with the articulation of his words. Everyday (well, we try everyday), we do what I call Learning Time with the kids. For Gage, this consists of a homework page from school, reading a short story, practicing writing his letters/words, and doing speech homework. All of this can turn into being extremely frustrating especially his speech homework for both Gage and I. I have to give Gage credit though. He works really hard and tries his best to do everything correctly. I have seen such a big improvement in the way he talks. I am really proud of him. I have to tell this funny story of our conversation while practicing speech the other day.


Gage is working on the "th" sound. He is getting really good at it. He started by saying things like "feader" instead of "feather." Gage is on the sentence level where he has to repeat a sentence after me 5 times that has the "th" sound in one of the words. Here's what happened.


Me, "Gage, here's your next sentence. "My father reads to me."

Gage, "My thather reads to me."

Me, "Gage, you are saying the "th" sound right, but the word starts with fa."

Gage, "My thather reads to me."

Me, "No, Gage. Say fa, fa, father."

Gage, "Fa, fa, thather."

I try not to laugh, but I was. He was saying the "th" correctly, but he just couldn't get the beginning of the word right.

Me, "Good try Gage, but it's fa, fa, father."

Gage, "Oh why can't I just say 'My dad reads to me'?"


Leave it to Gage. We both were laughing.