HOW TO SAY 'S' SOUND AT HOME SPEECH THERAPY EXERCISES: Speech Therapy for Toddler Lisp w/ Hand Cues

Kelli Meyer, M.Ed. CCC-SLP
Certified & licensed speech language pathologist

Just passing along tips & tricks for parents, working on the /S/ sound at home with your kiddos!

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These techniques also work for older aged children, and/or for adults!

Progression:
sound in isolation 8/10 times correctly imitated
sound in isolation 8/10 times correctly independently
sound in syllables 8/10 times imitated
sound in syllables 8/10 times independently
sound in initial position of words 8/10 times correctly imitated
sound in initial position of words 8/10 times correctly independently
sound in final position of words 8/10 times correctly imitated
sound in final position of words 8/10 times independently
sound in medial position of words 8/10 times correctly imitated
sound in final position of words 8/10 times correctly independently
sound in EACH position of words within an imitated sentence 8/10 times
sound in each position of words within independently formulated sentence 8/10 times correctly s-blends word level imitated 8/10 times
s-blend word level independently 8/10 times
s-blend word in short phrase 8/10 times
s-blend word in imitated sentence 8/10 times
s-blend word in spontaneously formulated sentence 8/10 times

PRACTICE WORDS BELOW:
Initial /s/ words:
Medial /s/ words:
final /s/ words:
/sl/ word blends - try these first! (easiest transition into blends):

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[dost]

20 years old trying my best to correct my "S" sound 😄

[gmr]

im 13 year old and was (am) bullied about my lisp for so long, finally trying to correct it lol.
these videos help me so much even they're for a younger audience, its really great to make this content 💖

[kumailzaidi]

21 years old and trying to practice my S sound.

[Scholarshipmoneynow]

This is awesome. Even as a full fledged adult, this is helping me with understanding the proper location of the tongue for my S sounds! Finding something positive out of the quarantined days!

[pepperwood]

I am 15and my mom is finally sick of me talking fast to cover up my lisp. These videos really have helped.

[CoyFishhy]

SO glad I found your channel! My son is 3 and hasn't been able to attend his speech and he loves you!

[welderinchiefmattcarr]

Thank you for sharing!!! Today was the first day I have ever heard my 4-1/2 year old son pronounce his sisters name. In 10 minutes of using your technique he corrected it from Whylar to “Skylar” can’t wait for her to hear it! Thank you much!!!

[amazonbox]

I’m not a toddler but I appreciate you so much

[damarisreinosatraverso]

Excellent catch with the final /s/ to avoid choosing words that sound like z instead of /s/.

[ricosantos]

You are awesome. Both my kids are in speech and s, r, z, q, f, v, x, and j are the ones they have a problem saying. Please keep making more

[shannonsullivan]

love your tips and strategies. Need one for /l/

[Redishnes]

Thank you so much for these videos! I have 3 kiddos that I will be working on a lateral lisp with. What a wealth of resources! Thank you for sharing this gift of your knowledge and time.

[amandaphilip]

This is a wonderfully informative video! Our SLP sent the link to us for my five year old who is working on /s/ with a lisp. This was very helpful. You're a fantastic presenter, very engaging, clear, and easy to understand. Thank you for sharing your expertise so we can practice at home.

[mansibeniwal]

Hi, really great job, thank you so much. I wanted to know more about lateral lisp, my lateral lisp is not because of tongue positioning but rather because of a dental treatment, I got my upper teeth pushed out but my lower teeth remained back, and because of the gap between the upper and lower canines and premolars, the air escaped from the sides when I say S, Z, T.

[leaglass]

Been searching for something like this for ages. Your are amazing! Thank you for the most informative and awesome videos!

[patchinthebox]

I've been working with my 4 year old for what feels like a long time on the S sound. She's making a th sound with her tongue out. The smile thing seems like it's helping! Thanks!

[incelticknots]

Thanks, these are very helpful tips, I'm going to try them with my 7yo!

[sayedrahman]

Thank you my dear my daughter had problem with S sound and we watched your video I thought her S sound the why you teach and she learn it in 5 try so thank you so much 😊

[mitchellnelson]

The only problem that I have with my speech is my "s" sound. It always sounded like the "Th" more than the "S" sound. Apparently I have a massive underbite that not only affects my pronunciation, but I'm always left chewing my food after everyone has left the table. Getting braces soon, but until then, I'm trying to improve my "s" sound. Thank you!

[foremage]

Thank you so much for this. Just really helped my 7yo daughter ❤❤