Hellobee Boards Topic: When do you teach LO to speak properly?

Hellobee Boards Topic: When do you teach LO to speak properly? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 21 May 2026 01:59:51 +0000 BabyBoecksMom on "When do you teach LO to speak properly?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-teach-lo-to-speak-properly#post-2451194 Fri, 05 Feb 2016 14:12:40 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 2451194@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I think it just takes time and training. I'm not really pushing to correct anything - I feel like they'll do that at school. @Raindrop: I love that one - like my DD1 still says "bah-sketti" instead of spaghetti erinpye on "When do you teach LO to speak properly?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-teach-lo-to-speak-properly#post-2451154 Fri, 05 Feb 2016 13:45:31 +0000 erinpye 2451154@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Raindrop: I love that! There are definitely a few words they think are pronounced differently and I won't correct them, especially with my 2 year old! It's too cute. Raindrop on "When do you teach LO to speak properly?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-teach-lo-to-speak-properly#post-2449782 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 18:28:21 +0000 Raindrop 2449782@https://boards.hellobee.com/ This thread reminds me of this. [attach=2890/16/o21qj9.480x600.slide_432524_5631460_free.jpg] erinpye on "When do you teach LO to speak properly?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-teach-lo-to-speak-properly#post-2449662 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 16:42:43 +0000 erinpye 2449662@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I haven't really had to. Occasionally they'll conjugate something incorrectly, using the correct rules: "she thinked" and I'll correct it when I hear it, once or twice, and it's locked in. HLK208 on "When do you teach LO to speak properly?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-teach-lo-to-speak-properly#post-2449649 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 16:30:12 +0000 HLK208 2449649@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @mediagirl: E still says "me" instead of I a lot too! B use to say her/him for she/he. After he turned 4, he stopped. daniellemybelle on "When do you teach LO to speak properly?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-teach-lo-to-speak-properly#post-2449644 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 16:26:17 +0000 daniellemybelle 2449644@https://boards.hellobee.com/ LO is 2 years & 3 months. I think she is pretty advanced verbally so I don't feel the need to correct her with every little thing because she has a good handle on it for her age. For example, she always says, "I'm sad," not "I sad." She changes tenses appropriately, so like today I said, "Did you see that horse?" She responded, "Yes! I saw the horse. He was eating grass." So the things that I don't correct are just cute stuff that I don't want to give up yet. Like she calls her headphones "my listens." :heart: mediagirl on "When do you teach LO to speak properly?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-teach-lo-to-speak-properly#post-2448891 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 10:30:03 +0000 mediagirl 2448891@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I correct her. She says me instead of I a lot so I will correct her and someday it will sink in. tofuwad on "When do you teach LO to speak properly?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-teach-lo-to-speak-properly#post-2448885 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 10:29:08 +0000 tofuwad 2448885@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My BIL and SIL are both speech language pathologists and they always correct their kids. My SIL works with kids and I always hear her repeat, "let me hear your good f-sound" (or whatever) to her nieces and nephews. And I remember her saying it was hard for her to not focus on correcting her kids even though she knew things were developmentally normal. From watching them I've been planning on correcting always, but not letting the kid get stressed out about it. They also show and explain to their kids how to place their tongue in their mouth to make certain sounds. And their kids seriously have better elocution than some adults. It's a little freaky hearing a 2-year-old with perfect pronounciation. T.H.O.U. on "When do you teach LO to speak properly?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-teach-lo-to-speak-properly#post-2448804 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 09:56:31 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2448804@https://boards.hellobee.com/ She still says a few words odd, like "wiver" instead of "river" or "wizard" instead of "lizard". I heard since they may be words they learned early on, they remember it the way they learned it. But by age 5-6 they will correct it as long as they can make the sound (she can say plenty of L and R words just fine just not those). Freckles on "When do you teach LO to speak properly?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-teach-lo-to-speak-properly#post-2448800 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 09:55:34 +0000 Freckles 2448800@https://boards.hellobee.com/ DD is pretty verbal so I will correct her. When she was younger I would correct her in more subtle ways like what other commenters suggested. Anagram on "When do you teach LO to speak properly?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-teach-lo-to-speak-properly#post-2448793 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 09:51:42 +0000 Anagram 2448793@https://boards.hellobee.com/ It's been years since I studied early childhood education (since after college, I started with Middle School and all my continuing ed has been for older kids), but I do vaguely remember that it's best not to correct the kiddos--but instead, to just repeat what they said with the correct word. LO: I goed to the store yesterday. you: Oh, you WENT to the store? What did you buy there? Maysprout on "When do you teach LO to speak properly?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-teach-lo-to-speak-properly#post-2448784 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 09:48:44 +0000 Maysprout 2448784@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My first is sensitive and while she's plenty caught up now she was a slow to pick up verbal skills. I did not correct everything she said because every sentence she said had lots of mistakes and I just wanted her to communicate. We had times when we focused on proper pronunciation and sentence structure but it wasn't all the time. My second is super verbal so I started much earlier repeating things back correctly (she's also less likely to freeze up and stop talking bc she was corrected). So I guess it depends onthe child ? Mrs Green Grass on "When do you teach LO to speak properly?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-teach-lo-to-speak-properly#post-2448754 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 09:33:29 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 2448754@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We just repeat things correctly all the time. Not like directions, just repetition. So for that one, I'd just said "you're sad?"I'm sorry you're sad. Then your LO hears it the right way, but there is no mention that she is "wrong." MamaG on "When do you teach LO to speak properly?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-teach-lo-to-speak-properly#post-2448700 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 09:12:10 +0000 MamaG 2448700@https://boards.hellobee.com/ At 4.5 we are actively correcting but it tends to be verb tense we are working on. For example she told us MLK was shotted. We talked through how the correct way to say he was shot. We are also working through double negatives. I don't want nothing else to eat. JoJoGirl on "When do you teach LO to speak properly?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-teach-lo-to-speak-properly#post-2448691 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 09:05:38 +0000 JoJoGirl 2448691@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Oh yeah, sounds are still a wash in a lot of ways. LO can't say "th", so everything is "dis" and "dat". She'll figure it out eventually :) lamariniere on "When do you teach LO to speak properly?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-teach-lo-to-speak-properly#post-2448687 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 09:03:32 +0000 lamariniere 2448687@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Pumuckl: that's true, we do work on certain sounds with DD. She cannot say the "k" sound, so milk is "milt". Sometimes I do repeat those sounds and try to have her say them, but it's always just for fun. regberadaisy on "When do you teach LO to speak properly?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-teach-lo-to-speak-properly#post-2448685 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 09:01:42 +0000 regberadaisy 2448685@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @lamariniere: glad to know he eventually caught on! @Pumuckl: @JoJoGirl: we do that too but she still speaks in preschooler-ese. :P Pumuckl on "When do you teach LO to speak properly?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-teach-lo-to-speak-properly#post-2448679 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 08:58:55 +0000 Pumuckl 2448679@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @lamariniere: @JoJoGirl: That's what I do too. Although we still have some sounds that are not correct so sometimes we'll practice (initiated through him though). JoJoGirl on "When do you teach LO to speak properly?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-teach-lo-to-speak-properly#post-2448637 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 08:46:47 +0000 JoJoGirl 2448637@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @lamariniere: Me too, I reflect it back to her and say it the correct way, and she picks up on it. I don't actively "correct" her, just say it the right way myself. :) lamariniere on "When do you teach LO to speak properly?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-teach-lo-to-speak-properly#post-2448635 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 08:44:54 +0000 lamariniere 2448635@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I always repeat the word/sentence correctly, but I don't force them to repeat it. My son eventually corrected himself after hearing me repeat words or sentences correctly over and over again. regberadaisy on "When do you teach LO to speak properly?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-do-you-teach-lo-to-speak-properly#post-2448624 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 08:39:32 +0000 regberadaisy 2448624@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Curious to hear from older parents and anyone that's in a speech related field. When do you think we need to start stressing that LO speaks "properly"? For example: instead of saying "I'm sad", she says "I sad". She's 3y 9m and I do routinely correct her but it's not something I push yet.