A 5.5-year-old child does not speak well: causes of the violation, methods of correction, recommendations of speech therapists

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21

Many parents know that it is necessary to show the child to a speech therapist before the period until he went to school. But very often, adults put off a visit to a specialist, because they are sure that with age, the baby’s speech will improve itself. Sometimes it doesn't happen…

Norms of speech development

When a child at the age of 5, 5 does not speak well, one can judge the presence of a delay in speech development. However, in order to assess the degree of deviation, it is necessary to familiarize yourself with the norms. Most children reach a certain level of speech perfection by the age of 6, especially when adults have given their development enough time and attention.

Speech parameters that children master by the age of 6:

1. Vocabulary is quite large. The child uses words of different parts of speech. He has a decent amount of knowledge about environments and items.
2. Mistakes made in the use of cases, prepositions,agreement of words by gender and number are minimal.
3. The child easily builds complex and complex sentences.
4. All vowels, consonants and sounds are pronounced more frequently. Sometimes there may be problems with the pronunciation of the letter "r".
5. Children know how to choose the right intonation, and can also control the pace and volume of their speech.
6. It is common for a child to answer questions with a detailed answer. He can easily retell a story, compose a story or a fairy tale, and also come up with a description referring to the pictures.
7. Easily finds unnecessary objects, and also knows how to generalize and distinguish between concepts.

Reasons

Delayed speech development in children at the age of 5 is not uncommon. Usually speech disorders are expressed as follows:

1. Disturbance of sound pronunciation.
2. Speech disorders are provoked by hearing problems.
3. Tempo and rhythm of speech are broken.
4. Due to developmental delay, the child loses the existing pronunciation.

Let's look at the most common causes of delayed speech development.

1. Organic - disruption of the nervous system occurred in utero. These can be: a bite defect, a short frenulum, the structure of the articulatory apparatus, rare or small teeth, a massive or narrow tongue.
2. Functional - the mental characteristics of the child, as well as the specifics of his development.

What should worry about

If the child is 5, 5 years olddoes not speak well, this should alert parents. The fact is that by the age of 4-5, children should speak their native language coherently. If this does not happen, then it's time to see a doctor.

What parents should be worried about:

1. A child over the age of four has little to no coherent speech.
2. Children talk but have very poor vocabulary.
3. Words and sentences don't match. That is, the baby cannot formulate his thought with the help of words.
4. There are many lexical, grammatical and phonetic errors in the child's speech.

The easiest way to understand if the baby is doing well with speech is with the help of strangers. If they understand the child's speech, then everything is in order.

It often happens that children under the age of 3 are fully understood only by their mother. For this period, this is considered normal, but if the child is 5 years old, then this situation is a reason to contact a specialist.

Correction methods

When a child at 5, 5 years old does not speak well, parents need to pay special attention to this. Usually such children are engaged with a speech therapist. And corrective work is carried out with the child on the basis of the diagnosis that was made by specialists.

It should be noted that parents can further increase the effectiveness of the speech therapist by following the recommendations at home.

Let's consider the most popular correction methods that can be performed at home:

1. Ask your child to use the pictures to match words that are similar or different in meaning.
2. Teaching a child to classify objects by shape, color.
3. Educational games for children 5-6 years old ("Living-inanimate", "Edible-inedible").
4. Invite your child to make a sentence of 3 words, then 5 and so on.
5. Review pictures with your child, help him make up stories based on the pictures he sees.
6. Make up simple riddles about things around you and ask your child to guess them.
7. Share your opinion and emotions from walking, going to the theater, visiting excursions.
8. Read children's fiction to your child. After reading, ask about what he remembers.
9. Invite the child to name the words starting with the hidden letter. For example, the letter "c" (sun, elephant, dream).
10. Practice repetition of poems and sayings with your child.

It is important to understand that timely identification of problems, as well as corrective work, can correct speech defects when a child at 5, 5 years old does not speak well.

Recommendations of speech therapists

In order for children at the age of five to develop properly, as well as improve their skills and abilities, speech therapists recommend:

1. Exclude heredity. It is necessary to ask close relatives about the age at which they started talking.
2. Recall information about pregnancy, namely, full-termwhether there was a child. Perhaps the baby has had an infectious disease. These are the main reasons for the lag in speech development.
3. Check for child's hearing problems.
4. Create harmony around the baby. Regular conflicts and quarrels within the family have a negative impact on pronunciation.
5. Learn poems with your child.
6. Get a regular check-up with a speech therapist every year, starting at age 2-3.
7. Engage with your baby, develop fine motor skills of fingers.

When to see a speech therapist

• If a child over the age of three speaks a lot, but in an incomprehensible language.
• If the baby does not pronounce simple sounds or replaces them with others.
• If you hear the difference between the speech of your child and his peers. And especially when it makes you anxious.
• At the age of 4-5 years, the child speaks indistinctly and also does not pronounce some sounds.
• If after 4-5 years the baby continues to speak many sounds softly, namely: "kisya", "pinch", "lamp".

• If children start to stutter, repeat the first syllables or sounds, and stutter.
• A child at the age of 6 has difficulty memorizing a short poem, and also cannot remember and retell a story. Moreover, you have noticed that your child has difficulties in answering the questions posed.

Some children, based on the results of a consultation and examination by a speech therapist, may need to consult othersspecialists. In addition, physiotherapy, therapeutic exercises, massage and medication can be prescribed.