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"If words aren’t always pronounced correctly, don’t be too concerned, but DO give the correct speech model when you reply to your child" |
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| What is normal. |
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| Activities/Games | |
| When to be Concerned. |
| Ask anyone who’s familiar with four years olds! Their curiosity is unbounded! Questions pour out of them even though they’re not always very interested in the answers! Attention spans are longer too – most four years olds can stay involved in an activity for 11 to 12 minutes at a time. |
| Speech is clearer and, with the exception of sounds like "r", "l", "th" or "s", people outside your family can usually understand what your child is saying. |
| At four, children watch, listen and respond continually. They absorb information and new experiences like a sponge! They’ve learned to match and name colours and shapes, count and follow directions and they’re constantly learning how to communicate more clearly with you and other family members. |
| When talking to your four year old, you can use all three verb tenses when you talk about activities. You can use future tense: "We’ll go shopping tomorrow". Or present tense: "now we are getting on the bus" and you can use past tense: "We visited the animals at the zoo yesterday". |
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Durham Preschool Speech and Language Program | |
| 600 Townline Road South Oshawa, Ontario L1H 7K6 |
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