Producing /s/ – ‘lisp’ advice

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Introduction:

A lisp sound quality is created when ‘s’ is being produced with the tongue between the teeth (interdental lisp).

• Help your child to hear the difference between ‘s’ and the sound they produce.
• Encourage your child to tuck their tongue behind their teeth when saying the ‘s’ sound.
• Show them using a mirror to have their teeth together and give a big smile.
• Try with just the ‘s’ sound on its own first, and then once your child can do this clearly, move onto practicing the ‘s’ sound in words.
• You can also start by your child having their tongue between their teeth and gradually moving it backwards into the correct position, whilst producing the sound.
• Ask them to start spotting ‘s’ words in their reading book, for example ‘see’ ‘said’ ‘sun’
• Once they are producing ‘s’ consistently while reading try to have 5-minute chats where you focus on remembering clear ‘s’ during your conversations

This information can be made available in other languages and formats if requested.

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