{"id":277,"date":"2012-03-09T17:52:05","date_gmt":"2012-03-09T17:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.speechbuddy.com\/blog\/?p=277"},"modified":"2023-11-08T10:18:08","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T18:18:08","slug":"how-to-teach-the-p-sound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.speechbuddy.com\/blog\/speech-therapy-techniques\/how-to-teach-the-p-sound\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Teach the \u201cP\u201d Sound"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Your child\u2019s speech-language pathologist (SLP) should provide you with activities to do at home<\/a> to encourage your child\u2019s progress<\/a>. If not, ask the SLP for \u201chomework.\u201d<\/a> If your child needs help with individual sounds, work on helping him master those sounds before moving on to syllables and whole words.<\/p>\n

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The \u201cP\u201d Sound<\/strong><\/p>\n

Some children struggle with the \u201cp\u201d sound, which is a bilabial sound. Bilabial sounds are made by the lips pressing together. \u201cM\u201d and \u201cb\u201d are also bilabial sounds. Try saying \u201cpopcorn\u201d and \u201cmilk.\u201d Notice how your lips press together initially to form the sound.<\/p>\n

Visual Demonstration<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sit down with your child when he is well-rested, preferably after a nap so that his attention isn\u2019t likely to wander for a while. Close your lips firmly and point to them, making sure that he sees them. While your child is looking at your mouth, make the \u201cp\u201d sound. Try to avoid saying whole syllables for the time being. Instead, focus on forcing the air out of your mouth while opening your lips. If your child\u2019s attention wanders, laugh at yourself after making the sound. Turn it into a game to get him engaged in the learning process.<\/p>\n

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Tactile Demonstration<\/strong><\/p>\n

While continuing to make the \u201cp\u201d sound, hold your child\u2019s hand in front of your mouth so that he can feel the air being forced out. Encourage him to place his hand in front of his own mouth while he makes the \u201cp\u201d sound. If your child appears to struggle with this, have him position his hand so that it touches your lips while you make the \u201cp\u201d sound. This allows him to feel your lips opening with the subsequent release of air.<\/p>\n

Verbalizing Syllables<\/strong><\/p>\n

When your child can successfully make the individual \u201cp\u201d sound, begin repeating syllables. Say \u201cpop!\u201d loudly and then laugh at yourself to turn it into a game. Encourage your child to repeat the sound. You can also clap your hands and say \u201cpop!\u201d Use your child\u2019s favorite toys to elicit more syllables with the \u201cp\u201d sound. For example, hold a Winnie the Pooh stuffed animal and show it to him while saying \u201cpoo!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Teachable Moments<\/strong><\/p>\n

Turn everyday activities into teachable moments. Create a silly song about pizza pies while making dinner with your child. Encourage him to sing along so that he repeats the \u201cp\u201d sounds numerous times. Check out picture books from the library and create your own stories to go along with the images. Use as many \u201cp\u201d words as you can. For example, say \u201cPrentice pranced to the park to play with Prudence.\u201d Encourage your child to repeat the story with you. Bring your child to the playground or the pool and encourage him to repeat the words \u201cplayground\u201d and \u201cpool.\u201d<\/p>\n \n \n \n \"Free<\/a>\n <\/span>\n <\/span>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Your child\u2019s speech-language pathologist (SLP) should provide you with activities to do at home to encourage your child\u2019s progress. If not, ask the SLP for \u201chomework.\u201d If your child needs help with individual sounds, work on helping him master those sounds before moving on to syllables and whole words.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[140,141,138,5,24,139],"class_list":["post-277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speech-therapy-techniques","tag-bilabial-sounds","tag-helping-children-learn-p-sounds","tag-making-the-p-sound","tag-speech-therapy","tag-speech-therapy-at-home","tag-speech-therapy-games-and-activities"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speechbuddy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speechbuddy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speechbuddy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speechbuddy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speechbuddy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.speechbuddy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11770,"href":"https:\/\/www.speechbuddy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277\/revisions\/11770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speechbuddy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speechbuddy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speechbuddy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}