Speech & Such Therapy Services, LLC

02/28/2026

Introducing pre-vocalic /ɹ/ to a four year old.

We didn’t talk about the tongue tip. Instead we focus on tongue width, lateral bracing, and tension.

The tongue tip will find its place (retro or bunched).

When kids struggle with tongue–jaw dissociation, cueing “lift your tongue” often makes it worse.

Stick to this plan:
Motor control first.
Precision second.
Watch accuracy grow from there.

It’s not perfect yet.
But for day one, that approximation is a big win.

Drop a 🚛 if you found this helpful.


Bjorem Speech Publications

01/21/2026

Often, social media shows the highlight moments of speech therapy.
But these small warm-up moments sometimes matter the most.

This looks like a simple warm-up.
But I’m checking if his brain can recall and recognize sounds in isolation before asking his mouth to produce them in a cluster.

01/02/2026

If you don’t have magnets on a cooking pan and something stuck to your face… are you even doing speech therapy?

12/30/2025

One honest question for parents

If speech therapy could give your child just one thing…
what would you want it to be most?

I’m reading every answer. 🤍

12/27/2025

12/06/2025

Working on speech sounds without begging kids to “look at my mouth” every 5 seconds.

Here’s the gingerbread dot hack I used today:
• Print a simple gingerbread dot page ( has several themes to choose from)
• Use a magnet or little blocks as “gingerbread pieces”
• Your child says their target word 3–5 times for each dot
• Then they “build” the gingerbread and use the dabber to fill in the dots and reveal the hidden hearts/snowflakes

They think it’s a game.
You’re quietly getting a ton of high-quality speech reps in one activity.

💾 Save this for your next December session or home practice.

12/03/2025

🎧 SOUND ON — no captions, no context.

This is a real conversation with a 5-year-old I work with. I know exactly what he’s saying… but do you?

💬 Comment what you think he said before you read anything else.

I’ll drop the “translation” in a pinned comment in a part 2 video so you can check your guess.

Here’s why this matters ⬇️

As a parent or familiar adult, your brain automatically fills in the gaps. You know their backpack, their routine, their favorite stories, and the way they swap sounds… so you understand them better than anyone else.

That’s the power of a familiar listener.

But your child also needs to be understood by:
• teachers
• peers
• babysitters
• coaches

Those people are unfamiliar listeners. They don’t have the “decoder ring” for your child’s speech.

So sometimes:
• Parents say, “I understand them just fine.”
• Teachers say, “I’m really struggling to understand them in class.”

Both can be true.

If you’re hearing that others can’t understand your child (or you notice you’re constantly “interpreting” for them) it might be time to look into a speech evaluation. Early support doesn’t just help sounds; it helps confidence, friendships, and classroom participation. 💛

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