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"Walking together in kindness" artwork produced for Gold Coast Health by Riki Salam, We are 27 Creative.‘f’ is a long blowy sound. It typically develops between 2 – 3 years of age but it is also normal for children to stop airflow sounds like ‘f’ until the age of 3 and a half. For example, a child may say “bun” for fun.
You can help your child to say the ‘f’ sound by trying the following strategies:
Activity ideas for practicing ‘f’
Once your child can say the ‘f’ sound, you can encourage them to turn their voice on and make it a buzzy sound to produce ‘v’. Please note that ‘v’ is developing around 4 years of age.
It will take time and practice for children to develop their speech sounds. Children may be able to say a sound on its own but will take time to put it into words. Longer words will be trickier. It will take time and practice to be able to say their new sound in everyday conversation.
Some words are more complex because they have harder sounds, multiple sounds or different combinations of sounds.
