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"Walking together in kindness" artwork produced for Gold Coast Health by Riki Salam, We are 27 Creative.‘p’ and ‘b’ are short, popping sounds. These sounds typically develop between 2 – 3 years of age. ‘p’ is a quiet sound and ‘b’ is a loud sound. To make these sounds, we put our lips together and release them to make a sound.
You can help your child produce these sounds by trying the following strategies:
Activity ideas for practicing ‘p’ and ‘b’
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 contain harder sounds, multiple sounds or different combinations of sounds.
