PHONEME DEVELOPMENT

• What is bilabial?

  using two lips to produce sound. Easier sounds to produce, p, b, m
• what is labio-dental?

  using lips and teeth

  eg v and f

  ‘th’ is more difficult and comes later
• what is alveolar?

  where the tongue raises to meet roof of mouth

  eg n t d s z l

  vowels are easier to sound, achieved before consonants
• what is post alveolar?

  tongue goes further back

  eg sh ch j dge
• what age are all vowels and consonants aquired?

  by 6 or 7 years old
• consonants in the beginning of words are easier to say that at the end