How To Say The /Ch/ Sound - Speech Therapy
Is your child saying /sh/ in place of /ch/? Here’s how to help with this!
My three tips when saying /ch/ instead of /sh/
Round your lips: This helps you keep the /ch/ in place, so you don’t produce an /s/ or /t/.
Keep your tongue tip up: /Ch/ can often be misplaced with /sh/. Keeping your tongue tip higher will help you, so you don’t produce a /sh/.
Burst of air: /Ch/ is a voiceless postalveolar affricate (sorry for the jargon), sounding like a combination between /t/ and /sh/. We want the burst, like the /t/, but still with rounding out lips and with out tongue a little further back.
Words to practice:
Chair
Chicken
Cheese
Chocolate
Child
Chapter
Challenge
Change
Check
Cherry
