When should my child say sounds?

There are ranges of normal with sound production.  The 24 consonant sounds can be broken into three groups of sound development:  early, middle, late.

Early 8 Sounds

Emerge and mastered between the ages of 1-3

m, b, y, n, w, d, p, h

Middle 8 Sounds

Emerge and mastered between the ages of 3-6 ½

t, ng, g, k, f, v, ch, j

Late 8 Sounds

Emerge and mastered between the ages of 5 -7 ½

sh, s, th (in think0, th (in these), r, z, l, zh

 

Adapted from Shriberg’s Order of Speech-Sound Acquisition