Does anyone know at what age kids should be saying certain sounds correctly? There is a timeframe for some sounds that they should be saying correctly and I can't find it. I have a daycare child who can't say any of her c, k, or g sounds and she is almost 4. Like for cookie she will say tootie. Or girl she says dirl. I have been trying to even get her to make those sounds without words and she can't. I was just trying to find out if those sounds develope later in some kids before I maybe suggest to the mom to get her speech tested. Any idea?

I would talk to your pediatrician about your concerns. First off rule out that she doesn't have some kind of a hearing problem that is hindering her from saying letters correctly. I don't know at what age people look at speech therapy. I wouldn't worry too much at this age though.

Your school district should offer no charge testing for speech and other delays. I'd advise the mom to check into it, on top of checking w/her ped. Her ped. can also do a rudimentary hearing check.

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My ds also had problems with some sounds around four - early five. The speech therapist recommended reading nursery rhymes and sort of sing-songing words that he had trouble with to slow them down. This allowed him to hear the sounds more distinctly. His trouble spots were l, v and th along with dropping some of the middle sounds from words. We are through everything except the th now and he can say it, so it will just take some more work I think. Perhaps the nursery rhymes idea is one you and or the mom could utilize too. If you don't like the original ones, as a lot of them are odd, I found books at the library which were nursery rhymes for favorite characters (like Blues Clues, etc) and there are books of Christian Mother Goose.

I'm an early childhood special education teacher and I got this from our speech therapist:

Age 3: m, n, h, w, p, b, d, k, f, g
Age 4: y, t, th (this, feather)
Age 5: v, l, pl, bl, kl, gl, fl
Age 6: sh, ch, j, th (thumb, bathtub, tooth)

Hope this helps!

My kids always liked Dr. Suess' ABC book. It's good for them to practice their sounds and for them to learn pre-reading skills.