Ever wondered what age your child should be able to say certain sounds? (eg. r,s,g,k)

Age child should be able to produce speech sounds 

Does your child say "yake" instead of "lake?" What about "ball" instead of "tall," or "too" instead of "shoe?"

It is pretty normal for children to not be able to say the word they meant to on their first try, but sometimes they hit an age, and still do this, when it isn't quite as cute anymore to sound like Elmer Fudd. (Wascawy wabbit!)

You might wonder when they will grow out of this, or maybe when you won't have to translate everything your child says to others, because they can't understand him/her as well as you do.

Here is a list that should help. I want this list to make parents and adults aware, and have a quick reference, so they can know how their child's speech is developing.

Age child should be able to produce speech sounds 

 *This list is compiled from 2 separate studies

(Table compiled of studies: Poole (1934) 100% criterion for mastery, & Templin (1957) 75% criterion for mastery: extracted from Born to Talk, An introduction to speech and language development; Lloyd M. Hulit, Merle R. Howard, & Kathleen R. Fahey (2011) Fifth Edition)

I encourage you to pay attention to what sounds children around you use, and try to point out if they are not using a certain sound yet. As adults we can get so used to the way children around us talk, that we may not even notice they are substituting sounds for other sounds, or emitting a sound all together. See what you can catch.

There you have it. Keep in mind that this is only 2 studies, and the age that children acquire sounds varies greatly, but this is a great reference to give you a general idea of how well your child is doing with developing his/her speech sounds.