My daughter age 5, speaks with the letter m in front, e.g. nasi she said msi, makan becomes mkan, why and how can I help her to improve. I'm from Malaysia nasi means rice, makan means eat, sounding vowel's also difficult for her, please help.

Sit face to face with her and show her with exaggerated mouth movements how to pronounce initial sounds. Let her see herself in a hand mirror doing the same thing. Exaggerate sounds and words even when you talk during the day.

I've tried. Not working, her kindergarten teacher said even ABC's also she adds up the m letter e.g. C sounds like mci,

Take her to a speech therapist?

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Originally Posted by Wondergirl

Take her to a speech therapist?

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You mean child specialist

What's a child specialist?

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Originally Posted by Wondergirl

What's a child specialist?

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Child doctor

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Originally Posted by mohdafiq1

child doctor

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Time now 3.20am here see you tomorrow, tq for your help, bye

speech therapist = doctor trained to help with talking