Yes I agree don’t make it a big issue. Just impact it in everything you do and make it a game. You can count the potato’s or beans or your plate and count the steps of the stairs every time you take them, or count the fruit in the fruit bowl. Every night I count the fingers and toes with my 6yr old (she has Down syndrome and maybe counts till 4) 5 fingers on 1 hand 5 fingers on the other hand, 5 + 5 makes 10 and then we name the fingers one by one followed by all the body parts.

I don’t think it’s that big of an issue just yet, he’s only four. I’m sure he will say it eventually

I agree with the suggestions so far.

Just keep trying. Repetition is usually the best way to get kids to learn. Don’t make an issue of three and I’m sure he’ll get around to saying it

Not sure what I can suggest if the professional speech therapist suggestions aren’t working :/ Other then keep persisting and he might say it one day

It’s just time, practice and patience. He will get it .

Play games to make it fun? We do hide and seek! Get someone to partner up with your child so they are counting together and just count to 5 to start with “1,2,3,4,5 ready or not here we come!” Worth a try??

Keep trying, offering rewards for when he manages to say 3. Perseverance and repetition is the best way to teach kids

Try using other words the rhyme with three, eg. wee, pee and turn it into a silly game?

My son hates counting for some reason Wenden though he can. If we are reading together and he is asked to count something in the page he acts all silly like he can’t. It’s very frustrating. Do you know if your child can do it when he thinks you aren’t looking? Playing counting games like hide and seek may encourage him.

Counting books, number puzzles, objects with numbers, songs or anything involving counting. It’s the repetition that gets them at first & then they are able to recite it.

Just perservere with it and try not to show him you’re frustrated.

is it that he has hassles saying anything begining with Th ? Can he say words like there, that, this, thing,thanks or threw? Maybe he is missing it as he knows he will not be able to say it and only sticks to what he knows, as he doesnt want to get it wrong.
Keep up the good work with the speach therapist- t has to pay off eventually.

May be he is doing it deliberately as it is getting attention??!

I think mum 94125. Hit the nail on the head

maybe he just likes skipping to four because he is four years old. I think that you just show him counting to three and nothing else past that number for awhile. Gently encourage him. Kids can be stubborn sometimes hey! I think that is all it is. He is getting a reaction by not saying three, Next time when you are counting and he says one, two, four you can just gently correct him with one, two, three and make your intonation on “three” sound really happy and be playful so hopefully he will want to copy you so that he can say one, two, three in the silly way that you just did.

It’s just about repetition. Each time he misses it, count again with 3. Don’t make a big fuss otherwise sometimes kids can get anxious when they start to do something they know they don’t get right, and then get it wrong because they’re worried. He’ll learn it in his own time. But for now, I’d just use lots of opportunities to count things in daily life, count slowly and clearly, and get him to count with you as you count.