Work at the top rung

Noy is almost 5. His intelligible words include "ee-a" for Eema, "o" for l'hitra-ot. That is to say, Noy is not yet a talker. We could spend all our time on eliciting bilabial sounds, so "ee-a" can become "eema" and "o" can become "bo" (come!)". But let me tell you something else about Noy. He knows all of the musical instruments. If you call a saxophone a trumpet he will yell at you, and tell you it's an "o". That's how he says saxophone. Noy, who sits for 3 minutes max. for our little speech games, will spend hours, as many hours as you offer him, looking at my encyclopaedia of realistic pictures. He will study the musical instruments, learn them well, study their aerodynamics and the mystical physics of air transforming into music. Aha. The very concept he hasn't grasped with the bilabials. Close off the airstream with your lips, and the sound tells a story. Or calls a person to come close. Noy, you are the musical instrument. Play, Noy, play.
The key here is that so many of these little "delayed" children cultivate an area of expertise. We need to nurture their growth in their areas of strength.
A small orange seed
sprouts and blossoms.
I will not uproot it,
because I had in mind
a cherry tree