We’ve all been there. After months of drill and practice and tongue depressors, he’s finally got his /r/ sound! He can say it in words, in phrases, even sentences and short conversations. You’re thinking he’s definitely on his way out the door with a “graduation” certificate soon. Then you see him in the hallway. He grins […]
I remember the day I found out there were two ways to say the R sound. It blew my tiny grad school mind! "TWO WAYS TO SAY R!? So you mean there's the way I
Is your student producing multiple sound errors? Are you unsure of where to start? Review the typical and atypical phonological processing disorder...
Need ideas for getting more repetitions during articulation therapy? Here are some articulation activities speech therapy high-trial ideas!
Do you have students who love POKE'MON? Here's SPEECHIE'-MON to target /s, l, r/ in the initial, medial, & final position. Kids will LOVE these simple speech mats and worksheets! Resource includes color & black and white. ************************************************** CONTENTS: PRODUCT CONTAINS COLOR AND BLACK & WHITE OPTIONS. 1. SPEECHIE’-MON TARGET MATS – /s, l, r/ initial, medial, and final position (p. 9 – 30) blanks included 2. BONUS Speech Reminders – (p. 31 – 34) These are suggestions to use during speech therapy. You can also use these in other creative ways. And remember HAVE FUN! You can do anything if you have ENTHUSIASM! Monae :) Related Products ⭐ 100 PAGES Speech Auditory Bombardment WORKSHEETS color & No Prep black & white ⭐ ARTICULATION FUN BUNDLE PLUS BONUS TURKEY/CHICKEN BOOK AAC SPEEC ⭐ ARTICULATION GIRLS FUN SPEECH THERAPY "L" worksheets ⭐ SPEECH SOUNDS POSTER Speech Therapy WORKSHEETS ⭐ SPEECH THERAPY PHONOLOGY FUN /s/ blends worksheets ⭐ 100 PAGES Speech Sound WORKSHEETS No Prep black & white Monae’s Speech Activities & Craftivities are the perfect tools for working on speech sounds at the word, phrase, and sentence level.They are very engaging, very easy to use, and kids LOVE THEM! Also, check out Monae’s Books & Language Packets for developing and improving receptive and expressive language skills for children with language and/or learning disabilities. Some of the skills these books target are vocabulary development, social skills, and behaviors. They are very engaging, very easy to use, and kids LOVE THEM! *************************************************** Teachers and Speech-Language Pathologists will find using these stories make teaching these skills fun and easy.
“Wait a minute, I’ll just look that up and tell yooooou… sorry, I just need to find where I put it. Umm, okay, let me Google it! Alright, ‘Final consonant deletion elimination’. Come on Google – sorry, my computer’s really slow. Oh! Here it is, I’ll just click here, huh, wait for it to load… […]
I recently attended the Colorado Speech, Language and Hearing Association Spring Conference and the speaker gave me a lot to think about. At the conference, Christina Gildersleeve-Neumann, Ph.D., from Portland State University discussed current theories of phonological development and various treatment approaches. What she said made a lot of sense and affirmed the approach I take in therapy for the young nonverbal child. It is very risky to diagnosis a young nonverbal child with childhood apraxia of speech. The child has not yet developed a phonological system so how do you know if it's impaired? The first step in therapy is to get the child talking. In HOW TO Start Apraxia Therapy with the Young Child, I outline my approach in three steps and provide toy choices to use in play to stimulate speech and language development. Check it out on TeacherspayTeachers.
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Speech therapy for older children with articulation disorders can be challenging. Here are some tips for assessment, treatment, and carryover.
I love using my No Frills Articulation products. I keep them all in a binder and am able to flip through to the pages I need quickly. They are so great to pull out when I need some quick sentences to use when playing a board game that students have chosen, or when I have a quick articulation student that I only see for 5 minutes. I have also sent some pages home with students as homework. I am so excited about my newest addition to the No Frills family: No Frills Articulation: R This packet targets prevocalic /r/, as well as six different vocalic /r/'s (-ar, -air, -er, -ear, -ire, -or). In this packet, you get: Memory Cards (84 cards– 12 for each form of /r/): Print two copies of the cards. Laminate and cut out to play a memory game. Phrase Worksheets (4 worksheets): Students can read or repeat the phrases. There is a spot to record the number of correct responses at the bottom of the page. Sentences Worksheets (7 worksheets): Students can read or repeat the sentences. There is a spot to record the number of correct responses at the bottom of the page. Story Worksheets (4 worksheets): Students can read the stories out loud. There is a spot to record the number of correct responses after each story. You can get this packet at my TpT store HERE. If you are interested in more of these kinds of packets, I also have a bundle of activities available. There are five different No Frills Articulation packets available that are bundled together for 20% savings. It's like having a sale everyday! You can get the No Frills Articulation Bundle HERE. You can also read more about the packets included in an earlier post of mine HERE. You can win a packet of No Frills Articulation: R in the rafflecopter giveaway below: a Rafflecopter giveaway Jen
I have to share with you something that I have found to be amazing this year. It is called Articulation Centers. I was hesitant at first to ...
Sometimes when working with young children on the production of speech sounds, it is helpful to provide the little one’s with a fun label, or name, for the sound(s) you are teaching. Providing a visual cue to go along with the label is also very helpful, to provide multisensory instruction. Several years ago I asked […]
Do you need Spanish articulation word lists for speech therapy? Here are free word lists for you to use in bilingual speech therapy!
Click the following link to download this free handout Developmental Stages of Phonemic Awareness My good friend, Heidi, who is a Reading Specialist at one of our local elementary buildings, asked if I’d be interested in co-presenting with her at our next year’s district-wide professional development day. I love working with Heidi so, of course, I […]
It's my birthday - so I'm uploading a present for you! Free articulation practice printable for everyone to enjoy! Another sight wor...
As a speech language therapist, I use commercial board games all the time–sometimes to teach language concepts and sometimes as a reinforcer to take a turn after articulation practice. Since I have a relationship with fantastic companies who are coming out with new games all the time that are fun and educational, I like to […]
I can’t believe the school season is almost here already, and has probably already started for some of you! To celebrate new classes, students, and goals I thought I’d share my “Articulation Goal Tracker” form with all of you.
Do you know what you're doing to implement the cycles approach for speech therapy? Learn all about this high-impact phonological therapy!
Free worksheet for collecting data on /s/ articulation in isolation and in syllables. Great for sending home for extra practice! Download the /s/ articulation data sheet here!
Is your student producing multiple sound errors? Are you unsure of where to start? Review the typical and atypical phonological processing disorder...
Tips for eliciting /k/ and /g/ in speech therapy and activities for generalization.
Here are my tips and tricks for moving from making sounds in isolation to working on the VC and CV syllables during articulation therapy.
The obstinate, ornery R. Have you exhausted every R articulation therapy trick that you know? These articulation therapy for R tips and tricks are just what you need!
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Not all errors in speech are due to articulation. Sound errors can follow a pattern called a phonological process - a simplification of adult speech. Learn more about these speech sound errors, and when they are expected to "go away" as a child's communication develops!
I have so so many R kids on my caseload right now. In that past, that statement would be followed with a mournful sigh, or possibly with me throwing my head
Rhyme Fold-over Activity for Preschool and Kindergarten Phonemic Awareness Teach Rhyme generation in an exciting, interactive way with this innovative self-checking game. Ideal for centers, RTI, and all students struggling with this aspect of phonological awareness. Rhyme Generation is a particularly tough skill for students to master. These fold-over strips contain sentences to cue your students to generate the rhyming words hidden beneath the flap. As they are easy to guess they give confidence to struggling students whilst allowing them to practice at early rhyme generation. ************************************************************* If you are interested in this product, you might like to consider buying my Ultimate Rhyme & Syllables Bundle, which includes this pack and 4 others at a saving of over 30%! ************************************************************* What you get... This packet contains 78 rhyme foldables (both short and long vowels). Each rhyme foldable is included in full color or blackline versions. To assemble: ★ Print the rhyme strips and cut them out. ★ Fold over on the dotted line so that one picture is covered. ★ The teacher should then read the sentence out loud, pausing to allow the student to complete the rhyming word. ************************************************************* Buyers Say... "I have one patient in particular who is really struggling with phonological awareness skills. Rhyming has been very difficult in the past. These have been great because they give the semantic cue and she has been able to start recognizing the patterns of rhymes!" "We do one a day during circle/calendar time. They love trying to figure it out!" "This resource was perfect for my Self-Contained profound class. The pictures helped a great deal in helping with the words and their counterparts. I am very thankful for the creator and their willingness to share!"
Ready for some super simple, inexpensive, but FUN speech therapy articulation games? Check out my fast and easy favorites!
What are phonological processes and phonological delay? Read to find out.
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Teach your child to recognize and read consonant digraphs /th/, /sh/, and /ch/ with a digraph garden!
I have started buying more and more products from my amazing fellow SLPs at Teachers Pay Teachers (If you don’t know what TpT is…you better head over there as soon as you are done here and check it out!) I recently just purchased and used a pretty awesome game called Intergalactic Articulation for Speech Therapy from […]
Welcome to my short series on treating phonological delays. These posts are being written for my fellow SLPs. However if you are a parent of a child with a phonological delay you might be interested in this information, even though some of it will be in “SLP Speak.” Feel free to ask any questions in […]
Articulation intervention can seem like a jumble, but it doesn't have to be. Today, we're talking about how to actually make articulation intervention work for you and your students.
A look at Jane Passy's Cued Articulation system - a signing system that represents sounds.
1. Get Picky About R with R Minimal Pairs When my student has their vocalic R down pretty well, but sometimes their “shirts” still sound a little like “shorts,” then I love to pull out this R Minimal Pairs activity to help them clean up the small differences between the vocalic R sounds. It comes...
In response to previous article I wrote on identifying and treating bilingual students, savvy ASHA readers asked the question: What about Phonology?!
Some of our students need movement to help them learn! Speech therapy and in particular, minimal pairs, can become boring... so inject movement activities!
Learn how to teach SH during speech therapy and grab some free materials with my SH word list page. Free downloads and teaching tips!
A description of what ages children should be able to master different speech sounds as they grow and develop in their speech & communication.
I have so so many R kids on my caseload right now. In that past, that statement would be followed with a mournful sigh, or possibly with me throwing my head
This week, as I was screening one of my first grade students for his present levels of performance for his upcoming annual review, I realized I didn't have anything to measure how he felt about
Games! Games! Games! It is one of the reasons I love being an SLP. The tricky part is turning commercial games into therapy tools. My students love to play games, so what better way to motivate them to practice their speech targets. I love to use Pop Up Pirate, Jumpin Jack, Shark Bite, Pop the Pig, the Sneaky Snacky Squirrel, Yeti in my Spaghetti and Fishing games. One way you can use them is with articulation or language decks. The students practice their sounds or language target and then take a turn. Quick and easy. I have also started to use Game Companions that go along with each game. These game companions replace the dice or spinner that comes with the games. The spinners have targets that the students practice before they take turn. Shark Articulation and Language Game Companion For the games that do not use dice or spinners I use game mats that have articulation or language targets on them. When you remove game pieces from Fishing games or spaghetti from Yeti in my Spaghetti you place the game piece on the mat. There are targets on the mats that the students practice. These can also be used as Smash mats. Yeti Spaghetti Articulation and Language Game Companion I have created 2 Freebies that I wanted to share with you. I created free K sound spinners that I use with Jumpin Jack. The spinners can also be used by themselves as a game. Free Rabbit Game Companion for K sounds Another Freebie that I have created is for commercial Fishing games. It includes mats that target early apraxia syllables. There are mats for VC, CV, CVCV and CVC syllables. Free Apraxia Game Companions for Fishing Games Games are such a great motivators for our students. They are a great way to work with those mixed groups that always present a challenge in therapy. I hope these spinners and mats are helpful. Click here to follow my tpt store Speech Gems. Sign up for my newsletter below Subscribe to get our latest content by email. Success! Now check your email to confirm your subscription. There was an error submitting your subscription. Please try again. Email Address Subscribe We won't send you spam. Unsubscribe at any time. Powered by ConvertKit
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Is carryover a struggle for your older speech students? I'm sharing some ideas for articulation carryover activities in this post to help them find success.
Some of our students need movement to help them learn! Speech therapy and in particular, minimal pairs, can become boring... so inject movement activities!
