Tongue Tip Trouble- Fronting /t/ for /k/
How can you quickly solve the fronting of /k/? Tackle the tongue tip! Getting /k/ in isolation is easily achieved by keeping the child’s tongue tip from making contact with the alveolar ridge or teeth. Some ideas for doing this include: • Use a tongue depressor to gently hold the tongue tip down while the child [...]
St. Patrick’s Day Therapy Activity
Make your clients feel lucky to be in your therapy sessions with this St. Patrick’s Day themed activity. Adapt it to go with the articulation and language goals you are working on. Lucky Number Buy plastic gold coins or make some out of paper. Number each coin and select one number to be the secret [...]
Speech-language Therapy Activities for March are Coming Soon!
Make sure you don’t miss out on free materials and extra ideas! February is almost over, which means March is just around the corner! That also means our March email is getting ready to come out. In it you will find even more free therapy ideas, activities, and printable materials. But, if you have not [...]
Sam the Snake- A friendly little therapy helper
Who is Sam? “Ssssam” is my new best friend for working on the “s” sound with children. He is simply a sock puppet that I made with my sons and recently took to work. And he was a hit! What do you do with Sam? I use Sam is different ways depending on the [...]
Articulation Stories for Any Sound
Time to take it up a notch Yeah! Your client can successfully use his target sound in words and sentences! Now what? It’s time to take it to the next level. If the child can read, I recommend having him read sound-loaded stories before jumping straight into conversational speech practice. Why reading? The printed words [...]