S Cluster Therapy Ideas
Here are some great ideas for working on s clusters! They were submitted by Angel Reaux, a graduate student at University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Thank you, Angel! Use I Spy books or puzzles or put pictures of s cluster objects on the wall and play “I Spy” games. Use a puppet spider [...]
Here are some “sweet” Valentine’s Day therapy materials…
What better way is there to get your message across this Valentine’s Day than to put it on a “candy heart”? There is a cool website that allows you to enter your own word or message, pick the heart’s color, and save the result. To make your own, go to http://www.cryptogram.com/hearts/ I’ve made some [...]
Interdental Lisping
What is it? Interdental lisping is when the tongue protrudes between the front teeth when producing /s/ or /z/, resulting in a “th” sound. The /s/ becomes a voiceless “th”, as in “think”, and the /z/ becomes a voiced “th”, as in “those”. Interdental lisping, also be known as “frontal lisping”, is a normal developmental [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]