Can you say “S” without front teeth?
Occasionally I have a parent or teacher that worries once a child’s front teeth fall out, that the child will no longer be able to produce the “s” sound. Alternately, I have a child who…
articulation
How to teach initial R in 10 easy steps!
Do you ever work on initial /r/ with your students? Yep! Me too! Almost every. single. day. And you know what? Most of my kids master initial /r/ย in ten sessions or less! How? I read…
Literacy and the SLP
At a recent IEP meeting, a parent told me how her daughter loves to play school at home. She practices “reading” books to her stuffed animals and siblings. This student both has poor articulation and…
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A-Z Alphabet Books for Me!
One of the best things that happened to my therapy was when the life skills teacher and I decided to implement the “letter of the week”. Since then, I have been designing speech materials that…
5 Tips for Running a Multi-sound Articulation Group
It is very, very rarely that I get a group of articulation students who are all working on the same sound. However, many materials out there are made for exactly that! One activity. One sound….
The Speech Club solution to articulation therapy!
Have you ever had a 12 year old who has been working on /r/ in sentences and carry-over for years? Have you ever had a 10 year old who says that speech games are…
Why I Hate Articulation Therapy
I have a confession to make. I really don’t like articulation therapy.ย Whenever possible, I try to pawn it off onto my SLP-A or student intern. Why do I hate it? Let me count the…
Kids need daily articulation practice
Have you ever worked with a student forever on one sound. That eleven-year-old who just can’t master /r/? Or the ten year old with the continued frontal lisp? No, I’m sure you haven’t! Or how…
Using Classroom Vocabulary with Articulation Students
I merge into my 5th graders Language Block for 60 minutes each week, so I know exactly what they are working on. This has been a beautiful thing since I can use vocabulary and concepts…
Speech Club and Mad Libs Monday
I created a new Speech Club this year (and handily tied it to my “professional development” so that my principal would support this new endeavor). All my 3rd-5th articulation only students meet with me daily…
/s/ vocabulary for 3rd graders
I came across an incredible resource last spring: Flocabulary (no, I am not endorsed by this site at all but if they contact me, I’d be happy to test out all of their products!). At…
Articulation Printables Links
All speech pathologists need articulation printable pictures and cards! We can do the cutest activity and read the best book working on targeted sounds, but when it gets down and dirty, we just need some…
The Boy Who Ssssssurvived
For my Harry Potter friends, Professor X has now supplied me with a list of /s/ practice sentences to accompany the Star Wars /s/ sentences. Harry Potter /s/ sentences! The Slytherin seeker was the first…