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The /s/ Spider

January 9, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This sssssspecial spider is designed to address the /s/sound in structured therapy. 6 of the spider’s legs feature vowel sounds to provide a visual and tactile way for a child to participate in syllable practice.
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Techniques for Achieving the /R/ Sound

January 9, 2022 by Megan Berg.
The /r/ sound is notoriously considered to be one of the most difficult phonemes in the English language to articulate. This is a resource for therapists, parents, and caregivers who are looking for ideas to help their children achieve /r/ production—specifically in the initial position of single syllable words.
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Teaching Vowels to Toddlers: Long Vowels Race

January 9, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Vowels may be introduced during the toddler years. However, difficulty with differentiating between short and long vowels may persist into childhood. This game is a fun, interactive tool to help with early awareness of vowel varieties through the identification of long vowels. This game may be played with up to 3 children per round.
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Summer Themed Pacing Board Activity

January 9, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Pacing can help children communicate more effectively and build self-awareness. This activity is appropriate for most children, toddlers through school age, who may have speech sound errors and/or a language impairment.
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Summer Scavenger Hunt (F and V Phonemes)

January 9, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Sometimes it takes creativity to keep kids focused and interested in practicing speech at home! This activity provides a fun way to work on sounds /f/ and /v/ in words. Simply cut out the images and hide them around the house. When the child finds the picture, model the word so they repeat it back. 
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Spring Themed Apraxia Activity

January 9, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This activity can be used to practice speech sounds with children who have childhood apraxia of speech, or other articulation errors or phonological processes.
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Speech Practice For the Pool or Beach

January 6, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Summer family activities can be a great opportunity to practice speech sounds! This therapy activity includes 2 pages of vocabulary cards along with a list of how to use the cards either in structured therapy or as home practice with family/caregivers.
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Bilabial Gumballs

January 6, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This game targets bilabial consonants. Includes a page of gumballs with bilabial target words (including blank ones so you can create your own) and a printout of a gumball machine. Cut out the gumballs and have kids pop them into the gumball machine as they practice the sounds.
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Speaking Rate and Pacing

January 6, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Children with articulation errors, phonological processes, speech/language delays, or apraxia of speech generally all benefit from using speech pacing techniques, which are used to improve speaking rate, and ultimately intelligibility. This handout provides some tips and strategies when working with a child who needs help with pacing his/her speech.
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