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When riding in the
car, find things with your special sound
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When looking at books
or magazines, find pictures with your special sounds
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At the grocery store,
see how many foods you can find with your special sounds
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How many animals,
foods, kinds of cars, sports, famous people, TV shows, etc can you think
of that have your special sound?
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Cut out pictures in
old magazines that have your sound
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When assisting with
cooking, find ingredients with your speech sound
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Tell someone about a
TV show using your sound
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Read aloud to someone
using your sound
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Re-tell a story or
something that happened during the day using your sound
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Have a special time of
day to practice such as bedtime or bath time, etc. Sometimes sound
practice may feel a bit stressful for your child. Mealtime is a good time
for some children to practice, but is a bad time for other children.
Having other people present for speech practice is not always a good idea.
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Have your parents fill
a box full of objects that contain your speech sound. You have to feel
around without peeking to guess what the object is.
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Play guessing games by
giving clues/ descriptions about an item that contains the special sound
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Play “I Spy” where
your child finds objects in the room based on clues you give
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Play “Bag of Cards”.
Put pairs of cards with the special sound in a bag. Take turns picking
cards out of the bag, trying to get pairs
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Suitcase Game (no
cards needed). “I’m going on a trip and in my suitcase I’ll take (word
with special sound). Next player repeats sentence with the first item and
adds a new item for the suitcase. Continue adding on and repeating in
order!
