SUGGESTED WORDS FOR PRACTICING ARTICULATION SKILLS

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Below are recommended words to use when practicing with your child at home. These words can be incorporated into the activities suggested on the “Speech and Language Activities" page. Sounds are listed in alphabetical order.

B

Initial: ball, big, bat, bounce, bubble, bird, bee, boy, beat, belly, bingo, boot, boo, bite, bit, burp, bin, bun, back, bead, bed, bowl, baby, bread, bride, bridge, birthday, bacon, butter

Medial: bubble, rubber, label, fable, habit, rabbit, pebble, cowboy, robot, ladybug, strawberries, cabin, neighbors, habitat, hobby, cabinet, cowboy

Final: rub, bib, gob, sob, mob, knob, rob, lob, job, fib, crab, cub, web, grab, dab, tube, cube, job, crib, cab, tub, rub, sub

CH

Initial: chair, cheese, chicken, checkers, chess, chest, chase, chew, child, chin, cheetah, chimney, chipmunk, cheeseburger, chocolate, channel, church, Cheerios, children, chewy, China

Medial: catcher, pitcher, peaches, teacher, reaching, witches, furniture, itchy, touchdown, lunch box, ketchup, inches, highchair, hatching, beach ball, crutches

Final: ouch, stretch, spinach, switch, teach, watch, witch, touch, scratch, pitch, peach, fetch, crutch, such, match, march, hatch, ditch, couch, coach, catch, branch, beach, bench

D

Initial: dig, dad, draw, desk, dog, dish, damp, dark, deep, den, deer, doll, duck, dentist, dinner, daisy, dolphin, down, dance, dry, door, donkey

Medial: ladder, lady, reading, shadow, wedding, radio, kindergarten, bulldozer, spider, body, feeding, daddy, buddy, touch down

Final: food, mud, bed, bad, mad, wide, mermaid, wood, good, lemonade, ride, sand, hand, band, said, feed, dried, bread, made, paid, trade, had, sad, kid, child, did, red

F

Initial: farm, fish, fan, face, fin, fake, feed, find, fence, phone, fox, football, fireman, fist, fell, feather, forest, fever, five, four, foot, fire, fork, fall

Medial: telephone, office, waffle, laughing, alphabet, traffic, sofa, muffin, trophy, lifeguard, coffee, headphones, infant, after, waterfall, breakfast, before

Final: knife, chef, hoof, wolf, giraffe, laugh, leaf, loaf, elf, cough, calf, off, cough, stuff, half

G

Initial: gum, girl, gas, gift, gone, go, grade, get, gobble, goat, game, ghost, goose, gold, garden, guitar, garbage, golf, guest, goodbye, gallop, garage

Medial: hamburger, juggle, igloo, magazine, tiger, jogging, sea gull, alligator, dragon, wagon

Final: bug, leg, egg, jug, wig, bag, fig, hot dog, rug, pig, hug, log, frog, dig, tug, wag, rag, pug

H

Initial: house, hand, heart, hammer, hat, hive, hippo, hop, him, has, had, hen, hall, hill, hair, home, hurt, have, hug, hike, head, hi, hello, helicopter, have, heavy, happy, hiccup, holiday, hamburger

Medial: groundhog, beehive, grasshopper, doghouse, forehead, doll house, hula hoop, birdhouse, lighthouse

J

Initial: jam, jeans, jug, just, jello, jacket, jet, jump, juice, jar, jewelry, jump rope, jeep, jellyfish, jaguar, job, joke, joy, journal, juggle, jack, jazz, jig, jail

Medial: cages, magic, pages, object, soldier, subject, pigeon, imagine, vegetables, apologize, badger

Final: page, age, edge, cage, fudge, stage, language, package, postage, sausage, garbage, badge, nudge

K

Initial: can, key, cup, cat, catch, corn, kids, cow, comb, kangaroo, kite, coach, king, cash, cry, ketchup, camp, cattle, cap, car, core, keep, come, cob, calendar, caterpillar, computer, kitchen, cowboy, candy, corn

Medial: popcorn, bacon, chicken, helicopter, vacation, turkey, chicken, pumpkin, bicycle, sneaker, rocking, baking, taking, making, raccoon, drinking, picking, looking, talking, packing, tractor, sticker, stocking, broken, actor

Final: sock, walk, make, fake, bike, bake, pack, pick, knock, sick, book, cake, chick, duck, hike, lock, rake, lake, magic, block, truck, stick, snake, milk, back, brick, walk, park

L

Initial: lemon, leg, lip, love, leash, lick, lap, like, lime, law, let, lab, lamb, lay, log, lead, leaf, library, look, lamp, light, lake, long, lunch, lion, lotion, lobster, lazy, ladder, list, limb, leak, lawn, laugh, living room, ladybug, lunch box, liar, lift, little, lizard

Medial: balloon, gallon, mailing, jello, yellow, pillow, silly, eleven, jelly beans, marshmallow, skeleton, telephone, violin, calendar, walrus, ballerina, tulip, alligator, salad, pilot, dollar, elbow, sailor, binoculars, eyelashes, collar, bowling, umbrella, valentine

Final: mail, ball, well, will, rail, tell, tail, tall, jail, owl, towel, howl, nail, sail, whale, girl, doll, fell, fall, pail, bell, sell, yell, eel, basketball, football, camel, baseball, bowl, wheel, snail, pool, seal

L BLENDS

BL: blocks, bleed, blanket, blue, blink, blast off, blouse, blush, blueberries, black, blubber

CL: clock, class, climb, clicker, clue, clap, clean, clam, cleats, clown, clip, clothing, closet, cloud, clue, close, clover

GL: glasses, glowing, glue, glad, glare, globe, gloves, glitter, glamorous

FL: fly, flag, floss, flute, flowers, flippers, flop, float, flute, flat, flashlight, flood, floor, fleas

PL: plug, play, plum, plants, plane, plates, planets, pliers, plow, place, plot, please, playground

SL: slide, slug, slipper, sled, slinky, slushy, sleep, slippery, sling, slim, slime, slice, slow, sleeve

M

Initial: mouse, muffin, milk, mop, make, mother, mom, mess, math, mail, moon, man, May, meet, mouth, March, month, moose, mice, mask, mad, maze, moth, map, mug, marker, money, marbles, medal, magnet, mitten

Medial: shampoo, oatmeal, lemons, helmet, mailman, pumpkin, hammer, humming, llama, camera, trumpet, camel, woman, diamond, pajamas, cinnamon, umbrella, marshmallows, tomatoes, watermelon

Final: ham, clam, game, gum, ram, team, lamb, crumb, plum, gym, name, team, scream, room, home, aim, dime, dream, thumb

N

Initial: name, number, never, nail, nine, near, north, new, neck, nice, nest, nap, necklace, need, knife, knock, know, not, note, nurse, night, nothing

Medial: planet, many, pony, animal, bunny, doughnut, rainbow, dinosaur, sunglasses, banana, any, canoe, money, tiny, twenty, plenty, pantry, candy

Final: can, ton, crane, den, dine, nine, mine, moon, men, ten, again, rain, pen, fan, been, bean, vine, train, stain, hen, fun, won, done, line

P

Initial: pen, pencil, party, pig, pickle, pal, penguin, penny, pony, parrot, parachute, pizza, pirate, pet, pigtail, peach, painter, pearl, picnic, puddle, piano, polar bear, poodle, pyramid, parade, pie, pants, purse

Medial: hippo, diaper, apple, tepee, wallpaper, grasshopper, zipper, mopping, octopus, napping, soapy, dripping, teapot, zookeeper, super, sleeping

Final: jeep, up, mop, ape, soup, hop, top, ship, tape, sheep, asleep, rope, envelope, hula hoop, shop, stop, ketchup, soap, pop

R

Initial: rat, rain, river, ride, rode, red, rest, rip, rope, ripe, run, ran, ram, renew, rest, railing, rug, rag, rabbit, riding, raft, robe, roof, wrench, raisin, roll, ruler, radio, rake, rectangle, reach, rule, robin, rattle, raccoon, rainbow, rose, ring, read, rash, river

Vocalic R

EAR: fear, steer, dear, ear, hear, hero, zero, cereal, pyramid, material, earring, deer, cashier, earphones

AIR: care, bear, wear, lair, stare, fair, unfair, fairy, canary, chair, square, pair, hair, airplane, air balloon

ER: herbs, earth, flower, teacher, feather, fire, hamster, weather, paper, tire, dollar, shirt, purse, sneakers, scissors, lantern

OR: or, for, more, door, seashore, dinosaur, corn, horn, horse, acorn, unicorn, store, torn, warning, born

AR: car, far, jar, Mars, stars, art, army, heart, start, cart, dart, card, garbage, yard, guitar, jaguar, candy bar

IRE: iron, tire, wire, pliers, fire, fireman, dryer, choir, umpire

R BLENDS

BR: brain, break, braid, bride, bring, brought, brag, brick, broken, bribe, bridge, breath, brave, bread, brother, breeze, broom

CR: crayon, cry, crack, crown, crumb, cream, craft, crane, cricket, crab, cracker, crops, crash, crew,

DR: dragon, dry, drink, drove, dribble, dress, drum, dressing, drank, drip, drop, drag, dresser, driver

FR: frog, fry, free, from, front, frosting, fridge, friends, fresh, freckles, fruit, frame, french fries, France, Friday

GR: green, grass, grapes, grill, great, grandpa, grade, grip, graduate, grow, grew, graph

PR: present, press, pray, prize, pretzel, printer, prince, princess, practice, protect, price

S

Initial: sun, sip, sour, sap, sad, sink, side, size, soup, salad, sit, sign, sick, sew, saw, sand, salt, soap, sock, circle, saddle, sandal, sailboat, seat belt, seven, six, sofa, softball, subtract, surfer, syrup, cereal, Santa, seventeen, sunflower, city, save, submarine, scissors, Sunday, Saturday, September

Medial: dinosaur, medicine, Popsicle, tricycle, motorcycle, icing, castle, bracelet, kissing, messy, pencil, outside, gasoline, whistle, fussy, recipe, recycle, license, muscle, racing, listen

Final: bus, dice, dress, face, nurse, race, rice, us, yes, moose, mice, mouse, kiss, ice, house, face, class, chess, box, socks, likes, purse, price

S BLENDS

SK: skate, school, scale, skip, skirt, skype, skunk, scarf, skis, scooter, skateboard, schedule, scream, score, scuba, scar, screw, scab, scoop

SL: slime, slip, slide, slippery, slim, slice, slick, slurp, sleep, sled, slob, sloth, slug, slipper, slinky, slam, sling, sleeve, sleigh, slouch

SM: smile, smoke, small, smash, smell, smart, smooch, smack, smooth, smoothie, s’more, smudge, smock

SN: snore, snip, snack, snicker, snail, snowman, sneakers, snowshoes, snuggle, snowmobile, sneeze, snake, snow

SP: spoon, sparkle, spray, spin, spam, sponge, spring, spaceship, spider, spaghetti, splash, speck, spill, spooky, speed, sports

ST: store, stump, sting, stack, stick, stock, stop, stone, stove, steal, street, stem, stew, stay, stuff, stain, story, student, storm, sticky, steak, star, stairs, steps

SW: swing, swish, swindle, sweat, sweet, swarm, sweater, sweep, swab, swipe, swivel, swallow, swim, swan, switch, sweatpants

SH

Initial: shirt, shoe, she, shed, sharp, sure, shapes, sheep, chef, shells, show, short, ship, shadow, shampoo, shamrock, sherbet, sheriff, sugar, shower, shorts, shiver, sheep, shovel, shaving, shrimp, shy, sharing, shopping, show and tell, shrub, shield, shake, shark

Medial: wishing, fishing, dishes, fashion, mission, bookshelf, wishbone, horseshoe, spaceship, cashews, flashlight, mushrooms, lampshade, lotion, tissues, ocean, washing, dishwasher, fishbowl, eyelashes, sunshine, galoshes, marshmallow, fisherman, fashion, caution, eruption, windshield, toothbrushes, addition, directions, cashier, gas station, celebration, invitation

Final: crash, dish, ash, bush, rash, trash, fish, wish, wash, push, cash, smash, brush, starfish, radish, finish, ticklish, nail polish, leash, splash, squash, squish

T

Initial: table, tickle, tub, tire, track, top, ten, teenager, Tic-Tac-Toe, tent, two, twenty, tease, tough, tile, ton, time, tv, train, track, tug, tip, teeth, teacher, tie, toys, toast, toad, teepee, tiger, telephone, turkey, taco, toolbox, toes, team, talking, taxi, towing, towel, turtle, tossing, tourist, tour, treat, tape, toys, tag, tube, tank, target, toaster

Medial: hunter, Utah, hotel, Santa, motel, guitar, bathtub, lantern, drumsticks, winter, pigtails, country, potato, utensils, tortillas, valentine, detective, Montana, cafeteria, anteater

Final: ant, bat, belt, fat, gate, at, coat, fit, cat, gift, mat, cut, hat, nut, rat, what, bite, light, fight, dot, spot, wet, bright, right, left, vest, best, parachute, robot, fruit, goat, boot, boat, parrot, flashlight, doughnut, sit, sat, bracelet, kite, jet, blanket, rabbit, basket, carrot, peanut

TH

Initial: throat, thumb, three, thorn, thread, throne, thief, Thursday, thirsty, thumbprint, thirty, thimble, thermos, theater, 3D glasses, thirteen, thermometer, thunder, Thanksgiving, thankful, thick, thin, the, then, there, throw, throb

Medial: bathtub, marathon, clothing, weather, mouthwash, leather, author, toothpicks, smoothie, tetherball, grandfather, together, grandmother, python, youthful, bathing suit, feather, father, mother, brother, toothless, earthworm, athlete, bathrobe, toothpaste, birthday

Final: math, earth, fifth, bath, mouth, teeth, month, north, south, booth, strength, path, wreath, youth, both, sloth, broth, moth, Beth, cloth, mouth, faith, tooth, blacksmith

V

Initial: vase, vine, violin, vest, V, van, vet, vacuum, viking, Velcro, Venus, visor, violet, vulture, vaccine, Vermont, volleyball, vanilla, violin, vinegar, valentine, vegetable, visit, video, vote, volcano, volleyball

Medial: beaver, leaves, gloves, diver, ivy, raven, river, beaver, clover, oven, TV, shovel, seven, gravy, level, oval, shiver, envelope, overalls, silverware, avocados, elevator, eleven, even, ever, every, eventually, screwdriver, beverage, truck driver, carnival, traveler, eleven, never, cavern

Final: save, leave, clove, wave, glove, five, valve, twelve, love, cave, dove, stove, grove, archive, beehive, cursive, olive, detective, microwave, move, give, drive, five, sleeve, brave

W

Initial: wish, water, well, wave, winter, white, wet, web, while, when, what, where, why, wallet, whipped cream, wild, went, witch, wood, wig, world, watch, worm, one, wolf, whale, window, wagon, waffle, whistle, walrus, watermelon

Y

Initial: yard, year, yell, young, yesterday, yogurt, yummy, yes, yawn, yolk, yacht, yarn, yak, Yorkie, yo-yo, yellow, uniform, unicorn, unicycle, ukulele, United States, yoga, young

Medial: crayon, kayak, lawyer, loyal, royal, yo-yo, New York, New Year, coyote, papaya, reunion, reuse, beyond, geyser

Z

Initial: zoo, zebra, zero, zip code, zipper, zoom, zucchini, zoologist, zinnia, xylophone, zookeeper

Medial: bulldozer, magazine, music, newspaper, poison ivy, physician, blizzard, television, cheesecake, closet, cousin, daisy, desert, dessert, dizzy, noisy, puzzle, scissors, wizard, dozen, dazzle, raisins, kazoo, easel, grizzly, tweezers, calzones, razor, lizard, visor, gazebo, chimpanzee

Final: bears, jeans, cheese, shoes, babies, drums, shells, keys, bags, poodles, cookies, pillows, crackers, balloons, berries, noodles, apples, maracas, tomatoes, bananas, ladybugs, kids, pigs, sneakers, dinosaurs, fingers, nose, legs, eggs, ears, waves