Articulation is how our words are produced by our mouth and vocal folds. The sounds we make are called phonetics and while some of them correlate with a letter found in the alphabet, most of them do not. There have been studies to show that different groups of sounds develop at different stages in a child's life. They are grouped below based on Shriberg's Order of Speech Sound Acquisition and word lists are provided for practice.
P as in “pig” B as in “big” M as in “me” N as in “no”
Y as in “yes” W as in “we” D as in “do” H as in “hi”
T as in "two" NG as in "sing" K as in "cup, keep" G as in "go" F as in "four" V as in "vote" CH as in "chip" J as in "juice"
TH as in "mother" TH as in "bath" SH as in "show" ZH as in "measure" S as in "see" Z as in "zoo" L as in "lamp" R as in "run"
/l/ blends "blue, clown, flag, glue, plane"
/s/ blends "scare, star, speak, slip, smile, sneeze, swing, square"
/r/ blends "broom, craft, drip, freeze, grape, prize, trade"
3 letter blends "strawberry, spring"
ending blend "instruct, gift, told, help, belt, damp, kind, sink, tent, slept, board, work, desk, grasp, nest" Word List
If the student is just starting out, use simple syllables
/k/ "kuh-kuh-kuh"
/g/ "guh-guh-guh"
/s/ "see-see-see"
/l/ "la-la-la"
If the student is past syllables, start with simple words that have the sound in the initial position and move on to words with the sound in each position
/sh/ "shoe" "mushroom" "wash"
/z/ "zoo" "lazy" "dogs"
/p/ "pen" "happen" "mop"
/m/ "moon" "yummy" "jam"
If the student is past words, they can make up a phrase or sentence with the word
/t/ "a turtle" "I like turtles"
/n/ "new toy" "Look at my new toy"
/ch/ "the chips" "She has the chips"
/b/"the ball" "The ball is red"
The last stages are to read their sound in a text and to be able to use their sound correctly in everyday conversation.
It is recommended that they say the sound, word, phrase, or sentence correctly 3-5 times before moving on to the next one.
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