CVC Articulation Practice Frames: A Speech Articulation Activity

Print out one (or all) of these "frames" and use them to practice CVC speech words. Simply slide the sheet into a sheet protector and write one sound in each circle using a dry erase marker. After the child says the word, erase one of the sounds and write in another. So if you're working on final /n/, you could do pan, man, can, ran, ban, etc. Then switch your vowel and do pen, ten, men, den, hen, etc. This is a great way to work on speech, phonemic awareness, and early reading skills at the same time.

Find It: A Speech Articulation Game

My daughter absolutely loved playing this Find It speech articulation game.

Supplies:
3-5 cups that aren't transparent (you're going to be hiding something underneath)
a simple sticker chart
articulation pictures (a mini-sized initial /f/ set can be found at the end of this post)
stickers
tape
something to hide under the cups (I used a smiley face clip.)

Set up:
Put a piece of tape on the top of each picture and tape a picture to the top of each upside-down up. Hide object (in my case, "Mr. Smiley") under a cup. Have stickers, sticker chart, and extra pictures handy.

Directions:
Every time you find the hidden object, you get a sticker on the chart. If you fill the chart you'll get a prize. The child must say the word (x1, x3, in phrase, or in sentence) in order to get you to lift the cup and check underneath. Whenever they find the object, remove the picture and replace it with one in your reserve. Ask the child to hide their eyes while you move the hidden object to a new cup. That's it. In 15 minutes you can easily get 1-10 productions of each of your target words and the student(s) will be enraptured the entire time. If you're playing with a group, simply have a sticker chart for each child and let them take turns guessing.

The Second Giveaway Winner Is...

Commenter #4, cbiksacky who likes the CVC words included in the Phonology app. Congratulations to cbiksacky and thank you to everyone who participated. Thanks again to Learning Fundamentals for providing me with copies of some of their apps to review and use with my own children and for sponsoring our giveaways!

(cbiksacky, please contact me via email so I can arrange getting you a code to redeem your free app. You can find my email address here.)