Thursday, October 4, 2012

Initial J: Free Speech Therapy Articulation Picture Cards

If you like this free card set, you might want to check out the premium speech therapy kits now available in the Testy Shop. Kits include expanded card sets, illustrated minimal pairs, homework sheets and more in a single download.

Initial /ʤ/ Card Set

(/ʤ/ is the phonetic symbol for the sound typically spelled with the letter "J".)

To download click on the image to open it full size. Then right click on the image, choose "save as" and save the page to your computer.

I recommend you print on cardstock and laminate for durability.

Description

This articulation picture card set is designed to be more comprehensive than the typical sets you might find elsewhere. The target audience for this set is young children or children with more severe speech delays that need intensive practice with initial /ʤ/ at a one-syllable level. No blends or vocalic /r/ sounds are included in this set. The set pairs the initial /ʤ/ with as many different vowel sounds as possible to maximize co-articulation variety.

Key Features

This set includes 12 therapy cards with the target word and picture on the front, and the difficulty level and a carrier phrase on the back.
The words are all CV or CVC in syllable shape.
The words are easily understood by or easily taught to young children.
Combines the target sound with a variety of vowel sounds.
Words are sorted by difficulty level for an easy progression from easy to hard.

Permissions

I give permission to copy, print, or distribute this card set provided that:

Each copy makes clear that I am the document's author.
No copies are altered without my express consent.
No one makes a profit from these copies.
Electronic copies contain a live link back to my original and print copies not for merely personal use contain the URL of my original.

Looking for Feedback

I would love to hear back from anyone who uses this card set. Let me know if you find errors or there is anything you would change. Comment on this page, or send me an email at testyyettrying(at)gmail(dot)com.

Where can I find more?

More sets are on my Free Speech Therapy Articulation Cards page. Other card sets include /p, b, t, d, m, n, h, f, v, k, g, w, j, s, z, l, th, ch, sh, ʤ, s-blends, and l-blends/ and more sets are being added regularly.

What kinds of activities can I do with this cardset?

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Gratitude and a Request for Information

A Huge Thank You

Six blog readers generously donated their time to look over the rough draft of the /s/ therapy kit (which is now available in the Testy Shop). They were a huge help. They found a few typos, but more importantly they made countless suggestions that I was able to use to make the product better. The resource book grew from 67 to 81 pages as a direct result of their helpful suggestions. I wanted to say thank you to each and every one of those volunteers.

I also need to thank my family members who also volunteered to spend extra time watching my children while I frantically worked to meet my self imposed deadline for finishing up the kits and making them available to you all. Finally, I wanted to thank my husband for helping me code the storefront page. I would have been able to do it myself, but it would have taken me twice as long and it wouldn't have been as elegantly done.

Suggestions?

I have not yet started on the next phoneme kit. Instead of deciding completely independently, I thought I would put up a survey and ask all of you which phoneme you'd like to see available in the store next. The survey lets you choose between /k/, /f/, and /l/-blends. If something else is at the top of your list, just mention it in the comments to this post. You'll find the survey in the sidebar. At the end of the week I'll tally up the results and those results will strongly factor in my decision.

Talk to Me

If you're one of the people who has already purchased a set or two, thank you! Also I would love to hear your thoughts. Please send me an email at testyyettrying(at)gmail(dot)com and tell me what you think of the product, how you are using it, or anything else you'd like to share. Also, if you like it, please recommend it to other SLPs or parents as appropriate.

Sunday, September 30, 2012

Speech Therapy Kit: S-blends Card Sets and Resources

/s/-blends $21.95

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Motor-Speech Articulation Method:
/s/-Blends Card Sets and Resources

This comprehensive eResource has been designed from the ground up to take a motor-speech approach to speech therapy. Target words are simple in syllable shape and avoid consonant blends and vocalic /r/ sounds. They are sortable by increasing difficulty of phonemic complexity. Begin with the easiest cards and work your way up to harder ones. Every set includes phonemic variety in order to practice with different coarticulation effects and maximize carryover and generalization.

All therapy cards are illustrated in color. The resource is written to be accessible to both speech therapists and parents working with children at home. This eResource is ideal for targeting /s/-Blend productions when working with children with Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Phonological Disorders, Simple Articulation Disorders, Hearing-Impairment, and any other population that needs work to remediate speech.

Printable Resources Included:

Initial /sk/ Resources	Initial /sl/ Resources
Vowel CCV syllable practice sheet 14 one-syllable picture cards sortable by vowel, difficulty, position, and phonological process 17 sets of minimal pairs pivot phrase worksheet 3 homework sheets story booklet 14 simple speech puzzles	Vowel CCV syllable practice sheet 14 one-syllable picture cards sortable by vowel, difficulty, position, and phonological process 9 sets of minimal pairs pivot phrase worksheet 3 homework sheets story booklet 28 speech dominos

Initial /sm/ Resources	Initial /sn/ Resources
Vowel CCV syllable practice sheet 14 one-syllable picture cards sortable by vowel, difficulty, position, and phonological process 9 sets of minimal pairs pivot phrase worksheet 3 homework sheets story booklet Speech Race Game	Vowel CCV syllable practice sheet 14 one-syllable picture cards sortable by vowel, difficulty, position, and phonological process 13 sets of minimal pairs pivot phrase worksheet 3 homework sheets story booklet Speech Train Activity

Initial /sp/ Resources	Initial /st/ Resources
Vowel CCV syllable practice sheet 26 one-syllable picture cards sortable by vowel, difficulty, position, and phonological process 18 sets of minimal pairs pivot phrase worksheet 3 homework sheets story booklet Speech Fishing Activity	Vowel CCV syllable practice sheet 29 one-syllable picture cards sortable by vowel, difficulty, position, and phonological process 18 sets of minimal pairs pivot phrase worksheet 3 homework sheets story booklet I Spy With My Little Eye Speech Activity

Initial /sw/ Resources	Mixed /s/-Blends Resources
Vowel CCV syllable practice sheet 14 one-syllable picture cards sortable by vowel, difficulty, position, and phonological process 13 sets of minimal pairs pivot phrase worksheet 3 homework sheets story booklet Speech Maze Activity	14 /s/-Blend Scene cards with multiple /s/-blends per scene 18 sets of minimal pairs pivot phrase worksheet 3 homework sheets story booklet Speech Sort Activity