I have included below some activities that can be used when working on any consonant sound.  Your child can tell you what sound he/she has been working on in speech therapy and you can have some fun with them at home while stimulating the correct production of the sound we are working on in school.  Have a good time!

1.  Cut pictures from magazines, coloring books, or newspapers that have the target sound in them.  Paste them to index cards and have your child name them and use the words in sentences.  Have some fun by playing a board game. Each time it is the child's turn he has to draw a picture from the pile, name it and then say a sentence including the target word in his sentence.

2.  The fishing game can be used for any sound.  Attach a magnet to a string and attach the string to a stick.  Place a paper clip on the top of small picture cards that have the target sound in them. These can be the same pictures used for #1.  Your child can try to "catch fish" and name each picture as they are "caught".  If they say the sound correctly in the word, have them use the word in a sentence.  You can take a turn and when you catch your "fish" say the target word emphasizing the target sound. This is done to model "good" sound production for your child.

3.  Take a sound walk with your child through the neighborhood, a park, a shopping center or a grocery store.  You and your child should both look for things with the desired sound.  See who can discover the most objects.

4.  Start a sound board in your home.  Add an object or picture with the sound in it to the sound board each day or each week.  This will increase your child's awareness of the sound.

5.  Play a sound hunt game.  Involve other family members to see who can find and name the most items that begin with the specific letter.

6.  When you are working on final sounds, help your child discover new words by changing the beginning sound.

7.  When working with words or picture cards teach your child how to categorize.  An example is to tell him/her that "cat" and "cow" for the "k" sound are animals.

8.  Visit the public library with your child and help him/her select books that have characters with names that begin with the sound being corrected.

9.  Use three small paper bags, and paste a word or picture card of an object with your child's target sound at the beginning, middle and end of a word (one on each bag).  Have on the table other words or picture cards with the target sounds.  The child should select a card, say the word and then drop it in the bag that matches the sounds positions.
 
 
 

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