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Initial Consonant Deletion: Minimal Pairs and Therapy Activities

What is Initial Consonant Deletion? Initial consonant deletion is the phonological process when a child consistently leaves off consonants from the beginning of words.  For example, "stick" becomes "ick" and "tree" becomes "ee".  While young children often leave consonants off of the ends of

Speech and Language Activities (90+ Free Materials)

Get Instant Access to 90+ Speech Activities & Language Activities—For Free! We've consolidated all of our freebies onto one page!  Perfect for SLPs, parents, & other speech-language professionals! We have speech activities to help a child speak sounds more clearly.  We have language activities to help a

Hide the Penny Game for Phonological Therapy

How to Use for Phonological Therapy: This fun game can be used for phonological therapy to eliminate phonological processes like Final Consonant Deletion.  You can use this game to work on auditory discrimination or spoken production at the single word level.  I also show you how to adapt this

Articulation and Phonological Therapy Approaches: How to Choose

Articulation and Phonological Therapy Approaches: What is the Best Speech Sound Therapy? It can be very difficult to figure out what type of speech sound therapy to do with a child.  Today, I'm going to walk you through the four main types of therapy and when to

Final Consonant Deletion | Activities, Words, and Goals

What is Final Consonant Deletion? Final consonant deletion is a phonological process (pattern of speech errors) where a child drops off the ending consonants of all words. Final Consonant Deletion Examples: “dog” becomes “dah” “cat” becomes “ca” And “Please Mom, can I eat some eggs and toast?”

Phonological Processes: Definition, Examples, and Therapy

What Are Phonological Processes? Phonological processes are patterns of sound replacements that children use to simplify their speech.  When a child is young, he hears the speech sounds of the language used around him, but he can't yet produce all of them.  Children don't sound like adults when they

Fricatives Speech Therapy: Eliminating Stopping of Fricative

Fricatives Speech Therapy: Eliminating Stopping of Fricatives For many children with speech delays, long sounds called fricatives are particularly difficult.  These are sounds that require continued air-flow, like /f/, /v/, /s/, /z/, “th”, and “sh”.  If your child has difficulty with all of these sounds, keep reading to