My kiddos love using BINGO daubers to for any activity. The ones at Michael’s are the best as they are washable! It’s great for getting repetitive practice for speech targets! Then we roll the dice and practice saying our target words the number of times on the dice while dobbing the board. Give a board to each player, and whomever fills it up first wins!
To shake it up, I included game cards and a spinner if you don’t want to use dice.
I’m excited to participate in my first “speech freebies” link up! Therapy for CAS should always be individualized; however, if you have a child who has mastered or is on their way to mastering CV syllable shapes, I created sheets to practice using a BINGO game format. I chose this game because CAS requires mass and distributed practice, and this is a fun and easy way to get those two in one session.
I’ve added the link to my TpT store! Enjoy!
I have a little guy in therapy right now who has a difficult time with /st/ blends. He consistently drops the /s/ in this blend only. To bring awareness to what he saying, SLP’s many times employ what is referred to as “minimal pair” therapy.
Minimal pairs are two words that are similar except for one sound. Many times, minimal pairs rhyme if the only sound changed occurs at the beginning of the word.
In this case, I created five minimal pairs found here: ST MINIMAL PAIRS
I had him sort all initial /t/ words first. He then traced his finger on the /s/ while making his “hissing sound” and then said the word.
For example: “ssssssssssssss….tool.” I then asked him what word he said, and we added the minimal pair “stool.”
Having him physically sort the pictures and use his finger to trace the /s/ has a purpose. Research is showing an increased connection between our hands and mouth. (Think of when you’re trying to find a word you might circle your fingers etc).
Having the child use their hands adds another pathway to the brain to aid in recall!
Finally, save this tray because the possibilities are endless and I will have more ideas in the future.
Speech therapy for apraxia requires a motor based treatment approach that works up through a hierarchy of syllable shapes with lots of repetition, repetition, repetition. Unfortunately, repeating the same syllable shapes is limiting and many times boring.
