Articulation & Phonology
This page is a compilation of my content and favorite resources available for articulation and phonology in speech therapy – discover tons of ideas, activities, websites, and resources! Bookmark this page or save it to Pinterest with the image at the bottom!
BOOKS
Eliciting Sounds
Children’s Speech: An Evidence-Based Approach to Assessment and Intervention
The Giant Book of Phonology
The Easy R Therapy Program
Webber Jumbo Artic Drill Book
WEBSITES
Book Share Time – Find books to incorporate your target sound!
Mommy Speech Therapy – Word lists and more!
Home Speech Home – Word lists
ASHA Speech Sound Disorder Norms
APPS
Articulation Station Pro – A Little Bee Speech app. A comprehensive app for articulation, including data tracking. Work from the word level to stories! Purchase by sound or all 22 sounds for $59.99
Articulate Plus – A Smarty Ears app. A multi-player app for articulation. It has 2000 images for the word, phrase, sentence, and story level for consonants, digraphs, and consonant clusters. $46.99
Phonics Studio – Real photo flashcards broken up by sound. $1.99
Speech FlipBook – Select what sound and position you want to work on, and it creates words. Record yourself and listen to the correct productions! Not only great for articulation, childhood apraxia of speech, phonemic awareness, and phonics skills. $9.99
Speech Tutor Pro – Includes articulation screeners and articulation decks. In addition, there are animations to watch different views (front, side) of sound production. $39.99
SCIP – Sound Contrasts in Phonology – The most comprehensive phonology app. You can choose your targets and the approach you want to use: multiple oppositions, minimal pairs, maximal oppositions, treatment of the empty set, or vowel contrasts. $99.99
staRT– An app for biofeedback! Use the microphone and see your speech wave in real time. This helps with articulation correction as you try to match the wave. FREE
Speech Therapy for Apraxia App Bundle by NACD – This is an addition to the page for apraxia! This app gives choices of different phonemes to target and moves through a progression of random syllables, whole words, and multisyllabic words. Fun and engaging for children! $29.95
TOOLS
Throatscope – An illuminated tongue depressor! Great for oral motor exams.
BLOG POSTS
Easy and Creative Articulation Card Activities
Free Speech Therapy Printables: Norms, Milestones, and More
Creative Ways to Use Trinkets
Easy Speech Therapy Activities to Do Today
Using Pictures for One-Item, No-Prep Therapy
5 Easy Ways to Make An Activity Engaging
RESEARCH
The Informed SLP – A subscription-based service that summarizes new research every month!
FREEBIES
Articulation Assessment and IPA Chart – “Quick Articulation Check” is for speech-language pathologists, who may need to quickly and informally assess articulation. In addition, it can serve as an IPA chart reference.
Open-Ended Dice Games – Fill in targets on each activity for your students, depending on their goals.
Speech Therapy Handouts – Free speech therapy printables! Developmental milestones, hierarchies, and graphics for SLPs and educators, as well as parent handouts for speech therapy. The printables cover various topics to use as cheat sheets or handouts.
Gliding Minimal Pairs Sensory Bin – Target the phonological error of gliding in the initial position with minimal pairs! This spring-themed activity was designed as a sensory bin activity but can also be used on its own with any game.
Play Dough Mats – Incorporate play dough sensory play in your sessions with these free mats. Use as an open ended reinforcer, for following directions, play skills, and fine motor practice. Includes 5 play dough mats – a birthday cake, a boy, a girl, emotions, and a potted plant.
Talk Like a Pirate Day Reinforcers – Use these open ended reinforcers to celebrate “Talk Like a Pirate Day” on September 19th, or year round! Incorporate with any speech therapy goals and targets. For example, answer a task card and take a turn with the board game. Or say your articulation word 5 times and then color in a coin.
RESOURCES
Speech-Language Development Handouts – Speech therapy development charts, milestones, and hierarchies! Evidence-based infographics with definitions and explanations. Includes speech norms for English and Spanish, phonological patterns, and speech intelligibility norms.
Age Milestones Handouts – 15 reference pages that provide an overview of speech and language development at different ages. Great for concise, easy-to-understand handouts to give to parents based on age! Your one-stop-shop for caregiver handouts.
Articulation Barrier Games – This barrier games resource is geared towards working on articulation with sound-loaded scenes and pieces for /s/, /r/, /l/, “sh,” “ch,” and “th.”
Consonant Cluster Reduction – Target cluster reduction with /s/, /r/, and /l/ blends in all positions – step by step with engaging pictures and interactive activities!
Final Consonant Deletion – Practice the final consonants /m,p,b,k,g,t,d/ at the word, utterance, or sentence levels.
Fronting and Backing – Fronting and backing activities to target sounds within CV’s, words, and sentences for generalization!
Multisyllabic Words – Practice multisyllabic words in a fun puzzle and zoo-themed activity designed for speech and language intervention!
Fronting and Backing Mazes – Work on the phonological processes of fronting and backing in speech therapy with these engaging mazes! Includes 58 minimal pairs separated by sounds and positions in maze and flash card formats.
Gliding Mazes – Work on the phonological process of gliding in speech therapy with these engaging mazes! Includes 60 minimal pairs separated by sounds and positions in maze and flash card formats.
