Abstract
When targeting articulation goals, it is easy to become reliant on drill activities using articulation decks. However, activities such as these do not lend themselves well to generalization and maintenance of the targeted skills. Consequently, incorporating the target sounds/words into functional, play-based activities can not only be more rewarding/engaging to the child but also more facilitating for carryover.
Syllableness
□ Kitchen Activity
■ While playing with the kitchen set, many multisyllabic words can be incorporated into the activity. You and the child can cook hotdogs and hamburgers and eat ice cream cones for dessert. You can also make ice cubes and add them to your iced tea. □ Elefun
■ As both elephant and butterfly are multisyllabic words and children generally find the game extremely motivating, Elefun is a great game for obtaining multisyllabic productions. Elefun is a game produced by Hasbro that uses a motorized elephant to blow colorful butterflies into the air. Kids practice catching skills with a handy butterfly net or gather butterflies where they land.
Final Consonant Deletion
□ Bingo Dabber Art
■ Create designs with bingo dabbers. Have the child say dot or dab every time he or she makes a mark on the paper. □ Hopscotch
■ While hopping from space to space, have the child say hop. □ Bubbles
■ Have the child say pop every time he or she pops a bubble.
S-Clusters
□ Kitchen Activity
■ Once again, kitchen activities are great for teaching s-clusters. While cooking in the kitchen, you and the child can use spoons and spatulas. You can slice some vegetables and use your spoon to stir the stir-fry—but be careful you don’t spill! You can also slurp your drink. □ Stick, Stone, and Snake Stew
■ For a snack during your clinic sessions, you can make Stick, Stone, and Snake Stew. Pretzels work well for sticks, M&M’s work well for stones, and gummy worms are perfect for snakes. Once again, you can use your spoon to stir the stew and be careful not to spill. While eating your snack, have the child label or request each item. □ Ocean Activity
■ Numerous s-cluster words can be incorporated into a water activity. You can learn about starfish, stingrays, snails, and sponges. You can talk about how dolphins spin through the water and pretend to see scary sharks swim after their prey. You and the child can pretend to be crabs and scamper across the ocean bottom. You can learn about whales and watch how they spit water out of their spouts.
Liquids—/r/
□ Relay Race
■ In this relay race, the children can complete different actions such as running, rolling, and pretending to row a boat while moving from station to station collecting different /r/ items or picture cards.
Liquids—/l/
□ Lemonade
■ As an activity for facilitating the production of /l/, you can make lemonade. First, you and the child can make a list of the items you need such as lemons, limes, and lemonade mix. After making the liquid, the child can lift the lid on the pitcher and pour you each a glass. You can then lift your cup, take a drink, and lick your lips after taking a sip of your lovely lemonade. □ Leaping Lions
■ This is a modified version of musical chairs with green paper lily-pads serving as the chairs. The leaping lions have to leap from lily-pad to lily-pad without landing in the lake. You can have music playing in the background or have the children take turns singing lalala.
Adaptable Activities for all Target Sounds
□ Scavenger Hunt
■ Take the child on a scavenger hunt of their environment so he or she can find as many items as they can beginning with his or her target sound. By bringing along a digital camera, the child will be able to take a picture of each item and will later be able to make a scrapbook of the pictures. □ Collage
■ Flip through magazines, catalogues, or flyers with the child and find pictures containing the target sound. Create a collage of all the pictures.