A fresh and fun activity that I have been doing in speech
therapy is called Tiny Objects for Articulation. This is an activity that
targets articulation development. Basically, each phoneme has a set of
miniatures to use for articulation practice.
Although I created this activity for articulation therapy, I
have also used it to practice fluency/stuttering strategies, syntax,
categories, and EET. This game is flexible!
I have been putting together this activity for a while. I
wanted to ensure that there were enough miniatures to make therapy sessions
productive! I had a storage container
with small drawers that I found at a thrift store. But, these containers can be
purchased at any hardware store. They are usually used to organize and store
screws, nails, etc. Mine was a bit dingy, but some orange spray paint took care
of that!
Next, I used sticker letters from my scrapbooking stash on the front
of each drawer to designate a space for the phonemes, and some blends. I then
collected little things for each phoneme to store in these drawers. The objects
are from Lego, Playmobile, bead shops, doll house websites, and our family toy
collection. I always keep an eye out when I am shopping for things that will
not only fit in the drawers, but also suit my needs for this activity.
These are the most popular items that the students love.
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| In (sort of) order: gumball machine, hippo, soldier, Batman, Ugg, fortune cookie, feather, cheese, swan, blow fish, mustard, plunger, Chinese food, french fries, train, Chinese checkers, chips, gingerbread house, sushi, dragon, flamingo, jar, cup, snail, clock, roller skate, scissors, teapot, bubbles, rose, orange juice, smoothie, Hello Kitty, princess, mermaid |
Here is how I use it in therapy. Students are given a drawer
with their target sound. During their turn, the student says each word so many
times, or in a sentence, or a silly sentence with two words, etc. Then the next
student goes. We go around and around until all the miniatures from the drawer
are used for practice. This is a favorite in speech class!
A goal that can be targeted during this activity might look
like this:
By DATE, STUDENT will correctly produce PHONEME in the THERAPY/CLASSROOM/ETC
setting at the WORD/PHRASE/CONVERSATIONAL/ETC level with 80% accuracy in 4/5
trials as measured by observation and data collection. CCSS ELA SL GRADE.1
or, with real words:
By 12/1/2015, Christy will correctly produce /s/ in the
therapy setting at the word level with 80% accuracy in 4/5 trials as measured
by observation and data collection. CCSS ELA SL 2.1
I hope you enjoy this idea!
