What Am I: Vocabulary AND Articulation Extension Packs

Sometimes I struggle with clients who have language or vocabulary goals.  I can't teach EVERY vocabulary word they might need to know.  So what to do?  I find myself more and more trying to teach "strategies" to the child.

When I have clients who come in who come in with vocabulary deficits and difficulty with narratives, one of the goal areas I focus on is the ability to define words clearly.  I think that teaching them to use PRECISE vocabulary can carryover to their narratives.  I also work with them to build a framework in their head for HOW to define words.

Even when given visual cues, some clients still struggle with coming up with basic vocabulary to describe objects, textures etc.  I decided it would be helpful to focus on each definition part of a word AS well as teaching some describing vocabulary.  This weekend I'm going out to Michael's (a local craft store) to find a variety of textures.  Next week we are learning to describe different textures!

I wanted to help organize my thoughts with this AND I wanted to have a fun game to play at the end of our "describing unit."  What Am I: Vocabulary, Definitions, describing is what I ended up with.

I tried to structure the game to reinforce the following ideas:

• It's important to use Precise vocabulary
• It's important to choose the most salient feature to describe first.  

I added cue cards and homework pages for each definition category so that I can teach the concepts to clients who are having a hard time with one.  

I thought it might be fun to use these with articulation clients as well.  So I created a few expansion packets focusing on blends, Prevocalic/vocalic /r/ and syllable shapes.  I added some Visual-tactile cue cards for the blends that I am really excited about:  

The /l/ I designed to reinforce how the tongue elevates to the alveolar ridge.  I did the same thing with the /r/-showing how the tongue moves backwards.  

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Multisyllabic Words

Lots of Snowfall here today, which meant I was pretty busy trying to create some materials for my clients next week.  I have a lot of clients right now who need to work on intelligibility.  One thing that seems to negatively impact their intelligibility is when they don't consistently or accurately mark each syllable in longer words.

I ended up with 2 products.  A younger version with pictures which also focuses on some phonological awareness skills (segmenting sounds/syllables, identifying initial/final consonants):

I added pacing boards for CV through CVCVCV words, although the actual pictures are for CVC, CVCVC and CVCVCV words primarily.  (C=consonant and V=vowel.)

The second is for older elementary and middle school. It's set up for students who have more difficulty with intelligibility or who continue to retain immature speech patterns (ex. say pasghetti for spaghetti.)  Since the vocabulary is also more complex, I added a visual for defining words.

 You can find these and other products at my TPT store here.