Articulation Apps

Articulation Apps

Appy Mall: A one-stop to find dozens of apps for Speech and Language.  The link below is sorted for Articulation apps including the Articulation Station Pro and Speech Sounds on Cue for iPad.

http://www.appymall.com/search-store.php?q=articulation&store=speech-and-language

Articulation Station Pro: A great app for the SLP; Provides production practice for sounds commonly targeted in articulation therapy in all positions of words; allows therapist to record the child’s production & track production practice. Has a free version available & full version is 49.99

Quick Artic for the iPhone (Virtual Speech Center Inc.): A free iPhone app that provides 566 photos for a variety of specific sounds in initial/medial/final positions of words.

Speech Sounds on Cue for iPad: Another great app for the SLP; Provides visual cue for production practice of sounds commonly targeted in articulation therapy in all positions of words. Has a free version & full version is 22.99

Touch Sound (Innovative Mobile Apps): Select pictures to match sounds heard. Great for basic auditory awareness & the photos are great for vocabulary development. Free version.

Tags: Apps, Articulation, Speech

KEY FEATURES OF A CONTENT BOOK

Title:                                   name of a book, chapter, unit, lesson, movie, etc.

Unit, Chapter                      main sections or parts of a book

Lesson:

Table of Contents:               listing of main sections and features in the book

Topic:                                   main idea

Focus:                                  pay attention, concentrate attention

Purpose   

Questions:                           questions that focus of the main idea or

*Check up                           PURPOSE of the lesson.

Questions                         

Heading:                              title of a part or small SECTION of a lesson or chapter/subtopic

Illustration:                          picture, chart, or graph

Caption:                               description or question written ABOVE, BELOW, or NEXT TO

                                            an illustration

Label:                                   word or phrase IN the illustration which tells the name of a part of the     picture

Key Words:                          important words or phrases often seen in bold print, italics print, or  underlined,  CAPITAL LETTERS, highlighting, or "quotation marks"

Check-up/Review                 questions at the end of the chapter or lesson to tell if the

Questions:                           material was understood

Glossary:                              a list of special or difficult words with their meanings

Index:                                  list of what is in a book and where it is found

Two column                         notes in two column format to review or practice

Note-taking:                        new vocabulary or important information.

                                                                                                  Waldkirch  03/13

Easy Steps to Producing a Proper S

Easy Steps to Producing a Proper S

Increase awareness of the position of the tongue behind the upper teeth.

           Usually children can produce a /t/ sound correctly

           Use this skill to closely approximate the position needed for the /s/

           Have the child tap the tongue to get the feel of movement and placement

           Practice words that begin and/ or end with the /t/  *avoid words with /s/.

                      Ex.  Team  tool       cat   mitt               tent    melt

Tell your child to put the tongue in the /t/ spot and blow air over the top.

           Start with a slight blowing and increase until the /s/ sound starts

Practice words that end in –ts

                      Ex.      Plurals:                    cats    bets   mitts  dots           boots

                                 Contractions:              what’s    let’s   it’s   Matt’s     

                                 Verbs:                      bats    gets    sits               rots    cuts

           Practice words that begin with s using the ts exercise

                      Ex.      Tsee              tsoup            tsand

                                 Numbers beginning with /s/ then try rote counting

           Try saying the ending ts-words with the beginning ts words.

                      Ex.      Matt’s  tsoup                      bats tseven        let’s tsing

          

Finally try dropping the /t/ for a true /s/ in words, phrases, sentences, and finally in reading and conversations.

Following these steps should result in accurate /s,z/ sounds.

                                                                 

 Waldkirch, 2014