WEBSITE ACTIVITIES FOR HOME PRACTICE
- 1. Judith Maginnis Kuster's Article "Gimme an R": Cheers for Treatment Resources (http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster4/part71.html)
- Speaking of Speech Materials Exchange (www.speakingofspeech.com/generic.html?pid=26) - Page 1 contains PDFs of ER Final Cards, R Initial_Cards, OR Cards, /r/ Allophone Poster, R and S Go Fish, R Bingo (three versions), R homework. Page 2 contains Minimal Pairs: /r/ and /w/
- Although QUIA has become a "subscription" site, the activities created are still freely accessible if you know the URLs. The following sites are especially well-done and contain many /r/ activities such as concentration, matching, hangman, and Battleship.
- by Lonn Swanson (www.quia.com/pages/speechersclass.html)
- by Tracy Boyd (www.quia.com/pages/havemorefun.html)
- EdHelper /r/ (www.edhelper.com/phonics/Consonants12.htm) and "er" (www.edhelper.com/phonics/Vowels11.htm) sound pictures, sentences, and worksheets.
- John's /r/ word search - (www.thepotters.com/puzzles/rwords.html)
- Vocabulary quiz - /r/ words from Activities for ESL Students (http://a4esl.org/q/h/al-r-lb.html)
- Vowel + r flash cards and handout set (www.mes-english.com/phonics/rcontrolled.php)
- A story for /r/ (www.speechtx.com/emergent/consonant_r.htm)
- Racer Rabbit Rummy by Amy Strommer (http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/edtec670/Cardboard/Card/R/RacerRabbit.html)
- Say It Right (www.sayitright.org/free-stuff.html) makes some r-related materials freely available: AIR Initial Game Board, AIR Initial Game Board Directions, /r/ Progress Chart, and /r/ Achievement Certificate
- Although not specifically created to address /r/ problems, Activities/Games/Ideas for Articulation Therapy(www.angelfire.com/nm2/speechtherapyideas/articgames.html) contains creative therapy ideas for any sound error.
- On-line activities for the /r/ sound:
3. Free sample activities from "R in the Car" by Alida Engel (http://www.speech-therapy-products.com/products_R_cd.php)
4. The Sounds of Spoken English (http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/#) - choose a sound to see a
cross-cut animated illustration of articulator position during sound production, step by step instructions, and a close-up video of a person saying the sound on the same page.