25 Engaging Articulation Card Activities
I want to share a free resource that I use daily with my kids who are working on articulation. Drill doesn't always cut it for my kids or me. I want to make speech engaging and incorporate play so kids are motivated to work.
Below I have a list of my kids favorite activities and the choice page that you can get for free on here- just click on the picture to get your copy!
25 ACTIVITIES TO USE WITH ARTICULATION CARDS
Smash mats with play-dough: Smash a play dough ball for each target word
Blow a cotton ball with a straw to a target card
Dot Markers sheets for many trials: Make a dot on a picture after saying the target word
Swat the picture with a fly swatter, then say the target word
Throw a ball into a bin for each trial (I have used crumpled up paper for this!)
Hide the cards then have the child find them and say the word, and have the child hide the cards and say them when you find them (one of the kids favorites!)
Place mini objects on cards (mini objects are like gold to kids!)
Run to a card say the word and run back
Leap frog on top of cards
Use stepping stones and place cards underneath them- say the word for each step
Feed the animal or puppet a card (use cans, bins, boxes, detergent containers with faces and cut out mouths on top)
Hide a sticker under one card out of a number of cards- each card that is turned over, the child says the words “It was not under the ____” until they find the sticker card.
Fishing for cards (put a paper clip on each card, then make a fishing pole with a magnet)
Tablet games
Roll a die and say your target word that many times
Bean bag toss- throw the bean bag onto an array of the child’s cards and whichever one they hit with the bean bag they say. Can modify to make it bean bag tic tac toe for older kids.
Cover an articulation card with an index card and slowly move it. The child has to guess (and correctly articulate the word) before the picture is revealed
Bowling- use cups, or binder clips clipped onto figures and put the cup on top of articulation cards- the child rolls a ball to knock over the cups and says the words under the cups
Ball poppers- aim balls at articulation cards that are leaning against a wall or held up with binder clips- the child says the words that they knock over with the ball
Make a road with the cards and say the words that the vehicle stops on- so many modifications for this one!
Use a flashlight to shine the light on certain cards in a box or dark room- the child says the words that the light is shining on
Slime or sticky balls- the child throws the ball onto an arctic card and says that word
Sensory bin- hide cards in a sensory bin and the child says the words that they find
Magnet tiles or blocks- make boxes and place cards into boxes or on blocks as you pile them up then knock them down
Obstacle course- place cards in and around an obstacle course- as the child completes an obstacle , then say the word on the card.