This is the easiest articulation activity that I have in my speech room and I get lots of repetitions of target sounds while building articulation towers. I made these little articulation cups using my Articulation Labels on small paper bathroom cups. The labels make it so easy to peel and stick words/pictures rather than cut out and glue a million pieces of paper. I found that the labels stick better to paper cups rather than the plastic cups.
Kids love activities that are hands-on (dur). They also love any kind of competition. I set them up by saying that the most cups any other group has used without knocking the tower over is ___. Can they beat it?!?! I don't know! I generally let them work together to make one big tower because I like the team work aspect. If they are not working on the same sound, combine several sets so everyone gets practice on their target sound or have them build individual towers.
As we are building, I have them say the word to get a cup. Once the tower is built, I have them say all the words in the tower. Lots of reps! The pictures are really helpful for non-readers. Once everyone has said all the words, it is time to knock the tower down (emphasize to the kids to not bend the cups...pet peeve). I have them knock it down in creative ways. Thinks: blowing down, knocking down without using your hands, bowl to knock it down. There are lots of possibilities.
While I am talking about hands-on articulation therapy. I made these Articulation Cans by Mia McDaniel last year. I use them every single week. It was a DYI gem. Here is a picture of my students using the sticks to build their houses. I voted for best house and had different categories for most creative, most beautiful, most livable etc.
What hands-on activities do you love for articulation therapy? I would love to hear from you!
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