HOW TO TEACH MINIMAL PAIRS AT HOME: T, D, K Speech Therapy for Voicing, Devoicing, Fronting, Backing

Kelli Meyer Licensed and Certified Speech Language Pathologist (M.Ed., CCC-SLP)

Hi parents, therapists and early interventionists!

Here is a video of my favorite SIMPLE way to target Minimal Pairs (/T/ for /D/ and /D/ for /T/ and /T/ for /K/ and /K/ for /T/ Substitution sounds!)

Did you already download the FREE Speedy Speech Minimal Pairs worksheets at SpeedySLP.com?!

Why minimal pairs?!
Minimal pairs HELP children auditorily discriminate between sounds! (i.e. increasing their ability to recognize speech sound errors, which will encourage them to practice sounds!) By using these VISUAL images of the minimal pairs in conjunction with a PREFERRED game/reinforcer or activity... you will see your child's ability to understand speech sounds when they are linked to common objects and used in words!

Step 1:
Make sure your child understands the difference between the words by asking them to "TOUCH Key" and then "Touch Tea" to model distinguishing sounds!
Step 2: Then, ask the child to tell you and give you the picture of the "Tea" and "Key" and see if they hand you the correct one and model the correct sound in the word!

If not! No worries! Be silly! Tell them they said TEA! not KEY! silly goose! and then encourage them to try again! This techniques offers gentle corrections by drawing attention to the speech patters (phonological processes) that the child is using that ultimately cause them to say the wrong word!

Step 3: Practice! Practice! Practice! This is not a "one and done" therapy pattern! Often times kiddos have formed HABITS of these phonological processes and we all know that habits are HARD to break! Don't give up!

Additional Tips: REWARD your child for TRYING and OVERREWARD your child for correct productions to AMP UP their motivation for trying the sound - which will then encourage them and help them be successful with more attempts/trials/targets!
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Does your child need help correctly producing the /T/ or /D/ Sound?!
Click here! ---- youtu.be/doGBLrZmoIs

Does your child need help correctly producing the /G/ and /K/ Sound?!
Click here! ---- youtu.be/GoE0HoWbRXE
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What activity did you target these minimal pairs with?!
Play dough?! Magnets?! a Tunnel?!

Need more ideas of how to target speech sounds?! Check out my playlists!

Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS): youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNL4Ls5aZkt-WFZ1tcAQ…

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