HOME PRACTICE ACTIVITIES – SOUND BY SOUND

🔵 1. Bilabial Sounds (Lips Together)

/p/ /b/ /m/

Placement reminder:

👉 Lips together → air out

Home activities:

• Mirror popping: “pa-pa-pa”

• Bubble play: say “pop!” before bursting

• Ball game: roll ball saying “ball, big ball”

• Food time: “mmm” for tasty food

• Family words: mama, papa, baby

🎯 Best for: toddlers, early talkers, autism starters

🟢 2. Tongue Tip Sounds

/t/ /d/ /n/ /l/

Placement reminder:

👉 Tongue behind upper teeth

Home activities:

• Tongue-up game: touch ridge with tongue

• Lick & say: lick honey → “la-la”

• Toy naming: toy, doll, nose

• Door game: open door → “do-do”

• Counting: “one, two, ten”

🎯 Helps tongue control & awareness

🔴 3. Back Sounds

/k/ /g/

Placement reminder:

👉 Back of tongue goes up

Home activities:

• Cough sound: “k-k-k”

• Car game: “go car!”

• Kitchen words: cup, cake

• Push toy: say “go!”

• Animal sounds: crow “ka-ka”

⚠️ If child says “tat” for “cat”, slow down and exaggerate

🟡 4. Lip-Teeth Sounds

/f/ /v/

Placement reminder:

👉 Teeth on lower lip

Home activities:

• Blow feathers/cotton

• Fan play: “ffff”

• Food words: fish, fork

• Vehicle sounds: “vvvv” bike

• Mirror biting: gentle lip bite

🎯 Improves airflow control

🟣 5. Hissing Sounds

/s/ /z/

Placement reminder:

👉 Tongue near teeth, air straight

Home activities:

• Snake game: “ssss” 🐍

• Air tracing: draw shapes with “ssss”

• Sun words: sun, soap

• Zoo play: “zoo, zebra”

• Hand airflow check

⚠️ Avoid teeth biting (lisp correction)

🟠 6. Palatal Sounds

/sh/ /ch/ /j/

Placement reminder:

👉 Lips round, tongue back

Home activities:

• Quiet game: “shhh”

• Train sound: “ch-ch-ch” 🚂

• Mirror rounding

• Daily words: shoe, chair, jam

• Sound guessing game

🔴 7. Liquids & Later Sounds

/r/ /th/

⚠️ These need patience + guidance

Placement reminders:

• /r/: tongue up, no teeth touch

• /th/: tongue between teeth

Home activities:

• Slow mirror practice

• Word sets only (red, run / thumb, this)

• Model, don’t force

• Short practice only (2–3 min)

🎯 Best with SLP guidance

🔷 8. Blends (sp, tr, bl, etc.)

Home activities:

• Break it: s + p → “spoon”

• Clap syllables

• Picture cards

• Slow stretch speech

📋 DAILY HOME PRACTICE TEMPLATE

❗ Important Parent Rules

✅ Model more, correct less
✅ Praise effort
✅ Stop if child resists
❌ No forcing repetition
❌ No comparing with others

🧠 Quick Memory Trick

• Lips sounds → mirror & bubbles

• Tongue sounds → licking & tapping

• Air sounds → blowing games

• Hard sounds → slow + small practice

One-line summary

Speech sounds improve fastest when practiced daily through play, routine words, and correct placement—not long drills.