Articulation
Speech Sounds
Pick a sound and you get its word lists, how to teach it, games to practise it and printables to take home. The lists are long enough that you will not run out halfway through a session.
- Sound pages
- 46
- Words
- 5,696
- Printables
- 92 PDFs
- Cost
- Free
Early sounds
Mastered by about age 3. These are the sounds toddlers get first.
P Sound
The Popping Sound
By age 2-3 · 302 words
B Sound
The Bouncing Sound
By age 2-3 · 211 words
T Sound
The Ticking Sound
By age 3-4 · 296 words
D Sound
The Drumming Sound
By age 2-3 · 279 words
H Sound
The Panting Puppy Sound
By age 2-3 · 132 words
M Sound
The Yummy Sound
By age 2-3 · 272 words
N Sound
The Nose Sound
By age 2-3 · 282 words
W Sound
The Kissing Sound
By age 2-3 · 149 words
Middle sounds
Mastered by about age 4. Back sounds and the first fricatives.
Later sounds
Mastered between 4 and 7. The liquids, sibilants and TH sounds.
V Sound
The Vacuum Sound
By age 4 · 159 words
S Sound
The Snake Sound
By age 4 · 284 words
Z Sound
The Bumblebee Sound
By age 4 · 170 words
SH Sound
The Quiet Sound
By age 4 · 159 words
CH Sound
The Train Sound
By age 4 · 193 words
ZH Sound
The Buzzing Airplane Sound
By age 5 · 17 words
Voiceless TH Sound
The Flat Tire Sound
By age 6 · 104 words
Voiced TH Sound
The Humming Tongue Sound
By age 5 · 64 words
J Sound
The Jumping Jellybean Sound
By age 4 · 144 words
L Sound
The Singing Sound
By age 4 · 342 words
R Sound
The Growling Sound
By age 5 · 175 words
Vocalic R
The Six R Families
By age 5-7 · 547 words
L blends
Consonant + /l/ clusters. Typically in place by about 5.
R blends
Consonant + /r/ clusters. Typically in place by 5 to 7.
BR Blend
Bouncing into the Growling Sound
By age 5-7 · 20 words
CR Blend
Coughing into the Growling Sound
By age 5-7 · 19 words
DR Blend
Drumming into the Growling Sound
By age 5-7 · 22 words
FR Blend
Blowing into the Growling Sound
By age 5-7 · 20 words
GR Blend
Gulping into the Growling Sound
By age 5-7 · 23 words
PR Blend
Popping into the Growling Sound
By age 5-7 · 18 words
TR Blend
Ticking into the Growling Sound
By age 5-7 · 21 words
S blends
/s/ + consonant clusters. Typically the last to arrive, by 5 to 7.
SL Blend
Snake into the Singing Sound
By age 5-7 · 20 words
SM Blend
Snake into the Yummy Sound
By age 5-7 · 11 words
SN Blend
Snake into the Nose Sound
By age 5-7 · 18 words
SP Blend
Snake into the Popping Sound
By age 5-7 · 27 words
ST Blend
Snake into the Ticking Sound
By age 5-7 · 40 words
SW Blend
Snake into the Kissing Sound
By age 5-7 · 20 words
SK Blend
Snake into the Coughing Sound
By age 5-7 · 27 words
Multisyllabic Words
Longer words, grouped by syllable count. Targets word shape and stress rather than a single sound.