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We drove to New Orleans for a wedding.  The wedding was lovely.  The children were delightful.  We couldn't have been more proud of their behavior.  We very much enjoyed visiting with family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cBr\u003e One morning while enjoying the free continental breakfast at the hotel Michael was sitting in my lap and wiggling a bit as five year olds are prone to do.  His tailbone was grinding into my leg rather painfully and I asked him to sit still because his tailbone was hurting me.  He looked at me like I was crazy.  I found myself explaining vestigial body parts to him.  My cousins and I thought of wisdom teeth, and appendixes in addition to the tailbone and then conversation moved elsewhere.\u003cBr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I should have known Michael was deep in thought because, in retrospect, he was uncharacteristically quiet, but I was distracted with visiting.  Several minutes later he popped in with this thoughtful insight... \"Mama, you know what else is vestigial?\"  At my prompt of, \"Yes sweetheart?\" he replied, \"Newspapers!\"  He then earnestly supported his assertion with rather well thought out examples of all the other ways we can learn things today.  We all burst out laughing as I tried to defend newspapers to my son.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Although we had obviously missed some subtleties as we explained the meaning of \"vestigial\" to Michael I was astonished at his ability to swiftly comprehend a rather abstract concept and then promptly turn around and apply the newly gained knowledge to an entirely different context.  Sometimes I wonder how I will ever keep up with him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cBr\u003e "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/feeds/2991421714438758565/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2013/09/vestigial.html#comment-form","title":"6 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2522593221428423055/posts/default/2991421714438758565"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2522593221428423055/posts/default/2991421714438758565"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2013/09/vestigial.html","title":"Vestigial"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Dala"},"uri":{"$t":"https://www.blogger.com/profile/09390391982768152147"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"35","height":"35","src":"//lh3.googleusercontent.com/zFdxGE77vvD2w5xHy6jkVuElKv-U9_9qLkRYK8OnbDeJPtjSZ82UPq5w6hJ-SA\u003ds35"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"6"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2522593221428423055.post-245395102164716770"},"published":{"$t":"2012-11-17T05:00:00.000-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-11-17T05:00:10.509-06:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"crafts"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Michael"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"daily life"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Slightly Crafty Birthday Party Favors: Felt Crayon Carriers"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I am not the birthday theme sort.  We choose a nice venue and invite friends for company.  We have a cake and candles.  We sing happy birthday and open our presents at home.  (I've found that asking a crowd of 3-5 year olds to sit and watch someone else open presents for 15-20 minutes while they'd rather be playing is just painful.) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cBr\u003eI do like the relatively new tradition of having small gifts/party favors for the guests - particularly when those guests are very young children.  This year I, rather ambitiously, decided to make something.  I didn't want to do the party favor aisle stuff this year.  I know from experience most parents end up throwing that stuff out.  I also liked the idea that I could make something more unique that the kids and parents would like out of materials I already had lying around from my busy book days (\u003ca href\u003d\"http://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2011/10/busy-book-chalkboard-2-page-spread.html\"\u003e1\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href\u003d\"http://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2011/10/busy-book-phonics-pockets-page.html\"\u003e2\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href\u003d\"http://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2011/10/busy-book-apple-tree-page.html\"\u003e3\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href\u003d\"http://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2011/10/busy-book-caterpillar-page-numbers-and.html\"\u003e4\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href\u003d\"http://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2011/10/busy-book-shapes-page.html\"\u003e5\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href\u003d\"http://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2011/10/busy-book-underwater-bead-maze-page.html\"\u003e6\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href\u003d\"http://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2011/12/busy-book-fasteners-page.html\"\u003e7\u003c/a\u003e). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cBr\u003eI'm making little felt crayon rolls in a variety of colors.  I'm going to include a small piece of paper that says \"Thank you for coming to Michael's party!\" with cute clip art.  I'll attach balloons to each one and use them to decorate the table.  Then each child can choose one they like and take the crayon roll and balloon home.  The crayons in each roll will coordinate with the color of the felt. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cBr\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CIxH0uf6TvI/UKVoynw3z9I/AAAAAAAAD7A/6VMbNebLN3Q/s1600/Homemade%2BCrayon%2BCarriers.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" height\u003d\"238\" width\u003d\"400\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CIxH0uf6TvI/UKVoynw3z9I/AAAAAAAAD7A/6VMbNebLN3Q/s400/Homemade%2BCrayon%2BCarriers.JPG\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cBr\u003eI took 9x12 pieces of craft felt and cut 1.5 inches off length-wise.  Then I cut the remaining piece in half.  Fold that piece over by about 2/3.  Also cut a 18 inch long piece of ribbon or cord of some kind, fold it in half and stick in in-between the fold on one side.  Sew a U shape around one side, the bottom, and other side making sure to securely attach the string/ribbon.  Then just make four evenly spaced lines from the bottom to the top of the pouch to form the pockets for the five crayons.  Insert crayons, roll-up, and tie.  Repeat 14 more times.  (I didn't get very many RSVP's from Michael's classmates so I want extras just in case.)  Done. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cBr\u003eWell, then make the thank-you for coming notes on the computer, print out 15 of those, cut them out and insert them in the rolls.  Then remember to actually bring the favors to the party and attach balloons to them and place them on the table.  But then you're done. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cBr\u003eOk, fine.  Then you have to set up the cake, loosely supervise children and chat with parents, orchestrate the gathering of children and singing of Happy Birthday, cut and serve the cake, take pictures, pay the venue, gather all of your things, and get out of there before the next party.  Then you're really done. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cBr\u003eHmm...  well, I can actually think of a few more things, but I think you get the idea.  :-) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e(Inspiration found \u003ca href\u003d\"http://onhandmodern.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/11/another-first-sewing-project-felt-crayon-roll.html\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e.)\u003c/i\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/feeds/245395102164716770/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2012/11/slightly-crafty-birthday-party-favors.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2522593221428423055/posts/default/245395102164716770"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2522593221428423055/posts/default/245395102164716770"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2012/11/slightly-crafty-birthday-party-favors.html","title":"Slightly Crafty Birthday Party Favors: Felt Crayon Carriers"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Dala"},"uri":{"$t":"https://www.blogger.com/profile/09390391982768152147"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"35","height":"35","src":"//lh3.googleusercontent.com/zFdxGE77vvD2w5xHy6jkVuElKv-U9_9qLkRYK8OnbDeJPtjSZ82UPq5w6hJ-SA\u003ds35"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CIxH0uf6TvI/UKVoynw3z9I/AAAAAAAAD7A/6VMbNebLN3Q/s72-c/Homemade%2BCrayon%2BCarriers.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2522593221428423055.post-5534578653121192895"},"published":{"$t":"2012-09-15T05:07:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-09-15T05:07:00.508-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Michael"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"daily life"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Bonus Points for the Mom Who Lets Her Children Walk Around With Serious Illness and Injury for Days on End"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Remember that time I let a two-year old Ava walk around with a broken hand for five days before taking her to the pediatrician for an unrelated ear infection and discovering the broken bone by accident? (\u003ca href\u003d\"http://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2012/02/lesson-learned-or-how-we-called-our.html\"\u003estory\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href\u003d\"http://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2012/02/weekly-review-week-46.html\"\u003ebonus pictures\u003c/a\u003e)  Stellar example of motherly instinct there.  \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eWell, this time it's Michael.  He developed a cough a couple of weeks ago.  There was no fever, no runny nose, no obvious signs of illness.  He was just coughing.  At first it was a little.  Then it was nearly constant.  Finally I called the pediatrician.  We discussed it over the phone.  Our best guess was mild asthma triggered by fall allergies.  We brought him in for a \"listen\" and to discuss treatment yesterday morning.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eWe walked out with a diagnosis of walking pneumonia, a prescription for some fancy antibiotics, instructions to use his inhaler faithfully three times a day, and a directive to return in 10 days to be sure we kicked it.  Lovely.  This time I let my 4 year old walk around with pneumonia for two weeks before calling in an expert.  You'd think I'd learn to be a little less conservative about calling the pediatrician.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/feeds/5534578653121192895/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2012/09/bonus-points-for-mom-who-lets-her.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2522593221428423055/posts/default/5534578653121192895"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2522593221428423055/posts/default/5534578653121192895"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2012/09/bonus-points-for-mom-who-lets-her.html","title":"Bonus Points for the Mom Who Lets Her Children Walk Around With Serious Illness and Injury for Days on End"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Dala"},"uri":{"$t":"https://www.blogger.com/profile/09390391982768152147"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"35","height":"35","src":"//lh3.googleusercontent.com/zFdxGE77vvD2w5xHy6jkVuElKv-U9_9qLkRYK8OnbDeJPtjSZ82UPq5w6hJ-SA\u003ds35"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2522593221428423055.post-807374822600503861"},"published":{"$t":"2012-09-08T05:02:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-09-08T05:02:00.153-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Michael"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"articulation"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"therapy"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Michael's Speech Therapy"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"A couple of weeks ago I asked you all for some \u003ca href\u003d\"http://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2012/08/soliciting-opinions-on-age-of.html\"\u003einput about \"age appropriate\" errors\u003c/a\u003e and whether, in your experience, they resolve on their own for a child with a history of speech problems that needed intervention.  After reading all the comments and emails I received from you I decided to relax a little with Michael.  His only remaining errors are with /th/ (and some slight gliding of /r/ and /l/ which doesn't concern me at this point).  \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eBefore I asked you all for your input I was planning a major push on /th/.  I was going to work with Michael on /th/ for 45 minutes x2 a week in the waiting area while Ava was getting her Tu/Th speech therapy.  I've decided he doesn't need that much.  In fact, pushing too hard might be counter-productive.  \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eInstead, I need to work from his strengths.  Michael is an early reader.  Letters have always spoken to him.  He learned his alphabet really early.  He learned letter-sound correspondences early.  He was just interested.  Reading Chicka Chicka Boom Boom taught him the alphabet.  Playing with the AlphaBlocks website taught him the correspondences.  Bob books and the Usborne Early Readers taught him to decode CVC words.  He likes it.  So, I'm going to sneak in raising his awareness of the difference between /f/ and /th/ through reading.  (I'm also going to do a little traditional artic work on it, but I'll get to that in a minute.)  The reading work I've done with Michael so far hasn't dealt with any of the digraphs (th, ch, sh, etc.) so he hasn't had the opportunity to realize that \"thumb\", for example, is actually not spelled \"fum.\"  I'm going to do activities that focus on \u003cu\u003ereading\u003c/u\u003e words with \"th\" and \"f\" and see if that does the trick.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eI also came across the concept of \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.5minutekids.com/description.html\"\u003e5-minute speech therapy\u003c/a\u003e at some point.  I don't remember exactly where, why, or when, but it's been floating around in the back of my head ever since.  I find the concept intriguing.  It would allow an amazing amount of personalization in a school setting.  Essentially, instead of grouping students into twice a week 30-60 minute sessions, you see all of the speech children on your caseload for 5-7 minute individual sessions heavily focused on drill in the hallway.  Just pull them from their room for a few minutes several times a week and do heavy drill on their specific target phonemes at exactly the level they need to be working at.  I find this idea tempting for straight artic kids.  Done right, they could get as much practice in 5-7 individual minutes as they do in a 30-45 minute group session.  They lose much less classroom time.  Your schedule is more flexible and make-ups would be much easier to squeeze in.  But I digress...\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eI thought I'd use that concept with Michael.  Instead of working /th/ for 45 minutes twice a week I'll do an intense 5-7 minute drill twice a week.  Then we'll move on to some other activity.  Once a week, we do his weekly preschool homework.  The other day we'll do some reading taking the time to highlight every example of \"th\" that occurs in that reading.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAnd that's my current speech plan for Michael.  In large part, that's due to the input I got from those of you saying that it would probably be fine to relax a little about the /th/.  So, thanks!"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/feeds/807374822600503861/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2012/09/michaels-speech-therapy.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2522593221428423055/posts/default/807374822600503861"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2522593221428423055/posts/default/807374822600503861"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2012/09/michaels-speech-therapy.html","title":"Michael's Speech Therapy"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Dala"},"uri":{"$t":"https://www.blogger.com/profile/09390391982768152147"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"35","height":"35","src":"//lh3.googleusercontent.com/zFdxGE77vvD2w5xHy6jkVuElKv-U9_9qLkRYK8OnbDeJPtjSZ82UPq5w6hJ-SA\u003ds35"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2522593221428423055.post-6703335069656714867"},"published":{"$t":"2012-08-29T05:06:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-08-29T05:06:00.724-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Michael"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Soliciting Opinions on Age of Acquisition Guidelines"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"It's terribly hard to qualify a speech-only child based upon specific articulation errors because the age range for age of acquisition is so wide.  However, for the sake of this discussion, let's set aside the issue of qualification and just discuss treatment.  You have a (hypothetical) child enrolled in therapy.  You've been treating them for some time, and the only errors they have left are \"age appropriate.\"  Do you continue to treat or discharge that client from therapy?\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eOr, let's say you have a child with a frontal lisp on /s/ production that is very noticeable, but they're only 4-5 years old.  Do you treat the lisp?  I'm inclined to treat.  I feel like letting certain errors go just tends to set them in stone, so to speak.  By the time the errors are finally age inappropriate, the mispronounciations are fully habituated and harder to treat than they would have been if you had addressed them earlier.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eI was hoping to get some other opinions.  Have any of you encountered situations where children with a history of speech errors that need treatment had \"age appropriate\" errors resolve on their own without treatment as the child ages?  I'm prompted to ask because of Michael.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eMichael had a tendency to produce a wide variety of sounds interdentally.  /f/, /v/, /s/, and /z/ were all produced with significant tongue protrusion.  Given his abnormal speech history (almost completely absent babbling, no vowel productions or \"cooing\" until over 8 months of age, no words at all until 15 months...) and his sister's more significant speech issues, I decided to treat.  /s/ and /z/ are pretty much completely resolved, and /f/ and /v/ are well on their way although still problematic in conversation.  At 4 1/2, problems with /f/ are now age inappropriate, but that's the only speech error he has that currently would \"qualify\" for treatment.  \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eI could step back now.  I could work gently, but persistently on /f/ and /v/ when they come up naturally in conversation and just take a wait and see approach on the final remaining errors (/f/ for /th-/ and /d/ for /th+/).  /th/ is a sound that would never qualify for treatment at 4 1/2.  Given the history, would you wait and see if the /th/ resolves on its own or would you work on it?"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/feeds/6703335069656714867/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2012/08/soliciting-opinions-on-age-of.html#comment-form","title":"4 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2522593221428423055/posts/default/6703335069656714867"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2522593221428423055/posts/default/6703335069656714867"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2012/08/soliciting-opinions-on-age-of.html","title":"Soliciting Opinions on Age of Acquisition Guidelines"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Dala"},"uri":{"$t":"https://www.blogger.com/profile/09390391982768152147"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"35","height":"35","src":"//lh3.googleusercontent.com/zFdxGE77vvD2w5xHy6jkVuElKv-U9_9qLkRYK8OnbDeJPtjSZ82UPq5w6hJ-SA\u003ds35"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"4"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2522593221428423055.post-5730422800881008486"},"published":{"$t":"2012-08-22T05:03:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-08-22T05:03:00.168-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SLP"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Michael"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"therapy"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Minimal Pairs Speech Therapy Activities"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"The new school year is here and Ava is back in her speech therapy group twice a week for 45 minutes.  We have a wonderful opportunity to participate in a speech-only program that uses a Hodson Cycles approach to phonological processing therapy which is a great fit for her.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eWhile Michael and I wait, I'll be doing speech therapy with him.  That way, I know both children will get at least 90 minutes of therapy a week.  I've been busy preparing some materials for Michael.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eI did a brief screening with Michael last week.  At this point, his /f/ and /v/ production are almost 100% correct at the word level, but he still produces them interdentally at least half the time in conversation.  So essentially, his /f/ and /v/ are produced as a /th/.  This is ironic, because he substitutes an /f/ for the voiceless /th/ even at the word level.  He also substitutes /d/ for the voiced /th/.  Those are his only errors.  So in summary, his only errors are on /f/, /v/, and /th/ and he often substitutes /f/ for /th/ and vice versa.  So, with some encouragement by our private speech therapist we're going to use a minimal pairs approach to working with these sounds.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eI made a voiceless /th/ - /f/ minimal pairs set and we're going to begin working with those.  Here are the types of activities I'm planning on doing with them.  Does anyone have any additional ideas or activities for working with minimal pairs?  \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cfont size\u003d\"2\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMinimal Pairs Therapy Activities\u003c/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eIf child is reading, or has good phonological awareness skills, \u003cb\u003ediscuss the letter-sound correspondences\u003c/b\u003e of the targeted contrasting phonemes first.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlay a sorting game\u003c/b\u003e.  (For this activity you'll have to cut the pairs in half.)  Have the child sort the /f/ words into one pile and the /th/ words into another pile.  Add some fun to this game by sorting into fun containers or pretending the cards are eaten by a puppet.  If your child is savvy enough to \"cheat\" by looking at the printed words on the cards, hide the text when they are performing the sorting task.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuditory bombardment\u003c/b\u003e.  Have the child put on his or her listening ears.  Then read all the /f/ words to the child.  Next read all the /th/ words.  Finally, read the contrasting pairs -slightly- emphasizing the contrasting phoneme.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eListen and point game\u003c/b\u003e (auditory discrimination).  Again have your child put on his or her listening ears.  Place one contrasting pair set in front of the child.  Hide your face behind a piece of paper and say one of the words.  The child must point to the word you produce.  To make this activity a little harder, use the word with a carrier phrase (\"I see a...\", \"I like the...\", etc.).\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatching game\u003c/b\u003e.  (Cut pairs in half.)  Shuffle the cards and have the child sort and match the contrasting pairs.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eMemory game.\u003c/b\u003e  (Cut pairs in half.)  Shuffle the cards and lay in grid face down.  Play memory using the contrasting pairs and two halves of a match.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eProduction practice\u003c/b\u003e.  Practice, practice, practice.  Have the child say the words.  Say the /f/ words.  Then say the /th/ words.  Then say the word contrast pairs.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eCreate-a-sentence\u003c/b\u003e.  (Cut pairs in half.) Shuffle the cards and draw two to three cards.  Make up a sentence using those cards and have the child repeat the sentence.  If they can, have the child make up their own sentence.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eCreate-a-story\u003c/b\u003e.  (Cut pairs in half.) Shuffle the cards and draw four to six cards.  Make up a story using those cards and have the child tell it back to you.  If they can, have the child make up their own story.\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/font\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/feeds/5730422800881008486/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2012/08/minimal-pairs-speech-therapy-activities.html#comment-form","title":"5 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2522593221428423055/posts/default/5730422800881008486"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2522593221428423055/posts/default/5730422800881008486"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2012/08/minimal-pairs-speech-therapy-activities.html","title":"Minimal Pairs Speech Therapy Activities"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Dala"},"uri":{"$t":"https://www.blogger.com/profile/09390391982768152147"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"35","height":"35","src":"//lh3.googleusercontent.com/zFdxGE77vvD2w5xHy6jkVuElKv-U9_9qLkRYK8OnbDeJPtjSZ82UPq5w6hJ-SA\u003ds35"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"5"}}]}});