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These Animal Speech Sound Cues for Articulation are an easy way to encourage your articulation kids to remember their new sounds. With two different prompts per sound, and colorful and engaging visuals, these cues are a fun and practical reminder tool. There are also flashcards with the same great visuals, and a black and white version of the resource too. With so many options, these cues can be used in so many different ways!
Does your child have difficulties saying their speech sounds and you just need child-friendly, easy to learn cues that are actually appealing? Learning speech sounds can be especially tough for young learners, so this set of 22 engaging, animal-themed pictures are particularly memorable!
Watch their faces light up when they remember the “hissing snake sound” for /s/, proudly demonstrate their “bunny teeth” for /f/, and confidently “lift their tongue” like an elephant’s trunk for /l/. These intuitive, colorful cues turn complex speech concepts into fun adventures that are meaningful for children.
Love this super cute resource. I have found it a wonderful way to engage parents too. When I use this resource, I find that the parents tend to refer to the ‘bunny sound’ etc which enables greater transference of learning from sessions with me, to home too.
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➊– Two sets of x22 cues that are intuitive and help children make sense of speech sounds
❷–Visuals that are big, bright, and easy to hold
❸–To help children remember speech sound cues (children REALLY connect with the animals)
❹–To support phonological awareness (many of the cards are alliterative)
There are two versions to the animal cues – one set names the cues (e.g., top toeing tiger sound) while the other set tells you what to say to your child (e.g., tap your tongue behind your top front teeth to make ‘t’). Together, they provide a simple and easy-to-understand way for children to develop their speech sounds.
⭐ PREPARATION TIP: Try laminating and sticking the picture cues on craft sticks so that they’re eays to hold
CONTENTS:
✅ — 22 different animal mouths
✅ — All main sounds are included: p, b, t, d, m, n, ng, w, y, r, l, h, f, s, sh, z, th, v, ch and j
✅ — Color and black and white copies provided so that students can take home, color & use
✅ — Stimulability testing form – Flashcards are also included for the purpose of stimulability testing and auditory discrimination.
Related speech cue cards and assessments:
What SLP’s like you are saying:
“These are my FAVOURITE visuals. I love that I can use these not only as a reminder of what sound to target, but also a visual representation of what I don’t want my kiddos to say. The cues and the names of the sounds too make it easy for my kids to learn and remember their sounds.”
“These visuals are helpful for sound metaphors and so fun for the kids. Really helps them focus and remember how their sounds are made.”
“This has been a go-to resource for me! I use it in so many ways- attached to home practice materials, for speech sound instruction, as cues for what I heard vs the sound I should hear, etc. My students learn the cues quickly and we all love the graphics! “
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27 reviews for Animal Speech Sound Cue Cards for Articulation
Lindsay Paterson (verified owner) –
These have added another layer to my cueing strategies this year. They’ve been especially helpful for my younger students who need a lot of help with listening for sounds in words and understanding correct sound production. Such an easy but effective tool to add to the toolbox when treating speech sound disorders (and phonological awareness)!!
Fran (verified owner) –
These cards have been amazing during sessions. My kids love the animal illustrations and always get a kick out of them. I highly recommend them! I particularly like the phonetic cues 🙂
Lora G. (verified owner) –
These are so cute! The bunny teeth for /f/ and the elephant for /l/ are my favorites. I laminated and glued them to popsicle sticks for visuals and my students love them!”
Rebecca B. (verified owner) –
My clients loved the animal faces and especially loved feeding the animals. It keeps kids motivated and attending to tasks. I have used this resource is such a time saver and doesn’t take long to prepare. I have been able to use it in a number of different ways already
Hannah L. (verified owner) –
Absolutely love this resource! The pictures of the animals are so cute and my students find them really engaging. They provide great descriptions for the sounds and really support my students in achieving their goals. I use this resource almost daily.
Nicole C. (verified owner) –
My preschoolers love these animal sound cue cards! The animal metaphor has been a great tool that really helps the sounds “stick.”
Brooke L. (verified owner) –
My patients love these visuals during articulation sessions, especially my younger patients. Also love that I can send copies home to support parents in carryover and at home practice.
Rachel S. (verified owner) –
These visuals are helpful for sound metaphors and so fun for the kids. Really helps them focus and remember how their sounds are made.
Hannah W. (verified owner) –
Very engaging concepts and illustrations – especially for younger children. A great addition to my toolbox when eliciting new sounds.
kwhisler (verified owner) –
I use these every week in my elementary-based SLP position! The visuals are so helpful and fun for my students! I am so glad I bought these in addition to the speech sound mouth picture cues. Makes a great pair!
Miranda (verified owner) –
Parent review (not a speechie!) I found adventures in speech on Instagram and I knew my son would love the animal cue cards. I loved the video explanation by Rebecca about how she uses them in clinic. We have used them daily for the past 4 weeks and I have noticed increased clarity in my son’s speech and the whole family now knows about popping penguins and babbling birds.
Brittani F. (verified owner) –
I love this resource! Talk about an attention grabber for the little ones working on their articulation. It makes learning sounds fun and it provides a great association for the little ones to associate their sounds with animals. Easy to use!
Paije A. (verified owner) –
I’ve been using the Animal Speech Cues with my students, and they absolutely love them! The animal-themed visuals are engaging and help my students easily remember how to make the right sounds. For example, the “hissing snake” for /s/ and the “bunny teeth” for /f/ have been great for making articulation fun and intuitive. The double-sided cards are fantastic because they give both a visual cue and a verbal prompt to reinforce the sound. I also love the black-and-white versions that my students can color and take home. These cues have made speech therapy more interactive and enjoyable, helping my students grasp speech sounds in a way that clicks for them!
Uniquee B. (verified owner) –
I love these visual sound cue cards! They’re so helpful for breaking down how to produce sounds, and they make it easier for my kids to understand and succeed.
Maria L. (verified owner) –
I used this unit over the summer. Will continue to use in 2nd grade.
Lisa F. (verified owner) –
My students have loved this resource! It has been so helpful having visual supports as cues for motor movements. I have seen improvement with the use of this resource! The graphics are also beautiful and so kid friendly.
Elizabeth Dooley (verified owner) –
I’ve always seen Rebecca show these on her IG and didn’t think they would be that helpful (vs her mouth cues) but I finally got them and boy was I wrong. They are engaging for the kids and I have been able to help kids associate the speech properties of target sounds so much more easily. Especially for the younger kiddos. I use these nearly every day and love pairing them with lots of other AISP therapy materials.
Tracey B. (verified owner) –
I have bought several of your resources and find everyone of them very useful and put together for teaching my speech students. Thank you!
Jolie A. (verified owner) –
So cute! The visual support really helps my clients understand exactly what we’re practicing!
Andrea D. (verified owner) –
These visuals have been so fun to use during speech therapy sessions. My younger students love them. I love the written cues that go along with each speech sound. I read these each time I use them, which the students are beginning to say with me.
Dina G. (verified owner) –
Obsessed with these animal sound cues!! They work amazingly with my little kiddos, easy to get them engaged in their sound production!
Sabrina L. (verified owner) –
I absolutely love using this resource with my preschoolers. It helps me to elicit the different speech sounds in a fun way and my students love the fun animal pictures. Since using this resource, speech assessments and treatment have been so much easier!
Aubrey H. (verified owner) –
Great resource to help with cueing for preschoolers with speech sound disorders. I use them when working on placement and I also hold up two together when working on cluster reduction to remind the child to use both sounds in the cluster.
Stacie M. (verified owner) –
These are so much fun for giving those visual cues to students for speech sound productions. I love the animal theme!
Leana M. (verified owner) –
My kids had so much fun with this activity! Thank you!
Georgia P. (verified owner) –
These are so good as a visual cue when learning sounds! I also love them for acting as a quick reminder throughout a session.
Dianne Finney (verified owner) –
Amazing! don’t know what I did without them. I use them for my “speechie” kids at school and in the foundation classroom finding the right sounds to make digraphs etc. I am an SSO and have quite a few of your resources they are all so easy to use and bright and colourful.