Description
Have you ever tried minimal pairs therapy for fronting and found that your students don’t understand what you are asking them to do?
What if you could read your student a story that explains their speech errors in a child-friendly manner (introducing the idea of front and back sounds), and then pair it with visuals and concepts that you can use to cue your student throughout the therapy process.
DOWNLOAD this toolkit if you want to:
❶ — Understand the steps in minimal pairs therapy
❷ — Complete familiarization and auditory discrimination tasks in a print or digital format
❸ — Get a list of multisensory activity ideas to help teach the concept
❹ — Have a set of high-quality minimal cards
❺ — Use the print or digital story to introduce the phonological cues
❻ — Evidence-based information about minimal pairs therapy
⭐This resource is intended to be the STARTING PLACE for minimal pairs therapy.⭐
FIRST Introduce the concept that there are Front sounds and Back sounds by reading the child-friendly story and completing some of the hands-on learning activities.
NEXT By using the print or digital version, complete familiarization and auditory discrimination activities so that your students understand and can hear the difference between the pairs.
THEN Use these Front and Back concepts as cues as you engage in drill-play games using the beautifully illustrated minimal pairs cards.
⭐DID YOU KNOW that this resource is part of a six-series bundle? You get a discount when you purchase the complete Minimal Pairs Toolkit ⭐
Word targets in this packet:
- Initial T-K (8 pairs – 16 cards)
- Initial D-G initial (8 pairs – 16 cards)
- Initial SH-S (8 pairs – 16 cards)
- Final T-K (8 pairs – 16 cards)
- Final D-G (8 pairs – 16 cards)
- Final SH-S (4 pairs – 8 cards)
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CONTENTS:
✅ — Evidence-based practice rationales and minimal pairs flowchart
✅ — Multisensory activities to help support the phonological concept.
✅ — Minimal pairs word lists
✅ — Front and Back Sound visuals (in various sizes to fit on task boxes etc.)
✅ — 88 minimal pairs cards in color + black and white
✅ — A print and digital copy called ‘My Fronting Story’ which introduces the metalinguistic concepts of front and back sounds.
✅ — A digital copy set of cards for familiarization and auditory discrimination
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What SLP’s like you are saying:
❝ I LOVE using this resource to target fronting. I can just see in my student’s eyes when it “clicks”. The visuals are perfect and I highly recommend this resource overall!❞
❝ This resource just has everything you need as an SLP to teach fronting to a client. The amount of time, work, and knowledge that went into this product is clearly evident.❞
❝ I used the fronting story recently and it really seemed to click for my client! She engaged really well with it and it has set her up really well for therapy! I’ll definitely be using this again!❞
❝ Oh my word, what a fantastic find! And best of all: NO PRINT ON iPAD!❞
❝ AMAZING resource!!! Love using this with my pre-K client! It has made so much of a difference❞
⭐FEEL PREPARED & GET THE MINIMAL PAIRS TOOLKIT BUNDLE!⭐
If you are looking for some more in this series then look at:
• The discounted bundle – this includes everything you see below at a sale price!
• Stopping
• Voicing
• Gliding
• ‘S’ Cluster Reduction
• Final Consonant Deletion
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
This is a digital file and is licensed for one person to use. Upon purchase, you will receive a link to download the product. Printing and assembly of the product may be required. For more information about single-person use, please refer to our Terms of Use.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Rebecca Reinking is an SLP who works privately with children who have speech sound disorders. She has a particular interest in phonological interventions and strives to connect and collaborate with speech scientists to bridge the gap between research and clinical practice.
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10 reviews for Fronting & Backing Minimal Pairs Toolkit
emilykeen (verified owner) –
I love this resource! Along with the complexity approach resources from AISP this is probably my most used! The children love the concept story and it really helps them to understand. The pictures are also lovely and I find my children engage better with them than other cards I used previously.
Bethany F. (verified owner) –
Really colorful to keep their attention! So many ways to use this: laminate and go, teletherapy, paper for take-home, etc. My kids have responded well to the front/back visuals and use these terms consistently in our sessions after the first time using this activity!
Clare M. (verified owner) –
This resource by Adventures in Speech Pathology is pure GENIUS! They are everything from visually appealing to absolute quality! They make teaching speech sounds a breeze! Thank you so much Adventures in Speech Pathology, so phenomenal 🙂
Kathy R. (verified owner) –
The Fronting & Backing Minimal Pairs Toolkit is a fantastic resource that uses engaging stories and visuals to help children understand and correct their speech errors in a fun and effective way.
Olivia J. (verified owner) –
LOVE this toolkit! The story is so simple but is such a fun and great resource to use to explain the ‘phonological process’ and the ‘find the sound’ activities are such a hit with all of my kids.
Elizabeth R. (verified owner) –
This resource is SO helpful when targeting fronting/backing. The story really helps my students understand what front/back sounds are!
Hallie N. (verified owner) –
The pictures are kiddo friendly and they love them! This is the third minimal pairs kit I have purchased and I am never let down! Thank you for making this SLP’s busy day more bearable!!
Caitlin B. (verified owner) –
My clients are engaged with these activities. Love the story at the beginning and I always start the sessions reading it with my clients before we start to practice the sounds each session. It has great target words that are functional to the child and their everyday language. The colours and pictures are engaging to the clients. Great way to practice speech sounds in therapy.
Carlie R. (verified owner) –
I used this resource a lot for my students with phonological deficits. Minimal pairs make such a difference for a lot of my students, and this is so nice to have prepped because minimal pairs can be tricky to think of off the top of your head let alone get visuals to go along with!
Maryann Scaccia (verified owner) –
LOVE this resource. The story provides a fantastic way to introduce the concept of front and back sounds and the visuals are very engaging. With this tool, I’ve been able to help my students achieve progress very quickly.