Description
Have you ever tried minimal pairs therapy for initial consonant deletion 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 starting and hiding 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:
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Understand the steps in minimal pairs therapy
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Complete familiarization and auditory discrimination tasks in a print or digital format
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Get a list of multisensory activity ideas to help teach the concept
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Have a set of high-quality minimal cards
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Use the print or digital story to introduce the phonological cues
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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 starting and hiding 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 you students understand and can hear the difference between the pairs.
THEN Use this starting and hiding sound concepts as cues as you engage in drill-play games using the beautifully illustrated minimal pairs cards.
Word targets in this packet:
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-ice vs. consonant sounds (6 cards)
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-in vs. consonant sounds (8 cards)
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-eat vs. consonant sounds (8 cards)
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-ache vs. consonant sounds (8 cards)
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-at vs. consonant sounds (8 cards)
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-eye vs. consonant sounds (8 cards)
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-ate vs. consonant sounds (8 cards)
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-ill vs. consonant sounds (6 cards)
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-aim vs. consonant sounds (6 cards)
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WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS PACKET?
✅ — Evidence-based practice rationales and minimal pairs flowchart
✅ — Multisensory activities to help support the phonological concept.
✅ — Minimal pairs word lists
✅ — Starting and Hiding Sound visuals (in various sizes to fit on task boxes etc.)
✅ — 66 minimal pairs cards in color + black and white
✅ — A print and digital copy called ‘My Starting and Hiding Sound Story’ that introduces the metalinguistic concepts of starting and hiding sounds.
✅ — A digital copy set of cards for familiarization and auditory discrimination
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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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