Th-F Fricative Simplification Minimal Pairs Toolkit

Does your student exhibit fricative simplification (saying “f” for “th”) such as “free” for “three” and you need high-quality minimal pair cards? What if your students don’t understand what you are asking them to do?

Imagine if you could read your student a story that explains their speech errors in a child-friendly manner (introducing the idea of biting and tickling sounds), and then pair it with visuals and concepts that you can use to cue your student throughout the therapy process.

“I used the resource one time with a kiddo and I got a look of “ah hah” on their face!”

As an SLP who only treats speech sound disorders, I have created the ultimate “research-meets-clinical practice” resource, combining EVERYTHING you need (and didn’t know that you needed) to effectively implement the minimal pairs approach and make progress week-by-week.

DOWNLOAD THIS RESOURCE IF YOU WANT TO:
❶ — Have one resource that contains ALL the minimal steps: familiarization, auditory discrimination tasks and practice using minimal pair contrasts
❷ — Be able to “teach the rule” for fricative simplification using our highly reviewed stories that “click” for students
❸ — Save planning time by referring to our therapy activity ideas to help teach the concept of “My Biting & Tickling Sounds” sounds
❹ — Have a set of high-quality minimal cards
❺ — Choose between print or digital formats! Our story, familiarization and auditory discrimination tasks give you TWO options!

⭐ How does the Minimal Pairs Toolkit work?

FIRST Read the child-friendly “My Biting & Tickling Sounds” story and complete the hands-on learning activities so that your student “clicks” with the phonological rule.
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 “biting” and “tickling” 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 for Less Common Patterns!

Word targets in this packet:

• /θ-f/ initial position (8 pairs – 16 cards)
• /θ-f/ final position (4 pairs – 8 cards)

CONTENTS:
✅ — 41 page printable therapy resource + 29 slide digital resource
✅ — Evidence-based practice rationales and minimal pairs flowchart
✅ — Multisensory activities to help support the phonological concept
✅ — Minimal pairs word lists
✅ — Biting and Tickling Sound visuals (in various sizes to fit on task boxes etc.)
✅ — 24 minimal pairs cards in color + black and white
✅ — A print and digital copy called “My Biting and Tickling Sound Story” that introduces the metalinguistic concepts of biting and tickling sounds
✅ — A digital copy set of cards for familiarization and auditory discrimination

What SLP’s like you are saying:
“A very clear, easy to implement resource. Once you’ve prepped this, it takes all the guess-work out of your therapy session. Thank you!”

“These are exactly what I needed! It is so hard to find minimal pairs that also have teacher guidance and great images for the students! I bought several items just like this from this store!!”

“I have many students who work on the “th” sound and this toolkit has been very helpful for giving me ideas and materials.”

⭐ FEEL PREPARED & GET THE MINIMAL PAIRS TOOLKIT BUNDLE!⭐

If you are looking for some more in this series:

• Save 10% on the Minimal Pairs Toolkit Bundle for Less Common Patterns. This contains x6 minimal pairs toolkits for less common phonological patterns.
• Save 15% and purchase The Complete Minimal Pairs Toolkit Bundle. This contains x12 minimal pairs toolkits for the most common phonological patterns you treat.