Need to finally elicit an R?
Teaching R is a systematic approach to teaching tongue placement for the R sound. It has a solid basis in the principals of motor learning and contains over 200 pages of teaching materials, visuals, and practice pages for every form of R. Teaching R has helped HUNDREDS of speech therapists (and even more students) find success in speech therapy!
Retroflex, vocalic r, r blends, bunched r
Need to get R in other words?
So you finally have the R sound but gosh darn it… getting it in any other form or word is TOUGH. R puzzles are the perfect tool for visual and tactile learners. They can finally (and literally) see that their R fits into EVER R word… no matter the form! Students love putting the puzzles together (much more engaging than flash cards) and find it so helpful.
teaching r in speech therapy
Need to keep sessions productive?
Even if your student (or students!) doesn’t have a beautiful, crisp R sound yet… don’t stress. You can stay productive in therapy AND maintain your sanity by incorporating phonology. Not only will you be laying the groundwork for generalization once that R finally comes in… but you will feel good about the services you are providing.
listening game for speech therapy
Need to speed up the R?
Many students can produce a beautiful R… but only if they go slow. That’s acceptable until it comes time for actually using our R sound in real life! Speedy R is designed to give visual and tactile cues for speeding up that R sound with dedicated drill work.
r speech therapy vocalic r
Need to generalize R?
R therapy can take a while and it can get stale. It’s always good to have a variety of materials on hand – bonus points for ones that bring giggles. R Tongue Twisters provides materials at word, phrase, sentence, paragraph, and structured conversation level. It also, of course, has some silly tongue twisters to challenge your students who are working on generalization!
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