Articulation Practice: /s/

Week One

All practice is done in front of a mirror, so my daughter can visually check her tongue and mouth position.

Practice initial /s/ sound 10 times.

Practice single syllables with initial /s/. Repeat list 5 times.

sah
say
see
sigh
so
su

Week Two

Syllable practice is done in front of a mirror.

Continue single syllable practice from Week One.

Practice syllables with /s/ in middle position. Repeat list 5 times.

ahsah
aysay
eesee
ighsigh
oso
usu

Read a story (selected from Story-Making Machine) with emphasis on /s/.

Week Three

Continue single syllable practice with /s/ in initial, middle and final positions, expand vowel combinations.

Begin work with consonant blends.

For the last vowel with /s/ in final position, you could use "pass" or "bass," but the introduction of an initial consonant changes the formation of the word, and increases the difficulty. I just keep thinking "donkey."

Single syllable practice -- /s/
Initial position /s/ sah (as in awful) say see sigh so su (as in food) seh (as in get) sih (as in sit) suh (as in up) sa (as in sad)	Middle position /s/ ahsah aysay eesee ighsigh oso usu ehseh ihsih uhsuh asa	Final position /s/ ahs ays (ace) ees ighs (ice) os us ehs ihs uhs ass

Week Four

Double syllable practice /s/
Initial position /s/ sahsah saysay seesee sighsigh soso susu sehseh sihsih suhsuh sasa	Middle position /s/ ahsah aysay eesee ighsigh oso usu ehseh ihsih uhsuh asa	Final position /s/ ahsahs aysays eesees ighs-ighs (ice-ice) os-os us-us ehsehs ihsihs uhsuhs assass

Week Five

Additional double syllable practice /s/
Initial position /s/ sahsay saysee seesigh sighso sosu suseh sehsih sihsuh suhsa	Middle position /s/ ahsay aysee eesigh ighso osu useh ehsih ihsuh uhsa	Final position /s/ ahsays aysees eesighs ighsos osus usehs ehsihs ihsuhs uhsass

Week Six

Consonant Blends Initial Position
skah skay skee skigh sko sku skeh skih skuh ska	slah slay slee sligh slo slu sleh slih sluh sla	smah smay smee smigh smo smu smeh smih smuh sma	snah snay snee snigh sno snu sneh snih snuh sna	spah spay spee spigh spo spu speh spih spuh spa	stah stay stee stigh sto stu steh stih stuh sta	swah sway swee swigh swo swu sweh swih swuh swa

Week Seven

Consonant Blends Final Position
ahsk aysk eesk ighsk osk usk ehsk ihsk uhsk ask	ahsk aysp eesp ighsp osp usp ehsp ihsp uhsp asp	ahst ayst eest ighst ost ust ehst ihst uhst ast

Week Eight

Daily practice of all exercises from Weeks Three-Seven.

Week Nine

Daily practice of all exercises from Weeks Three-Seven.

New final consonant blends practice.

Consonant Blends Final Position
ahsks aysks eesks ighsks osks usks ehsks ihsks uhsks asks	ahsps aysps eesps ighsps osps usps ehsps ihsps uhsps asps	ahsts aysts eests ighsts osts usts ehsts ihsts uhsts asts

Week Ten

Continue practicing all /s/ exercises to date.

Single Syllable Words/Consonant Blends final position
sahsks saysks seesks sighsks sosks susks sehsks sihsks suhsks sasks	sahsps saysps seesps sighsps sosps susps sehsps sihsps suhsps sasps	sahsts saysts seests sighsts sosts susts sehsts sihsts suhsts sasts