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Posted by alice on 9/21/2006, 1:05 pm, in reply to "Structure of articulation therapy-need ideas" I try to make my drills fun -- I give them something to do with their hands while we say the words to keep track of how many words they've said. This might involve magnets, colored stones, chipper chat discs, plastic frogs. counting bears. I made a variety of laminated sheets they can choose to set their chips/stones on -- a very favorite is a map of the US: they put a stone or chip onto a state for every word. They say a total of 20 words, five times each, and it only takes about five minutes to get 100 repetitions of a sound (or syllable if they are just starting). Doing this as a warmup gets the sounds fresh in their minds for the rest of the session. After the drill, we quickly dump the chips/stones/whatever back into containers and move on to play an artic game that uses their sounds. This structure works well for me, and the kids always know what to expect, but I'd love to hear how others do it.
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I usually start my artic sessions with a warm-up drill and end with some sort of game or other activity-- if there's enough time. The kids know the routine, so they get right down to business with the drill.
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