CONSONANTS
NAME OF
SOUND
VERBAL CUE
OTHER CUES
“P” sound
Popping sound
“b” sound
Popping sound
Fill cheeks up with air and blow out with the sound, feeling wind
on hand
Fill cheeks up with air and blow out with the sound
“m” sound
Humming
sound
Buzzing teeth
sound
Tippy sound
Tippy sound
Open mouth
Windy sound
Throaty sound
Throaty sound
Biting lip
Windy sound
Where’s your pop?
You forgot your pop.
Where’s your pop?
You forgot your pop.
Close your mouth and
hummmmm..
Teeth together and buzz.
Use your tippy.
Use your tippy.
Where’s your wind?
I didn’t feel your wind.
Where’s your throaty?
Where’s your throaty?
You forgot to bite your
lip.
You forgot your wind.
You forgot to bite your
lip.
You forgot your wind.
Smile and make some
wind.
Keep those teeth
together.
Where’s your sticky?
Index finger to center of spot above upper lip
Index finger to center of spot above upper lip
Open palm of hand up just in front of your mouth to feel wind
“n” sound
“t” sound
“d” sound
“h” sound
“k” sound
“g” sound
“f” sound
“v” sound
Initial “s” sound
Biting lip
Windy sound
Smiley windy
sound
Final sounds
Sticky sounds
“z” sounds
Buzzing windy
sound
Fat & fluffy
sound
Chomping
sound
“sh” sound
“ch” sound
“j” sound
“l” sound
Chomping
sound
Lifty sound
“r” sound
Butterfly sound
“w” sound
Sliding sound
Lips together and hum. Touch to feel vibration
Finger on clenched teeth to fell vibration
Index finger pointed to throat
Index finger pointed to throat
Bite lower lip with upper teeth and blow wind
Bite lower lip with upper teeth and blow wind
Smile with teeth together and blow wind
Use your buzz.
Same as above for most but for “s” move forearm from left to
right; start with open hand - moving to a closed hand
Teeth together and blow wind
Make it fat and fluffy
Lips out and puckered while blowing out
I didn’t see those lips
moving.
Work your lips.
I didn’t see those lips
moving.
Work your lips.
Open your mouth –
tongue up.
Touch the spot and drop.
Push up on the sides and
move back with your
tongue.
ooo to eee sliding
Lips protruded while making chomp sound
Lips protruded while making chomp sound
Mouth open, tongue up behind upper teeth, then lowered
Demonstrate pushing up on sides of tongue in butterfly position
Start out in the ooo position with lips puckered then move to the
eee sound
“y” sound
Sliding sound
eee to ooo sliding
Start out in the eee position with lips spread then move to the
ooo sound
“sp, st, sk, sn, sl”
Friendly
You forgot your friend
With a straight index finger on table start moving finger from L
Sounds & other
sounds
to R while saying the /s/ sound then end by tapping finger on
consonant
table when the “friendly” sound is added – or move forearm
clusters
with open hand from L to R while saying /s/ sound & point to
other sound positions as indicated above
*Resource taken from Special Kids Pediatric Conference: Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Presented by David W Hammer, M.A. CCC-SLP