Therapy activities that do double duty are my favorites. Here’s an activity that can be used for articulation or developing early listening and phonological awareness. 

For articulation it is perfect for clients who are working on early CV and VC words, and it’s engaging because there is glue! And cotton balls!

If you’re doing PROMPT therapy here are the target words by stage. No worries if you are not PROMPT trained, these words and this activity are still effective and fun. 

• Stage 3: baa, ba (ball), ma, mama, ah (on), up, 
• Stage 4: “oo,” mo (more), baby, mommy

Early listening skills are critical because they lead to phonological awareness. If you have clients who speak so quickly that it impedes their intelligibility, 1:1 word correspondence is a fantastic intervention! Baa Baa Black Sheep targets the following skills:

• recall of a single line from a nursery rhyme 
• recognition an incorrect word from the nursery rhyme
• production of a deliberate incorrect word themselves
• 1:1 word correspondence 

What you need for Articulation therapy:

• sheep coloring page (available at thespeechumbrella.com/free)
• glue
• cotton balls. Colored Cotton Balls 
• paper plate or scrap paper for glue

What you need for Listening & Phonological Awareness Activity

• carpet markers or anything that they can step on for 1:1 correspondence
• colored cotton balls (optional) 
• Phonological Awareness Tracking Form