Pediatric Speech Therapy at the Boston Ability Center: Activities to target the "k" and "g" sounds
- Boston Ability Center
- Mar 7, 2021
- 3 min read
Updated: Apr 26, 2021
Our SLPs are back with recommendations for speech sound home practice, and this week our focus is on “k” and “g”. Here are some of our favorite online books and games to practice these sounds in a fun and functional way!
Books:
These books offer opportunities for a lot of repeated practice with “k” and “g”! While reading these books, ask your child to say, “Can you turn the page?” or “Go to the next page!” You can also model comments like “This is a good book” or “I like it!” You can have your child describe what they see or help you finish your sentence as you read (e.g., Good night … gorilla!”)
Articulating the letter "g":
Target words: goose, grain, together, got, glad, gone, galloped, geese, goodbye, grandmother
2. Marvin K. Mooney, Will You Please Go Now! by Dr. Seuss
Target word: go
3. Three Billy Goats Gruff by Paul Gladone
Target words: goat, gruff, grass, hungry, ugly, going, gobble, bigger, groan, got
4. A Girl, A Goat, and a Goose by David McPhail
Target words: girl, goat, goose, bigger, biggest, along, go, get, again
5. The Goat who Couldn’t Sneeze by Cecilia Avalos
Target words: goat, big, go, bag, zig-zag
6. Go away Big Green Monster by Ed Emberly
Target words: go, big, green, scraggly, squiggly, long
7. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Target words: great, green, goodnight, young
8. Good Night Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann
Target words: goodnight, gorilla
9. A Frog in a Bog by Karma Wilson
Target words: frog, log, bog, bigger, grows, slugs,
10. Big Egg by Molly Coxe
Target words: big, egg, dog, pig, goat
Articulating the letter "k":
1. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Target words: caterpillar, cake, ice cream cone, cupcake, stomach, calle, cocoon
2. Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
Target words: caps, carried, country, back, monkey, came,
3. Clara Caterpillar by Pamela Duncan Edwards
Target words: (There’s a lot for this one!) clara, caterpillar, cream, colored, cabbage, courageous, contented, called, curled, case, considerable, commented, curious, cautious, crowd, cornelius, come, comfortable, cares, cruel, cute, calm, cried, clambered, lucky, climbed, crawled, crammed, cauliflower, carrot, colossal, chrysalis, catty conceited, comforted, crimson, caught, cottony, crinkled, cuddled, crushed, creased, cramped, coiled, cranky, tickles, corkscrew, cozy, copper, scruffy, crimson, course, cobweb, crow, caw, scaly, escape, careful, catch, camellia, camouflaged, crisis, coast, clever, carefully
4. A Butterfly is Born by Melven Burger
Target words: insect, drinking, curl, look, caterpillar, sticky, chrysalis, can,
5. Farmer McPeepers and His Missing Milk Cows by Katy Duffield
Target words: McPeepers, milk, cow, likkity-split, clip-clopped, cried, came, snaked, continued, colorful, commence
6. Have You Seen my Cat? By Eric Carle
Target words: cat
7. The Doorbell Rang by Pat Huchins
Target words: cookies, come, cousins
8. The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
Target words: carrot, come,
9. Three Little Kittens by Paul Galdone
Target words: kittens, cry, look
10. Cookie’s Week by Cindy Ward
Target words: cookie, knock, kitchen, closet, close, curtain, climb
11. Duck on a Bike by David Shannon
Target words: duck, bike, climb, cow, careful, trick, cat, chicken, squeak
12. One Duck Stuck by Phyllis Root
Target words: duck, stuck, muck, luck, can, cricket, sticky, climb, crawl, wakes,
13. Moo Moo Brown Cow by Jakki Wood
Target words:
14. Oink! Moo! How do you do? By Grace MacCarone
Target words: cow, kitty, calves, kids, duck, quack, chick, count
15. Stuck in the Mud by J Croser
Target words: stuck, calm, squawk, count, cluck, cat, sink, mucky, chick
16. Duck in the Truck by Jez Alborough
Target words: duck, truck, back, tack, rock, muck, stuck, muck, croak, can’t,
Games:
Playing online games is a great way to elicit your child’s target speech sounds through comments, directives, and requests! Try taking turns controlling the game. When your child is playing, ask them to describe what they are doing. When you are playing, ask your child to give you directions. Get even more practice with “k” and “g” by asking your child to say “Ready, set, go”, “Click the button,”
As always, keep in mind the complexity of the task. If your child is doing well with the single word “go” gradually increase the phrase length: “go faster, let’s go faster, let’s go to the top.”
1. Kitty Care https://www.crazygames.com/game/pet-salon-kitty-care
Target words: kitty, cat, care, clean, get (get the shampoo etc.), go (the cat is ready to go)
2. Duckie Deck Shopping Cart https://duckiedeck.com/play/shopping-list
Target words: cart (put in the cart!), chicken, cucumber, milk, cake
3. Classroom Timers https://www.online-stopwatch.com/classroom-timers/
You can select characters to race and practice saying “ready, set, go!”
4. Burger Chef https://www.kiloo.com/en/burger-chef-cooking-story/
Target words: cook, make, get (e.g, get the bun, get the lettuce), coin (you get a coin when you finish making a burger)
5. ABCYa Make a Cookie https://www.abcya.com/games/make_a_cookie
Target words: cookie, make, bake, decorate, cut, candy
6. ABCYa Make a Cupcake https://www.abcya.com/games/make_a_cupcake
Target words: make, cupcake, decorate, bake, candy, candy cane
If you have questions regarding your child’s language development, visit our website HERE or contact us HERE.
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