Fricative sounds based articulation therapy as a part of phonic language learning method

For many children with special needs, especially those with speech delays or whose home language is other than the school language, long consonant sounds called fricatives are particularly difficult since they require continued air-flow.

Phonic learning practices suggest two ways involving loud recitation as follows.

1. · Rhyming word pairs (Such as shoe-n-ship; zoo-n-zip)

2. · Auditory discrimination word pairs - the words with close sounds or affricates / semi-plosive, a consonant sound (Such as toe-n-sew; do-zoo; pat-n-fat; bet-n-vet; thin-n-tin)

The example of the loud recitation could be as follows

Example 1

Fricative practice

Like Christmas cactus

Needs more time

To speak-n-shine

~*~

Now sing aloud

And feel proud

Shoe and ship

Zoo and zip

Shoe and zoo

Ship and zip

~*~

Like wise...

Fail and fret

Veil and vet

~*~

Thin and thigh

This and thy

Sin and sigh

Create a loud recitation piece with auditory discrimination word pairs