Developing Speech and Language Skills - Noel's ESL eBook Library

Approximant cluster reductionMaking peopleTarget sound: ‘bl’ word initialContrast: ‘b’Words: Bob, blobResources: playdough; a cut-out boy figure you name Bob who is further cut up intopieces to make a jigsaw puzzle; slips of paper put into a bag with ‘Bob’ or ‘blob’ writtenon each oneActivityThe adult explains that blob is just a lump of playdough, and it needs to be madebigger. Bob needs completing with the rest of the puzzle pieces. The playdough andpuzzle pieces are to each side of the adult, out of reach. The adult picks a slip of paperand says ‘Bob’ or ‘blob’. The child indicates if they heard ‘blob’ by pointing at theplaydough, or if they heard ‘Bob’ by pointing at the puzzle pieces. If correct, the adulthands over a puzzle piece to add to the puzzle or a bit of playdough to add to ‘Blob’.Tree or tea?Target sound: ‘tr’ word initialContrast: ‘t’Words: tree, teaResources: a picture of a tree and of a cup of tea; smaller pictures of things that gowith the tree (e.g. a leaf, bird, squirrel, kite that got stuck, nest) and things that go intea (e.g. milk, sugar, spoon and teabag).ActivityThe pictures of tree and tea are placed on the wall a little way from where the child issitting. The adult secretly picks one of the smaller pictures and says where it goes. Thechild goes up to the picture they heard (tree or tea) and the adult then shows the childthe smaller picture to see if they were right. The child then attaches it to the picture onthe wall and returns to their seat for the next turn. Sometimes the adult might make a‘deliberate mistake’ to show the incongruities.133