Visual Cues for Speech Sounds
These cartoons are cute and age appropriate ways to talk to young children about speech sounds. They help a child connect between a speech sound and how to position their articulators (lips, tongue, mouth).
While you can scroll through the various sounds, please keep in mind that there is an order and rationale for teaching kids certain sounds in a specific order (such as teaching sounds in a developmental heirarchy). So, please consult your speech language pathologist before working with you child on a specific sound).
Vowels are special! Why? Because they don't always make the sound one as written. If your child is a reader, put an emphasis on the sound as spoken, not as written.
Sound:
A
Verbal Instruction:
Open your mouth like an alligator!
Practice Words:
- as
- an
- app
- hat
- bat
- sat
- cat
Sound:
Ah
Verbal Instruction:
Say aaah like at the doctor…
Practice Words:
- box
- fox
- aha
Sound:
O
Oh! Someone took a bite of the donut
Sound:
Oo
Cue:
Round lips like a fish
Consonants matter. A lot!
Sound: P
Poppopop like popcorn
(By age 2)
Sound: S
Verbal Instruction:
Smile and close your teeth (tongue stays inside), slither like a snake
Practice Words:
- as
- an
- app
- hat
- bat
- sat
- cat
Sound:
T
Verbal Instruction:
t…t…t… like a tick tock clock
(By age 2)
Practice Words:
- box
- fox
- aha
Sound:
Oo
Cue:
Round lips like a fish
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