R Blends
For Speech Therapy

R blends can be quite difficult to learn for any child, especially a child with a speech disorder; however, I am here to help ease this task with some free and paid resources.

There is a little something for everyone!

Available R Blends Resources

You have 3 options for resources:

1. Free (word lists and game ideas)
2. Join our informative newsletter (also free!) and receive free cariboo cards and smash mats
3. Purchase our awesome full set of r-blends resources (smashmats and Cariboo cards)

Keep reading to explore and discover which resources best fit your needs today.

Paid Resources

By popular demand, I created a "blends edition" of our Cariboo cards and articulation smashmats.

Cariboo Cards - Blend Edition

• Cariboo cards for the following S blends: SK, SL, SM, SN, SP, ST, SW
• Cariboo cards for the following L blends: BL, FL, GL, KL, PL
• Cariboo cards for the following R blends: BR, KR, DR, FR, GR, PR, STR, TR, THR, SHR, SKR, SPR, TW
• 26 pages in total
• So...you get more than just /s/! Woohoo!

You can read more about it here or buy your own copy by clicking the link below and adding it to your cart.

Smashmats - Blends Edition

• Articulation mats for the following L blends: BL, FL, GL, KL, PL
• Articulation mats for the following R blends: BR, KR, DR, FR, GR, PR, STR, TR, THR, SHR
• Articulation mats for the following S blends: SKR, SPR, SK, SL, SM, SN, SP, ST, SW, TW
• There is one mat with that combines all blends for each sound
• There are game boards for the all sounds listed above as well

You can read more about it here or buy your own copy by clicking the link below and adding it to your cart.

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Free Word Lists and Games

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BR Blends

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KR Blends

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DR Blends

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FR Blends

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GR Blends

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PR Blends

STR Blends

TR Blends

THR Blends

SHR Blends

SKR Blends

SPR Blends

TW Blends

Articulation Games for R Blends

Take turns with your child saying the desired words during the games listed below. It is important to practice hearing as well as saying the words.

1. Brush - A child can brush his/her hair, brush your hair, brush a doll's hair, or use a paintbrush. Make sure to say "brush" before taking a turn.
2. Crayon - Practice "kr" while drawing a picture using crayons. Say "crayon" before picking a new color.
3. Drive - A an drive cars around a track, down a ramp, on the floor, etc.. You and your child can pretend to drive somewhere or talking about driving while actually driving in the car.
4. Frog - You guys can play with toy frogs, find actual frogs in a lake/pond, or do frog jumps around the room.
5. Green/Gray - Find all the green or gray things in a room. Easy!
6. Price - Play store and name/decide the prices of objects
7. Street - Push cars or trucks on a street (pretend street)
8. Treasure - Play toys around the room and go on a treasure hunt to find them
9. Throw - Throw a ball in a basket or paper scarps in a garbage. Fun!
10. Shred - Rip up paper as you pretend to "shred" them
11. Scribble - Get out lots of coloring utensils and make scribbles
12. Spray - Fill a bottle with water and spray plants, the sidewalk, etc...
13. Twist - Twist around while dancing

Membership Site

If you are a parent and your child

• has trouble saying multiple sounds 
• needs to work on vocabulary development
• needs to improve grammar skills
• needs to practice following directions
• needs to work on narrative language
• needs to work on social skills

AND you want

• a step-by-step guide to help your child 
• ideas on how to improve all language skills at home
• functional games
• worksheets
• flashcards
• and more!

Then, our members site might be just what you need. Click here to read more about it.

If you are a professional and you want: 

• Articulation Screening Tools
• Data tracking sheets
• Templates in Google Drive for easy data tracking and graphing
• Homework sheets/parent handouts on articulation therapy
• General flashcard games
• 36 flashcards for each sound: B, D, F, G, J, K, L, M, N, P, R, S, T, V, Z, SH, TH, CH
• 8-10 functional games for each sound
• Language based worksheets to spice things up!
• Picture description tasks
• Short story stimuli

Our membership might be just what you need.

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Bridget is an ASHA certified, practicing speech language pathologist. She is passionate about providing parents with information on child speech and language development as well as provide functional, easy activities to do at home! Parents have the power to make a real difference. Follow Bridget at Facebook and Pinterest for more fun!

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