Have you ever wanted to carry-over the work your child is doing with their SLP at home, but don’t know how to do it other than with articulation drills? Do you ever say to your child, “It’s time to practice,” but you get hit with a “no”? Try making articulation practice at home fun AND interactive. Here are 5 games you can play at home with materials you might already have!

1. Scavenger Hunt

Send your child on a “sound scavenger hunt” around the house. Using their target sound, send them around the house to find items that start with that letter. When you find an item, it’s time to practice!

2. Hot and Cold

Hide a picture card that has your child’s target sound. As they walk around the house trying to find the pictures, tell them hot/hotter/burning hot as they get closer to the picture or cold/colder/freezing as they are moving away from the picture. When the picture is found, it’s time to practice!

3. Bowling

Set up plastic cups on the floor and tape picture cards to each cup. Have your child roll a ball towards the cups. To include some movement, have your child hop/skip/dance to go pick up the fallen cups. When they get the cups, look at the picture on the cup and it’s time to practice!

4. Straw Blowing

Write your child’s target sound words on pieces of paper. Crumble them up and line them up on the table. Have your child blow the crumbled papers with a straw towards the end of the table. When one falls off the table, go grab it and it’s time to practice!

5. Bean Bag Toss

Place the picture cards with your child’s target sound around on the floor. Grab a bean bag or soft object you can throw and have them throw it towards the picture cards. Go grab the picture the beanbag landed closest to, and it’s time to practice!