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Eliciting k, g sounds
Eliciting Correct Production of /k/ and /g/ Sounds
k, g These sounds are made by humping up the tongue in the back and quickly tapping the tongue on the roof of the mouth. The difference between /k/ and /g/ is that /k/ is unvoiced (less airflow) while the /g/ sound is voiced (more airflow). You can feel a difference by placing your hand on your throat as you produce the sounds. Common substitutions for these sounds are /t/ for /k/ and /d/ for /g/, which means the child is tapping the front of the tongue to the roof of the mouth just behind the top front teeth, known as fronting. In order to help a child make this sound correctly, hold the tongue down in the front of the mouth with a finger or a popsicle stick. In holding this part of the tongue down, it should hump up in the back. Adjust the finger or stick to keep the tongue down in front only, but beware of the gag reflex.
Suggested words (remember beginning words need functional meaning for each individual child):
Initial /k/ words (note most words start with grapheme ‘c’, but the phoneme or sound is /k/) cab call car coat comb corn cage camp card cob come cow cake can cart cold cone cub calf cap cat colt cool cup
keep kick kids king key kid king kite
Final /k/ words back block cake cook kick neck bake book chalk dock lake peek beak break check duck lock puck bike brook cheek hawk look rock black buck chick hook make sock
Initial /g/ words game get give good gas ghost go goose gate gift goat got geese girl gone gum
Final /g/ words bag dig frog jug peg big dog hog keg pig bog egg hug leg rug bug fig jig log slug clog flag jog mug twig
©Kate Ross, MS, CCC-SLP: 2000. www.edukater-slp.com View PDF file |
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