What ages is this for?

Preschool through second grade. /g/ develops early, so it is usually a target for younger children.

Yes, all twelve cards play with no login.

My child drops the last sound entirely. Is that different from substituting?

Yes, and it points at a different pattern — final consonant deletion affects many sounds at once, not just /g/, and is usually worth addressing as a pattern rather than sound by sound.

/g/ Final Flashcards

Conventional word-final /g/ targets at the single-word level.

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bag

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How to run it

Ask for the word and then a two-word phrase — big dog, my bag — and stop there. The final /g/ is quiet and easily dropped, so exaggerate it in your model slightly rather than asking the child to say it louder. Six minutes covers twelve cards, which is about the right length for a preschool or kindergarten session.

Cueing ladder

Start at the top. Add support one step at a time.

Step 1IndependentShow the card and wait 3 seconds for the student to say it.Log as correct
Step 2Visual cuePoint to your mouth, or show the mouth picture for /g/, before the student tries again.Log as cued
Step 3Verbal modelSay the word; the student says it right after you.Log as cued
Step 4Placement cueTongue tip down behind your bottom teeth. Lift the back of your tongue to the back of the roof of your mouth, then release it with your voice on.Log as cued

Adjust it

Easier

Drop to syllables ('ag' and 'eeg'), or use fewer cards.

Harder

Put each word in a short carrier phrase with no /g/ in it or mix in /g/ words from another position.

Matching IEP goal

Given picture cards, Student will produce /g/ in the word-final position in single words in 8 of 10 opportunities across 3 consecutive sessions, given no more than a visual cue.

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About this activity

Twelve short words ending in /g/: bag, bug, dog, egg, log, pig, rug, tag, dig, hug, fog, leg. All single syllables with simple structures, which suits the age this target usually belongs to — /g/ is an early sound, and a child working on it is generally young enough that longer words get in the way.

What to listen for

Listen for the sound being dropped rather than replaced. Do for dog is the characteristic error in final position — the whole consonant disappears — and it is a different pattern from dot, where a /t/ has been substituted. Watch egg and leg, where the vowel is short and the final consonant is easy to swallow.

Carrying it home

Dog, bug, pig and hug come up constantly with young children. Asking a family to listen for the end of the word, rather than the whole word, gives them something specific enough to actually notice.

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Questions

What ages is this for?: Preschool through second grade. /g/ develops early, so it is usually a target for younger children.
Is it free?: Yes, all twelve cards play with no login.
My child drops the last sound entirely. Is that different from substituting?: Yes, and it points at a different pattern — final consonant deletion affects many sounds at once, not just /g/, and is usually worth addressing as a pattern rather than sound by sound.

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With a free account, every correct, cued and incorrect mark is saved to the student and scored against their IEP goal, with the data written up for you. Assign it as home practice through the parent portal.

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