About this activity
Twelve fluency shaping tasks in Spanish: empieza suave — aaagua, eeel niño, ooootra vez; alarga las palabras — miiii caaasa, vaaamos aaafuera; toque ligero — pelota, papá, bicicleta; frase lenta — quiero un vaso de agua, ¿puedo ir al baño? The techniques are the same ones used in English, and the material has to be Spanish for a Spanish-speaking student to practise them where they will use them.
How to use it in a session
Follow the order the board uses: gentle starts on vowels first, then stretching, then light contact on stops, then whole phrases. The frase lenta items are the point — ¿puedo ir al baño? is a sentence a child actually needs to say at school, and a technique that works on it has done something. Twelve minutes covers the set with repeats on the phrases.
What to listen for
Listen for over-application. A child slowing every syllable has learned a speech pattern rather than a technique, and it will be dropped as soon as peers are present. Watch the light contact items — pelota, papá, bicicleta all start with /p/ or /b/, which are the stops where pressure builds, and a gentle contact there is the specific target.
Carrying it home
Ask the family to notice one easy start a day rather than monitoring all speech. In a Spanish-speaking home the modelling matters most: an adult speaking a little more slowly does more than any correction.
Questions
- Is this board in Spanish?
- Yes, entirely. The page is in English so an English-speaking clinician can find and evaluate it, but the practice material is Spanish.
- Do I need an account?
- No, all twelve tasks are free to use.
- What grades is it for?
- Second through fifth, for Spanish-speaking students working on fluency shaping.