/k/ Medial Flashcards
Conventional medial /k/ targets at the single-word level.
Session summary (SOAP)
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Mark a card Correct, Correct with cue or Incorrect and the summary writes itself here.
How to run it
Split the word at the sound: mon-key, poc-ket. Splitting gives the child a final /k/ and then an initial one, both easier than the medial version, and rejoining them is the target. The pocket-rocket-bucket-ticket group is worth doing together, since the shared rhyme lets the child hear that the changing part is not the target. Six minutes covers the twelve.
Cueing ladder
Start at the top. Add support one step at a time.
- IndependentShow the card and wait 3 seconds for the student to say it.Log as correct
- Visual cuePoint to your mouth, or show the mouth picture for /k/, before the student tries again.Log as cued
- Verbal modelSay the word; the student says it right after you.Log as cued
- Placement cueTongue tip down behind your bottom teeth. Lift the back of your tongue to the back of the roof of your mouth, then let a quiet puff pop out.Log as cued
Adjust it
Drop to syllables ('ka' and 'kee'), or use fewer cards.
Put each word in a short carrier phrase with no /k/ in it or mix in /k/ words from another position.
Matching IEP goal
Given picture cards, Student will produce /k/ in the word-medial position in single words in 8 of 10 opportunities across 3 consecutive sessions, given no more than a visual cue.
Send it home through the parent portal →About this activity
Twelve words with /k/ in the middle: monkey, pocket, rocket, chicken, bucket, ticket, bacon, hockey, cookie, taco, soccer, peacock. All two syllables, and several of them — pocket, rocket, bucket, ticket — share a shape, which makes the target position easy to hear once you have heard it in one of them.
What to listen for
Listen for the sound weakening in the middle of the word rather than being replaced outright. A softened, half-made /k/ between two vowels is easy to accept on a quick pass and is not the target. Watch peacock and taco, where the /k/ falls at the start of the second syllable — a slightly different position from pocket, where it closes the first.
Carrying it home
Cookie, pocket, chicken and soccer come up in ordinary days. Asking a family to listen for one of them, rather than for the sound in general, is a task that gets done.
What's in this activity
- monkey
- rocket
- chicken
- bucket
- ticket
- bacon
- hockey
- cookie
- taco
- soccer
- peacock
Questions
- What grades is this for?
- Kindergarten through third, usually after initial /k/ is stable.
- Do I need an account?
- No, all twelve cards play free in the browser.
- Why work on position separately?
- Because they are different motor tasks. A child can be accurate at the start of a word and lose the sound in the middle, and practice on initial words does not fix the middle.
Use this board with your caseload
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.
Track progress freeFree for SLPs. No card, no trial clock.