/n/ Final Phrases
Two-to-four word phrases with word-final /n/, the step between words and sentences.
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Mark a card Correct, Correct with cue or Incorrect and the summary writes itself here.
How to run it
Use this once final /n/ is reliable in single words. /n/ is the tongue tip on the ridge behind the top teeth, with the sound coming through the nose, so the cue is finish with your tongue up. Have the child hold the end of the word — the can, the hen — before going on. Start with the phrases that end on the target, like a big fan and feed the hen, then take the ones where the /n/ is in the middle of the phrase: open the can, the sun goes down. Five minutes covers the ten.
Cueing ladder
Start at the top. Add support one step at a time.
- IndependentShow the card and let the student say the whole phrase on their own.Log as correct
- Visual cuePoint to your mouth, or show the mouth picture for /n/, before the student tries again.Log as cued
- Verbal modelSay the phrase with the /n/ word slightly stressed; the student repeats it.Log as cued
- Placement cueTongue tip on the bumpy ridge behind your top teeth and keep it there. Hum so the sound comes out of your nose.Log as cued
Adjust it
Go back to single words: the student says just the /n/ word from each card.
Move to sentences: the student puts the phrase into a sentence of their own.
Matching IEP goal
Given phrase cards, Student will produce /n/ in the word-final position in phrases 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
Ten short phrases with /n/ at the end of a word: ten men, a hot bun, a big fan, open the can, the dog's bone, the moon at noon, feed the hen, one tiny pin, a pine cone, the sun goes down. A final sound is easy to lose in connected speech, and phrases put that final /n/ in front of another word where it is easy to lose.
What to listen for
Listen for the final /n/ disappearing altogether — a hot bu, feed the he — rather than being replaced, which is the usual pattern at the end of a word. Watch the vowel before it: a child who drops the /n/ sometimes nasalises the vowel instead, which sounds close but has no tongue contact. Notice ten men and the moon at noon, which have /n/ in two places, and whether both are there.
Carrying it home
Point out the end of words when you read together — sun, moon, fun. Stretching the last sound a little when you say it gives the child something to copy without making it a drill.
What's in this activity
- ten men
- a hot bun
- a big fan
- open the can
- the dog's bone
- the moon at noon
- feed the hen
- one tiny pin
- a pine cone
- the sun goes down
Questions
- What ages is this for?
- Pre-K through second grade.
- Is it free?
- Yes, all ten phrases play in the browser with no login.
- Why work on final /n/ in phrases?
- A child who says can correctly on its own may still drop the /n/ in open the can, because the next word pulls attention forward. Phrases are the place to catch that.
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.
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