Free /ch/ articulation activities and games
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/ch/ is an affricate: it starts like /t/, with the tongue stopping the air, and releases like /sh/. A student may say it as /sh/ (“shoe” for “chew”), as /t/ (“tip” for “chip”) or as /ts/. Thinking of it as a stop followed by a release helps both of you hear what is missing.
The boards cover /ch/ at the start, middle and end of words, a quick flashcard drill, mixed sentences and conversation starters for carryover. The /sh/ versus /ch/ minimal pairs board takes on a frequent confusion directly.
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Questions
- What cue helps with /ch/?
- The “choo-choo train” or the sneeze image: the air stops and then bursts out. For a student who can say both /t/ and /sh/, slide from one into the other (“t-sh”) and speed it up until it becomes /ch/.
- Why practice /sh/ against /ch/?
- Because the only difference is the stop at the start. Pairs like “shoe” and “chew” or “ship” and “chip” show that the stop changes the word.
- When should I move /ch/ into conversation?
- When the student says /ch/ accurately in the mixed sentences without your model. The conversation starters bring up /ch/ words as part of the talk, so you can listen for them without stopping the conversation.
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