/v/ Initial Flashcards
Flashcard drill for /v/ in word-initial position.
Session summary (SOAP)
Stays on this screen. Nothing is saved or sent.
Mark a card Correct, Correct with cue or Incorrect and the summary writes itself here.
How to run it
Teach it from /f/ if the child has that sound. The placement is identical and only the voicing differs, so asking a child to make an /f/ and then turn their voice on is often faster than teaching /v/ from nothing. A mirror shows the lip and teeth, and a hand on the throat shows the voicing. Five minutes covers the ten.
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 /v/, before the student tries again.Log as cued
- Verbal modelSay the word; the student says it right after you.Log as cued
- Placement cueTop teeth rest lightly on your bottom lip. Blow with your voice on so your lip buzzes.Log as cued
Adjust it
Drop to syllables ('va' and 'vee'), or use fewer cards.
Put each word in a short carrier phrase with no /v/ in it or mix in /v/ words from another position.
Matching IEP goal
Given picture cards, Student will produce /v/ in the word-initial 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
Ten words starting with /v/: van, vine, vest, voice, vase, vote, veil, verb, vain, vast. All single syllables, which keeps the load on the sound. /v/ is a voiced fricative made with the top teeth on the bottom lip — the same placement as /f/, with the voice added.
What to listen for
Listen for /b/ or /f/ replacing it. Ban for van means the lips have closed completely, turning a fricative into a stop; fan for van means the placement is right and the voice is off. Those are different problems — the first needs the airflow, the second needs the voicing.
Carrying it home
Van, vest and voice are ordinary words. /v/ is visible, so a family can see whether the teeth touched the lip, which makes it one of the more checkable sounds at home.
What's in this activity
- van
- vine
- vest
- voice
- vase
- vote
- veil
- verb
- vain
- vast
Questions
- What ages is this for?
- Kindergarten through third grade.
- Do I need an account?
- No, all ten cards play free.
- My child says 'ban' for 'van'. What do I cue?
- The airflow. A /b/ means the lips have closed completely, so the air stops rather than flowing through — cueing the top teeth onto the bottom lip usually fixes it in one step.
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.