Vibrante múltiple /rr/ inicial
Tarjetas para la vibrante múltiple en posición inicial: ratón, rueda, río, rosa.
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
Start from a fast repeated tap rather than from the trill itself. Many students find the trill by repeating a /d/ or a tap quickly until it turns over, which is a motor discovery rather than something that can be described. Ratón and rosa are good first words, both short with a following back vowel. Ten minutes covers a subset with the discovery work.
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 the trilled /rr/, 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 relaxed on the ridge behind your top teeth. Blow a steady stream of air so the tip flutters several times. Starting from a quick 'd-d-d' can help.Log as cued
Adjust it
Drop to syllables ('rra' and 'rro'), or use fewer cards.
Put each word in a short carrier phrase with no /r/ or /rr/ in it.
Matching IEP goal
Given picture cards, Student will produce the trilled /rr/ in Spanish 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
Fourteen Spanish words with the trilled r at the start: ratón, rueda, río, rosa, rojo, radio, risa, ropa, reloj, regalo, rana, rama, raíz, rico. A word-initial r in Spanish is always the trill, never the tap, which makes this position the cleanest place to work on it.
What to listen for
Listen for a single tap substituted for the trill. It is the standard pattern and it is not always an error — the trill is one of the later sounds in Spanish and a young child producing taps may well be within the expected range. Watch río and raíz, where the vowel sequence is complex and competes with the target.
Carrying it home
Rojo, ropa, reloj and rosa are everyday words. Asking a child to say one of them carefully, once, is a better home task than a list, since the trill takes a long time and needs many small exposures.
What's in this activity
- ratón
- rueda
- río
- rosa
- rojo
- radio
- risa
- ropa
- reloj
- regalo
- rana
- rama
- raíz
- rico
Questions
- Is this board in Spanish?
- Yes, all fourteen words are Spanish. This page is in English so an English-speaking clinician can find and evaluate it.
- Is it free?
- Yes, no account or card needed.
- Is the trill a late sound?
- Yes, one of the later ones in Spanish. A young child producing single taps where trills belong is often within the typical range, so age and exposure matter before calling it an error.
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.