

For most students I use a tongue depressor to guide placement of the tongue for /k/, explaining to the student that they need to keep their tongue tip down.I have heard great things about this book in general and it is on my “wish list.†Eliciting Sounds: Techniques and Strategies for Clinicians : I own the original OLD SCHOOL first addition of this book (ok, so I actually copied the book while in graduate school because I was broke but thought it was awesome…).Flavored Tongue Depressors  can also be used in the same way as DumDums (but I find kids prefer the candy! Way more motivating!)īooks That Go Over Elicitation Techniques.The tongue tip down in the front to prevent the /t/ and /d/ that are typically substituted for the /k/ and /g/. Dum Dum Pops  or Tootsie Pop Mini  can be used to touch/rub areas of the mouth to teach placement and awareness and can be used to hold  or Tootsie Pop Mini  can be used to touch/rub areas of the mouth to teach placement and awareness and can be used to hold.

You can use some different items to assist in providing a child with some tactile/proprioceptive feedback when teaching the /k/ and /g/. I also have used play doh to make a tongue and mold it into the shape it needs to be in for a given sound (you see this on my Tips to Teach the /r/ Post) Proprioceptive Elicitation Tools Just like for the /r/ sound, a fantastic 3 dimensional visual aide I like to use when teaching sounds is the Jumbo Mighty Mouth Hand Puppet from SuperDuperInc. I will also lean my head back for an additional visual cue to get the tongue back and up.

For the /k/ and /g/ I point to the throat. I always use gestural cues to cue children on which sounds we are working on.I learned this trick in grad school and have used it many many times! For tricky kids who are fronting, I have found that using a Dum Dum or Mini Tootsie Pop to told the tongue tip down and THEN tell the child to make the sound, will allow for the back of the tongue to move up and make the /k/ or /g/ or a close approximation.Sometimes having the child actually lay on his back is needed. Having the child lean his head back so the tongue slides back to the oral cavity.Here are MY tips for eliciting the /k/ and /g/ sound that I personally have found effective: now, let’s get started on the /k/ and /g/ sounds! (There are affiliate links in this post for your convenience)
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