Speech Sound Cue Cards for Articulation - Consonants & Vowels - Speech Visuals

These best-selling speech sound cue cards and visuals for articulation are ideal for providing students with consistent cues when they're learning new consonant and vowel speech sounds in Speech and Language Therapy sessions.

Each cue card contains a range of cues, including mouth shape visual, a description of the sound, and cues that can be used by the therapist to support production of the sounds.

A must-have resource for your speech sound toolkit!

Please note: If purchased separately, the total price of both resources would be $19.50. The bundle price is $16.50, which saves you just over 15%.

These articulation cue cards were fully updated in July 2023.

The vowel sound cue cards were fully updated in September 2023.

THIS SPEECH SOUND CUE CARD BUNDLE CONTAINS:

⭐️ The Consonant Cue Cards Resource (updated in July '23):

This resource contains cue cards for 24 consonant speech sounds of English -

p, b, m, n, w, h, t, d, k, g, f, v, s, z, ‘sh’, ‘zh’, ‘ch’, ‘j’, r, l, th (voiced and voiceless), y and ‘ng’.

They have been designed for use in Speech and Language Therapy sessions to help provide cues when students are learning new speech sounds.

An additional file is also included which contains cue cards for /r/ (with bunched and retroflex options), vocalic r and ‘rl’.

⭐️ About the consonant sound cue cards:

There are 5 different sets of cue cards. In each set, there are two sounds per page.

Each cue card includes a variety of cues to support students to produce the target sound.
The types and amount of cues varies depending on which cue card set you’re using. Each set has an explanation page before it, so you can learn more about the individual cue card sets and who may benefit from each type.

Cues include: phonetic cues (visual, verbal, tactile, and motokinesthetic), gestural cues, metaphors, metaphonological cues, and some orthographic cues (note- not all graphemes included).

Additional visuals and cue cards are also provided in the resource. Including a “My Speech Sound Helpers” diagram, visuals for the type of sound, tongue position, volume, etc.

See the preview for a detailed overview of what is included in this resource.

⭐️ Vowel Sound Cue Cards Resource (updated in September '23):

This resource contains cue cards for 25 vowel speech sounds of English (including non-rhotic vowels).

They have been designed for use in Speech and Language Therapy sessions to help provide cues when students are learning new vowel sounds.

⭐️ The vowel sounds included in this resource are:

/ɪ/- bit, /ɛ/- bet, /æ/- bat, /ɒ/ or /ɑ/- lot, /ʌ/- but, /ə/- about, /ʊ/- book,

 /i/- beep, /ɑ/-balm, /ɔ/- bought, /u/- boot, /o/ - no,

/eɪ/- bait, /e/- bait, /aɪ/- bite, /ɔɪ/- boy, /aʊ/-mouth, /əʊ/- boat, /oʊ/ boat, /ɚ/- butter, /ɝ/- bird.

Also includes non-rhotic vowels: /ɪə/- hear, /eə/- square, /ʊə/- cure, and /ɜ:/- nurse

Please note: The vowel sounds included in this resource are based on those listed in the vowel quadrant on the International Phonetic Alphabet, however, as there can be variation of these sounds based on regional dialect, some alternatives are included, for example, both /e/ and /eɪ/ for the long “a” sound.

You may also use a different IPA symbol to those provided.
Please be sure to check which variation you require prior to printing.

⭐️ About the vowel sound cue cards:

There are 3 different sets of cue cards.

Each cue card includes a variety of cues to support students in producing the target sound. The types and amount of cues vary depending on which cue card set you’re using. Each set has an explanation page before it, so you can learn more about the individual cue card sets and who may benefit from each type.

Supplemental visuals and cue cards are included to provide additional information regarding tongue height, tongue position, etc.

These are a great addition to any Speech and Language Therapy room and are suitable for use with students of all ages!

⭐️ Preparation:

Print onto cardstock. There are two sounds per page; cut the page in half to get individual cards.
Laminate if desired (useful if you want to draw extra cues such as airflow on the cards).
Tip: Print multiple pages to one page if you want smaller cue cards.

⭐️ Ideas for using these speech sound visuals:

• Use in therapy sessions to support speech sound production.
• Print and put on a bulletin board display as a sound wall.
• Send cue cards home for home practice.
• Use the posters with all sounds on one page) for stimulability assessments, progress monitoring, and educating others.

Please note these are suitable for US, UK and Aus. English! (other than the word "color" on the front cover, everything else has spellings suitable for UK/Aus English settings!)

PLEASE NOTE: This resource includes a color version only. I felt that the images lost a degree of clarity when in line art form. However, you can print in grayscale from your printer options if preferred, as the shading is preserved in this format.