Phoneme /θ/
Place: Linguadental | Manner: Fricative | Voicing: Voiceless
Have the child place their tongue gently between their teeth and blow air between tongue and teeth with their voice off.
Cognate pair: /ð/
Initial: Thumb | Medial: Toothbrush | Final: Bath
- Have child produce /f/ and move tongue between upper teeth and lower lip while air continues to flow
- Refer to it as their “quiet tongue sandwich”, it will remind the child to keep their tongue between their lower and upper teeth as well as their voice off
Potential Session Goals
Name will produce initial /θ/ in words/phrases/sentences/conversational speech with % accuracy independently/with minimal/moderate/maximal cues over 3 consecutive data collection sessions.
Name will produce medial /θ/ in words/phrases/sentences/conversational speech with % accuracy independently/with minimal/moderate/maximal cues over 3 consecutive data collection sessions.
Name will produce final /θ/ in words/phrases/sentences/conversational speech with % accuracy independently/with minimal/moderate/maximal cues over 3 consecutive data collection sessions.
Name will produce /θ/ in all positions of words in in words/phrases/sentences/conversational speech with % accuracy independently/with minimal/moderate/maximal cues over 3 consecutive data collection sessions.