Speech Sound Development

Below you will find a range of pictures to use when practicing speech sounds with your child. Make sure you follow guidance from a Speech and Language Therapist / Speech and Language Therapy Assistant before using these resources.

You can use the pictures alongside our Speech Listening Workbook and Speech Production Workbook that take you through the steps to children hearing and then producing each speech sound themselves.

Consonant and Vowel sounds in Isolation

You can use the ‘sounds in isolation’ to create a range of sound formations, including:

• Consonant + Vowel
• Vowel + Consonant
• Consonant + Vowel + Consonant
• Vowel + Consonant + Vowel

Word Initial Speech Sound Pictures

Where the targeted sound that your child is learning to hear or produce is at the beginning of a word.

Word Medial Speech Sound Pictures

Where the targeted sound that your child is learning to hear or produce is in the middle of a word.

Word Final Speech Sound Pictures

Where the targeted sound that your child is learning to hear or produce is at the end of a word.

Cluster Sounds Pictures

Where a cluster of speech sounds appear at the beginning of a word, e.g. “st” or “pr”

Sound Stories

Below you will find a range of sound stories. Make sure you follow guidance from the Speech and Language Therapist / Speech and Language Therapy Assistant on which sound stories you should be accessing.

Word Initial:

Word Medial:

Word Final:

Clusters:

Pacing Boards

If the Speech and Language Therapist / Speech and Language Therapy Assistant as recommended for you to use pacing boards with your child, please find some examples below, and look through the information sheet here alongside.