Articulation Blocks: Speech Therapy Game Companion + Digital Option

Grab your wooden unstacking blocks game and these mats for a FUN and EFFECTIVE speech therapy session with this game companion! ! I love playing stacking blocks in therapy but my students often got frustrated with how easy it is to knock over (and some of my students would knock it over or bump the table on purpose). I wanted to figure out a way to play this game without as much frustration

This is how Articulation Blocks was born! Includes a blank fill-able (type-able) mat to create your own! Includes a Google Slides version with moveable pieces, great for distance learning, teletherapy, or a no print option. I also added Mini Articulation blocks to use with mini tumbling tower sets (I get mine on Amazon).

**UPDATE FEBRUARY 2023: Now includes black & white version (great for sending home with students or a low ink option)

☆ This product is available in two money saving BUNDLES

☆ Updated February 2023- You will get 5 files in this zipped folder: Regular Articulation blocks mats, Black and White Articulation Blocks, mini blocks mats (to use with mini tumbling blocks), Google Slides link, and a editable (type-able) mat.

⭐ This product is available in two money saving BUNDLES ⭐

•Speech Blocks Trio Bundle (Articulation, Language, & Fluency Mats)

•Articulation and Language Bundle (Articulation and Language only)

This activity covers the following phonemes:

• /p/ initial, medial, & final position + a mixed mat

• /b/ initial, medial, & final position + a mixed mat

• /m/ initial, medial, & final position + a mixed mat

• /w/ initial, medial position

• /n/ initial, medial, & final position + a mixed mat

• /t/ initial, medial, & final position + a mixed mat

• /d/ initial, medial, & final position + a mixed mat

• /k/ initial, medial, & final position + a mixed mat

• /g/ initial, medial, & final position + a mixed mat

• /f/ initial, medial, & final position + a mixed mat

• /v/ initial, medial, & final position + a mixed mat

• /ng/ final position

• y initial position

• /h/ initial position

• /l/ initial, medial, final position, & blends + a mixed mat

• Initial lblends/Medial lblends/final lblends

• /s/ initial, medial, final position, + a mixed mat

• Mixed initial sblends/medial sblends/final sblends

• Separate mats for sp, st, sm, sn, sk, sl, sw

• /z/ initial, medial, & final position + a mixed mat

• /ch/ initial, medial, & final position + a mixed mat

• /sh/ initial, medial, & final position + a mixed mat

• j initial, medial, & final position + a mixed mat

• Mixed th (voice/voiceless) initial, medial, & final position + a mixed mat

• Voiceless th initial, medial, & final position + a mixed mat

• Voiced th initial, medial, & final position + a mixed mat

• pre-vocalic r

• vocalic /r/ (er, ar, or, air, ire, ear, rl) + a mixed mat

• initial rblends/ medial rblends

• blank mats (one fillable/type-able)

• + a digital Google Slides version with moveable pieces for all of the sounds listed above.

I also included Carrier Blocks: Larger blocks with carrier phrases and a space for you or the student to write the word from the mat (see pictures/preview). This is an optional addition if you want to work on the words in phrases. 6 carrier phrases included.

→ Materials: stacking blocks game (wooden stacking blocks/tumbling towers blocks). You will also need to select one of the Articulation Blocks Mats that target your student’s objective.

→ Game Set up: Stack the blocks up like the traditional game (three blocks together, alternating directions per 3 blocks…like the image above). Pick the Articulation Blocks mat that you need for your students and place it in front of them.

→ Game Play: Start off by telling your students this isn’t the regular stacking block game (where you take blocks off and stack them back on top). Tell them this is an UN-stacking game!

Each player will carefully remove a block out of the tower (they are not allowed to take one of the top blocks until the tower is down to 2 layers or no other blocks can be removed without it tumbling down). Then they get to choose a block on their mat to put it on. The student will produce target phoneme and then place the block over it. Practice 7X per block to get over 100 productions per mat!

Now available in Spanish:

► Bloques de Articulación: Speech Therapy UN-stacking Game Companion

Other Block Products to use with the popular stacking game!

Language Blocks

This activity covers a wide variety language targets (categories, compare/contrast, wh-questions, describing, defining, associations, following directions, vocabulary, analogies, synonyms, antonyms, irregular plurals, irregular past-tense verbs, & fix the sentence, & more) and includes 80 mats. Click here to check it out

Fluency Blocks

This activity covers 6 fluency strategies with multiple levels of difficulty for each one. I also included strategy teaching cards, posters, and visuals. Click here to check it out

Language Builders

This activity uses the same type of blocks but the students build on the mats (to make buildings/images). This version is better for students who struggle with fine motor skills. This product comes with a variety mats (language targets: categories, compare/contrast, association, wh-questions, vocabulary, & more Click here to check it out

★ Articulation Builders! A speech therapy game companion (similar to Language Builders)

Check out My Speech & Language Builders FREEBIE Here! These mats are blank and intended to be used as an open-ended activity during therapy sessions.