SHR

  • There are 8 words below for you to practice. Ideas for practice are listed below, or make your own!

  • Click here each day you practice to submit your homework

If your child cannot produce these correctly even with your help, switch to modeling the words while your child watches your face and listens.

"SH"

  • Sides of tongue touch upper back teeth

  • Air goes through a groove in the tongue (from the velum to the alveolar ridge)

/R/

  • Base of tongue BACK (toward throat)

  • Sides of tongue UP

  • Voice on

"SHR" shrug

"SHR" shred

"SHR" shrub

"SHR" shrimp

"SHR" shriek

"SHR" shrill

"SHR" shrewd

"SHR" shrink

Week 1
Each day you practice, pick four words to correctly say 10 times each.

Week 2
Name each of the pictures, then make sentences for each other to finish. Ex: "The floor is dirty so I'm going to (sweep) ."

Week 3
Practice saying these words with 1-2 additional words (e.g. the swing, time to sweep, eat a sweet, I see sweat, flip the switch).

Week 4
Pick 1-3 of these words you can say the best. Take turns making 2 sentences each that have that word. Ex: "I like to swing. He is swinging. The park has a swing. I swing at school."

Note: The ideas, resources, and information on this site are meant to support (not replace) professional recommendations from a speech language pathologist (aka SLP, or speech therapist). Consulting an SLP will help you personalize how you use the resources found here, decrease your frustration, and speed your success!