Playing with ... K

Lucy Sanctuary is a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist with experience in early years, learning difficulties, severe speech disorders, eg dyspraxia and cleft palate, ASD, hearing impairment and dyslexia. She works with families and other professionals, eg nursing and school staff, occupational therapists, physiotherapists and carers.

• Introduction Includes information on the development of speech sounds, information on the speech sound k, advice on supporting children with speech sound difficulties, and ideas for using the book in nurseries and schools. Section 1 Exercises for the mouth (oro-motor exercises). Includes pictures and games to help children learn about their mouths, and a progress sheet to record progress and areas to work on. Section 2 Saying k. Includes pictures and listening and speaking games to help children say the speech sound k, tips, and a progress sheet to record progress and areas to work on. Section 3 Saying k at the beginning of short words, for example key, car. Includes pictures and listening and speaking games, tips, a progress sheet, jingles and rhymes that contain the words starting with k, and tips on what to work on next. Section 4 Saying k at the beginning of longer words, for example can, comb, cup. Includes pictures and listening and speaking games, tips, a progress sheet, jingles and rhymes that contain the words starting with k, and tips on what to work on next. Section 5 Saying k at the end of longer words, for example book, back, duck. Includes pictures and listening and speaking games, tips, a progress sheet, jingles that contain the words ending with k and tips on what to work on next. Section 6 Saying k at the beginning of words with more than one syllable, for example cooker, kitten, kangaroo. Includes pictures and listening and speaking games, tips, a progress sheet, jingles and rhymes, and tips on what to work on next. Section 7 Saying k in phrases and sentences. Includes games and activities with photocopiable resources. Section 8 Games to play using words from all sections in the book. Section 9 Session plans