Ch
consonant 16 · tongue body
The activation, the inside of the mouth, a mouth up close, the beat, the reading and the sheet to print. All on this page.
Work on it here or take the printed sheet. The mirror, the activation and the syllables in the book work just as well without a screen.
See the other soundsPlace
Behind the ridge
Manner
Stop + hush
Voice
Voiceless
Air
A short burst
Before you start
CH is t and sh glued together. If it's too hard, practice the two halves apart.
Say t, then shhh.
Now closer together: t-shh, t-shh.
Faster, until it becomes ch, ch, ch. Like a train: choo-choo!
One
4 steps. Listen to them, or use the arrows to go at your own pace.
The tongue rises and closes
It presses against the roof of the mouth, just behind the bump.
The soft palate closes the nose
The air builds up for an instant.
It lets go and hushes out
First a tap, then a hush. That's why it sounds like two things.
And nothing buzzes
The throat is quiet.
Two
The same mouth, syllable by syllable and up close: this is the model they'll copy in the mirror.
The camera shows their mouth next to the video. Nothing is recorded or saved: it only shows, like a mirror.
Ten of each
Tap each time they say it. At ten, it moves on to the next one.
Three
English has strong and weak beats. Tap the table on the strong one as you say it. Touch a pattern to hear it.
Four
Only sounds they've already worked on. The words with a heart are learned by heart. Touch any of them to hear it.
To take with you
The two pages you use every day: practice with tally marks and tracing, and reading with the words. Print it as many times as you need.
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This page goes with card 16 of the book. It isn't a diagnosis and doesn't replace an assessment by a speech-language professional.