Ss
consonant 05 · tongue tip
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 teeth
Manner
Continuous
Voice
Voiceless
Air
Thin and steady
Before you start
If the tongue slips between the teeth, go back to the smile with the teeth closed.
Teeth together, lips in a smile.
Hold a straw at the center of the teeth and blow a thin stream: sss. The straw keeps the air in the middle.
Now a long sssss. Air on the back of the hand, cool and thin. No voice.
One
4 steps. Listen to them, or use the arrows to go at your own pace.
The tip comes close
It rises almost to touching, but leaves a thin gap open.
The soft palate closes the nose
The air has no other way out than that gap.
The air flows without stopping
Thin and steady through the gap. That hiss is the S.
And nothing buzzes
The throat is quiet. You only hear the air.
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 05 of the book. It isn't a diagnosis and doesn't replace an assessment by a speech-language professional.