Polar Play - Minimal Pairs Game for Final Consonat Deletion

by Suddenly TeleSLP

Price: 245 points or $2.45 USD

Subjects: games,holiday,firstDayOfWinter,speech,articulation,phonology

Grades: 14,13,1,2,3

Description: Help your penguin win the game - and of course practice production of consonant clusters using the near minimal pairs intervention for final consonant deletion - by being the first to toss all their snowballs. Tux and Shiver are best buds, and they love to have snowball competitions. In this game, the first penguin to run out of snowballs on each slide wins. There are 10 game slides and 10 chances for each penguin to win. Each slide contains 6 near minimal pairs for final consonant deletion (for a total of 60 minimal pairs in the game). Step 1: Decide which penguin goes first (flip a coin, draw straws, rock/paper/scissors, etc.). Player 1 names one of the speech targets and clicks on the image. It will disappear to reveal 1, 2, or 3 snowballs. Then click on the corresponding number of snowballs in your penguin's pile. They will also disappear. Step 2: Player 2 then names a speech target, clicks on the image, and then clicks on the same number of snowballs in their pile. Continue taking turns until one penguin runs out of snowballs. That penguin wins (at least for that slide). Step 3: You can keep score throughout the slides, counting the number of "wins" until the end of the deck. The locations of the snowballs underneath the speech targets are randomized and students cannot memorize the game. It's a new game each time you play. If students don't want to play against each other, they can team up and play the speech therapist or adult.