"The Thankful Pile" for Minimal Pairs

by David Sindrey

Price: 400 points or $4 USD

Subjects: games,speech,phonology

Grades: 1,2,3

Description: Sister wants to start a new Thanksgiving tradition. "This pile of leaves is like all of the things we have to be thankful for" Her idea is to have everyone jump in the pile and yell one thing that they are thankful for. If six family members jump in the pile before dinner is ready, you win the game. Minimal pairs for working on 12 different phonological processes with the "Thankful Pile". Short video tutorial included. *Final Devoicing *Prevocalic Voicing *Final Consonant Deletion *Initial Consonant Deletion *Fronting *Stopping */s/ Blend Cluster Reduction */l/ Blend Cluster Reduction */r/ Blend Cluster Reduction *Liquid Simplification *Deaffrication *Denasalization