Speech Therapy for Lisping - Practical Magic for /s/

1. Say 'sun, sad, seal, bus, miss, kissing, listing'

2. Make a 't' sound. Make a few 't'.  Make a lazy 't' like 'tsssss'

3. Put a finger vertically in the middle of the lips and say 'tsssss' five times.

4. Keep teeth together and say 'tssss' louder and longer.

5. Say 'hat.'  Say 'hats.'  Say the lazy 't' sound 5 times (hats)

6. Say 'pot.'  Say 'pots.'  Make the lazy 't' sound five times.  Let more air out.  (If the child squints or closes her eyes while saying the lazy 't' sound, encourage her not to do so.)

7.  Say 'hay, he, who.'  Say the lazy 't' in front of these words.

8.  Say 'tssss...hay.' without blinking five times.

9. Say 'tssss...he' five times.

10. Say 'tssss...who' five times.

11. Say 'tssss...hack' five times.

12.  Say 's' five times.

The Daily 5

What is The Daily 5?

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The Daily 5 is a book by Gail Boushey and Joan Moser.  It is a way to manage the literacy block during the school day.  It provides students with meaningful and engaging activities that give students ownership over their learning.  It involves choice and trust.  Students are given the choice of what "center" they want to go to and, through clear, concise expectations and teacher/student modeling, become independent within each center.  The wonderful thing about The Daily 5 is that anyone can use it.  It can be adapted to fit any schedule and can be used with any group of elementary students. 

The Daily 5 consists of five activities the students may choose from: 

Read to Self

Read to Someone

Word Work

Listen to Reading 

Work on Writing