Super Lazy Speech Therapy: Stair-ticulation

After finishing up progress reports (and about 2 trays of cookies over the holidays), it’s sometimes hard to get back into the swing of things.  It’s a perfect time for a super lazy day activity.

Do you have stairs at your school or building?  It’s a great way to practice drill activities.  I really like it for mapping in the motor plan for /r/ when you have first established it.

Here are the super complex directions.

• Walk to stairs.  
• Give student articulation target word or sound.  
• Student says target word or sound on each step as they go down and up the stairs.  

Because it’s the New Year-and many of us have made fitness resolutions-I’ll even attempt to make it a not-so-lazy activity:

Walk up and down the stairs with the students.

Stair-ticulation is also a great suggestion for home practice.  It’s an easy thing for parents to remember to practice their articulation word of the week when they are walking up the stairs.