Final Consonant Deletion Minimal Pairs: Teach Phonology Story & Cards by Adventures in Speech Pathology

Adventures in Speech Pathology offers this extremely popular and highly-rated protocol for targeting Final Consonant Deletion (FCD) with Minimal Pairs on Teachers Pay Teachers for $10.

The in-person and digital final consonant deletion minimal pairs resource is best for children in Pre-K through 2nd grade and explains the speech sound error in child-friendly terms. The 123-page resource includes a 56-page story and 67-pages of minimal pairs final consonant deletion resources.

According to the Teachers Pay Teachers website, this minimal pairs final consonant deletion resource:

• Describes the steps in minimal pairs therapy
• Includes familiarization and auditory discrimination tasks in both print and digital formats
• Includes a multi-sensory activity idea list to assist the Speech-Language Pathologist to teach minimal pairs final consonant deletion
• Includes a set of high-quality minimal pairs final consonant deletion
• Enables the Speech-Language Pathologist to introduce the phonological cues using the print or digital story
• Includes evidence-based information pertaining to minimal pairs speech therapy

The following steps are helpful in utilizing minimal pairs final consonant deletion speech therapy:

1. Introduce the idea of “tail sounds” by reading the included child-friendly story (in print or digital form) as well as some of the included hands-on learning activities.
2. Complete familiarization of the target words and begin auditory discrimination activities, enabling your students to hear the difference between the final consonant deletion pairs.
3. Utilize the “tail sound” cue while engaging in drill-play games with the cute and nicely illustrated final consonant deletion minimal pairs cards.  (Source: Teachers Pay Teachers).

If you’re a fan of Adventures in Speech Pathology‘s Minimal Pairs Final Consonant Deletion resource, she offers a discounted Minimal Pairs bundle on Teachers Pay Teachers which also includes

• Stopping Minimal Pairs Toolkit
• Gliding Minimal Pairs Toolkit
• Fronting Minimal Pairs Toolkit
• Voicing Minimal Pairs Toolkit
• S Cluster Reduction Minimal Pairs Toolkit