By, Mary Williams-Anderson

Is your child working on correctly producing specific sounds to increase intelligibility in connected speech? Typical flashcards and drill activities can become boring very quickly! Fortunately there is a fun, interactive articulation app that kids of all ages love to play.

Articulation Station has 6 engaging activities at the word, sentence, and story level. You are able to customize the target sounds, sound placement, and level of difficulty for your child’s needs. If your child is too young to read, picture prompts and auditory reinforcement are included to allow your child to practice by themselves. They are also able to record their responses and play them back to hear how they produced the sounds. This tool is great for self-monitoring.

Articulation Station has a “store” within the app. This is where you can purchase the sound(s) your child needs help with. You have the option to purchase all of the sound programs at once. The 22 programs included are: p, b, m, h, w, y, d, n, t, k, g, ng, f, v, ch, j, l, r, s, z, ch, and th. Individual sound prices range depending on the sound. For further information or to purchase, log onto http://littlebeespeech.com/