Resources
Word lists and short guides
A small, practical set of things for families doing speech practice at home — and for anyone curious before they start. Nothing here is a substitute for a clinician's guidance; it is a help alongside it.
Parent guides
Short, plain reads — a few minutes each.
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Making home speech practice a calm habit
A short, low-pressure routine your child will come back to — and the things that quietly undo one.
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What to do when a sound is tricky
A gentle way to handle the words that do not come easily — without turning practice into a test.
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Talking with your child's clinician about home practice
What is worth raising with the speech-language pathologist, and what Articarry already shows them.
Articulation word lists
Sample word lists by target sound, the kind a clinician draws on for home practice. They are here to read and borrow — a clinician decides what a particular child should practice.
/r/ at the start of a word
An initial /r/ list — the sound a clinician most often asks families to practice at home.
- red
- run
- rug
- ring
- rope
- road
- rain
- rake
- rice
- rose
- rabbit
- robot
- rocket
- river
/s/ at the start of a word
An initial /s/ list — short, common words a young child already knows by sight.
- sun
- sock
- soup
- sand
- seal
- soap
- sing
- sail
- seven
- summer
- sandwich
- sunshine
/l/ at the start of a word
An initial /l/ list for at-home reading practice.
- leg
- lamp
- leaf
- lion
- lake
- lemon
- letter
- ladder
- lizard
- lollipop
'th' at the start of a word
An initial 'th' list — voiceless and voiced 'th' words.
- thumb
- thick
- think
- thirsty
- thunder
- thirteen
- this
- that
- these
- feather