I love finding unique ways to work on the same old skills….and this product is definitely one of those! The author of Silly Sets: Minimal Pairs for Maximum Progress, Kim Patterson, contacted me to review this set for you guys AND give one away to reader! I am so excited! Let’s check it out…
The cards come in a box, similar to other Super Duper products. It is designed for PreK and up to target 4 phonological processes: Final consonant deletion, cluster reduction, stopping, and fronting.
There are 100 cards included, color coded by target. Each card is 3×5 and laminated.
One side of the card has a picture and the other side has two sentences, one of which is silly. The picture depicts BOTH sentences, so they are pretty funny.
The box also includes cards with an introduction, contents, and game ideas.
So how did I use it? Well, I’ll tell ya…
- I showed the picture to each student and had them point to the part of the picture that matched what I said. I was able to do that for each sentence on the card.
- I showed the picture to each student and they had to figure out what the minimal pair was….this was a challenge, but turned out to be a great activity! I also had them come up with their own sentences, then I shared the sentences that were actually on the card.
- I read the sentences and had the students draw their own pictures to depict them…then we compared them to what was on the card.
- We discussed what was silly on the pictures and why.
- After discussing a card, the students made up their own silly sentences with the minimal pair targeted.
I really love these! They were great for targeting listening AND production, plus the pictures really got the kids talking…which equaled TONS of practice. It was really awesome! I would definitely love to see more cards and more processes targeted.
You can find the Silly Sets from Super Duper for $21.95 (at the time of this post).
Interested in your own copy??? Kim is so kind to offer one to a reader! Enter below via the Rafflecopter and GOOD LUCK 🙂
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Oh, I’d love this one! I’m starting my first school job in a couple of weeks. There’s a ton of artic stuff available, but not as much phono. Great ideas on how to use them.
This looks great, thanks for the giveaway!
Always look for fun phono activities. I work in a PreK-8 building so it will get lots of use!
Always looking for silly things for my pre-k’ers and my private practice!
I love minimal pairs! Word family activities are nice to use for final position.
I am in need of more materials to target my PreK kid’s goals- esp phonological processing. This product would be perfect. Thanks for sharing and the giveaway opportunity! 🙂 You always come up with the best- most creative therapy activities to engage the kids- thanks for taking the time to share them!
I use some TPT sets to address minimal pairs, but this would be a terrific addition to my therapy materials!
I use a minimal pairs app or some minimal pairs flashcards.
i use minimal pair picture cards to address minimal pair phonological therapy!. i would LOVE it if i were the one to win some new materials!! thank you!
rebecca
I use Super Duper’s giant book of phonology, but that’s the only thing I really have. I would LOVE to have more tools for phonology. *fingers crossed*
I love these – they would be great in my speech room, especially since I am starting some Great Start programs next week for my CFY! 🙂
I like doing auditory bombardment stories with lots of repetition of the target sound. I also like to do maximal oppositions to target phonology (sounds that are completely different such as ‘r’ and ‘sh’).
I love super duper and phonology is one of my favorites in therapy. I use a minimal pair app (pocket pairs) as well as cycles to target processes! Thanks for sharing, looks great!
These look great! I use cycles for my phonological kiddos.
This would be a great therapy addition! always looking for something new to use!
Ahhh these are so cool! Totally one of the things I say, “man, why didnt I think of that?!?!”
I use ipad apps, other (old) minimal pairs cards and recording features to target minimal pairs.
I like using cycles for my phono kids.
I have an old copy of a program in a binder-it had a duck theme-I can’t remember the name to work on minimal pairs. Plus I love Caroline Bowen’s minimal pair lists.
Looks like a very useful resource, would get used daily.
I’m a grad student and haven’t done much with minimal pairs yet. These look super fun and give kids a chance to be creative!
I don’t do a bunch with minimal pairs but these would be a great start and intro to work on them more!
I just recently started using the Cycles approach with a few students and I think these cards would be a great resource.
I don’t do much with minimal pairs, but I do have some really crappy cards that need replacing! 🙂
I like using auditory bombardment and the cycles approach for minimal pairs for my phono kids.
I would LOVE to win! I’ve been eyeing this set since the day it came out!! Thanks for the chance to win it!
I also use the Cycles approach for targeting phonology. These cards would be a great addition!
I don’t have any materials specifically for Minimal Pairs, so I have to be very creative when targeting this! Would love to have a set of flash cards!
I love this! I am just starting out and this would be a great resource 🙂
I am suddenly inundated with phono kids this year! I’ve never heard so much fronting in one day. This looks like a great resource!
I have some TPT materials to target minimal pairs currently.
Just starting out, so most of what I use is from TeachersPayTeachers SLPs.
I made a ton of minimal pair flashcards last year! These look so nice. Thanks for the giveaway!
I LOVE the idea of my student building awareness of correct/incorrect productions. I bought a couple phonological process decks off TPT and kept the minimal pairs front and back. Otherwise, I separate them somehow and they’re not as helpful!
I use flash cards
Oh this would be perfect for a new little guy I’m working with! I plan on finding some goodies on pinterest too!
Stephanie L.
I usually use flash cards but I wold love to have this set!
I would love some new phonological materials!