• 1st Grade
  • Speech & Language
  • About 10 minutes

K Board Game

Roll a die and move. Say your word clearly. Star square? Do what it says!

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How to do it

  1. Roll a die and move.
  2. Say your word with a clear sound.
  3. Star square? Do what it says!

Teaching tip

Lots of quick tries is the goal. A whole game is about 40 practice words.

K Board Game worksheet for 1st grade (articulation: the k sound), free printable
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About this worksheet

A board game with 15 k words and three special squares. New words every time.

What kids practice

Articulation means making speech sounds clearly. To make the k sound, the back of the tongue lifts and pops against the roof of the mouth. Most children say it by about age 4. A child who is still working on it often says t for k (tat for cat, tootie for cookie). This set walks through the steps speech therapists use: the sound by itself, then syllables, words, phrases, sentences and finally everyday talking. Common Core doesn't cover speech sounds, so these sheets have no Common Core code.

Watch for

  • Moving up too fast. If the sound slips in sentences, go back to phrases for a few days.
  • Correcting every word in everyday talk. Save corrections for practice time and keep conversation fun.
  • Saying the sound right alone but not in words. That's normal. Syllables are the bridge.
  • If your child is hard to understand, frustrated when talking, or not improving, ask your pediatrician or a speech-language pathologist for an evaluation.

It's free to print, as many copies as you need. See the full articulation: the k sound guide for 1st grade.

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