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

NG 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.

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

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

What kids practice

Articulation means making speech sounds clearly. To make the ng sound, the back of the tongue lifts like for k and the sound hums out through the nose. Most children say it by about age 4. A child who is still working on it often says n for ng (rin for ring, kin for king). 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 NG sound guide for 1st grade.

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