How to Say CH
Grown-up and child: read this together. Practice in front of a mirror.
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How to do it
- Read the steps together in front of a mirror.
- Practice the sound alone, then in syllables.
- Color a star on the ladder at each level you master.
Teaching tip
Keep CH short and quick, like a sneeze: ah-CHOO!
About this worksheet
A cue card with a mouth picture, three simple steps, syllables to practice, and a practice ladder from the sound alone to talking.
What kids practice
Articulation means making speech sounds clearly. For the CH sound, the lips push out round, the tongue presses up behind the top teeth to stop the air, and then the air pops out fast with the voice off, like a sneeze: ah-choo! Many children master CH between ages 5 and 7, so it's common to still be working on it in 2nd grade. A child who is practicing CH often says sh (shair for chair), t (tair) or ts (tsair). These sheets climb the same ladder speech therapists use: the sound alone, then syllables, words, phrases, sentences, reading and everyday talking. Common Core doesn't cover speech sounds, so these sheets have no Common Core code.
Watch for
- Saying sh for ch (shair for chair). CH is short: a tiny t that pops into sh.
- Saying t for ch (tair for chair). Round the lips and let the air pop out.
- Moving up too fast. If CH slips in sentences, practice phrases for a few more days.
- If your child is hard to understand, frustrated when talking, or not improving, ask a speech-language pathologist for an evaluation.
It's free to print, as many copies as you need. See the full articulation: the CH sound guide for 2nd grade.
More sheets in this set
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1. All My CH WordsEvery CH practice word on one page, sorted by where the sound is: start, middle or end. 
3. CH Cards: Start of WordsNine picture cards with CH at the start of the word. The sheet is the same every time, so two copies make matching pairs.
4. CH Cards: Middle of WordsEight picture cards with CH in the middle of the word, plus a space to draw your own CH word.
5. CH Cards: End of WordsNine picture cards with CH at the end of the word.
6. CH PhrasesNine short phrases with CH words in blue, each with a picture.
7. CH SentencesEight real-life sentences with the CH words in blue.
8. CH BingoTwo picture bingo boards packed with CH words.
9. CH Board GameA board game with CH words and star squares that add extra practice.
10. CH Roll and SaySix CH pictures, one for each side of a die, with circles to color each time you say the word. Fewer has 3 circles each and More adds a second round of 6 pictures.
11. CH Spin and SayA paper clip spinner with CH pictures and a box row for each word. Fewer, Standard or More give 6, 8 or 10 pictures.
12. CH Practice TrackerA ten-day tracker to record ten tries a day and the practice level.
13. CH Read-Aloud StoryOne of ten short stories packed with CH words in blue, with a 3-read score and a story retell.
14. CH: Talk About ItSix real conversation questions, each with CH words to try in the answer.