Teaching the R Sound to Teens and Older Kids

Teaching the R sound can be challenging, but Peachie Speechie's speech-language pathologist, Meredith Avren, explains it clearly and concisely in this video. Learn how to say the R sound, focusing on the bunched R tongue position.

Designed for older kids, teens, or even adults who are trying to learn tongue placement for the R sound, this video can be played by SLPs during speech therapy sessions or at home for review and practice.

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Be sure to check out Peachie Speechie's workbooks for the R Sound, too!

R Sound Chaining: This book takes the principles of motor learning into consideration and helps with generalization of the R sound.

Coarticulation for the R Sound: This book is designed to facilitate production of vocalic R when a child can already produce an accurate prevocalic R.

R Sound Minimal Pairs: This video contrasts vocalic R contexts (ex: Cart vs. Curt vs. Court) as well as w/r substitutions (ex: Wing vs. Ring)