S Cluster Elicitation Bundle

The S Cluster Elicitation Deck supports children who struggle to say ‘s’ clusters.
Saying clusters can be challenging for many students! Sometimes children delete the rest or second sound within the consonant cluster, and no amount of repetition or modeling the word helps. Our solution is to give you options for teaching ‘s’ clusters! By introducing the snake visual cue card to ‘remind’ children to start with their /s/, the SLP can utilize forward and/or backward chaining to break the hard-to-say cluster into
easier-to-say chunks.

Using imagery of a snake, children learn to say the /s/ when they see the snake cue card. Children can then ‘trick’ their mouth or their brain into saying their ‘s’ cluster word without forgetting or deleting any sounds. Once they can use this trick smoothly, they can then move on to saying their ‘s’ cluster words independently.