Free Speech Therapy Resources
Everything here was built by speech-language pathologists and is free to use — sound guides, word lists, development milestones, printable worksheets, and games. Read anything on this page without an account.
Guides & References
Start here if you're trying to work out what's going on and what's typical for your child's age.
Sound Library
16 sounds
Every English consonant sound, one page each: how it's made, the age it typically develops, why it goes wrong, and how to practice it.
Openarrow_forwardSpeech Sound Development Chart
Reference chart
The age ranges at which children typically master each speech sound — the single fastest way to tell "still developing" from "worth an evaluation."
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Parent-friendly
Plain-language explanations of articulation disorders, phonological disorders, apraxia, stuttering, language delay, and more.
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Updated regularly
Articles on home practice, therapy techniques, and what to expect at each stage — written for the people doing the practicing.
Openarrow_forwardPractice Materials
Ready-to-use practice — pull it up on a tablet or print it out and start today.
Free Games
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Browser games built by a licensed SLP covering comprehension, conversation practice, articulation, social skills, and vocabulary.
Openarrow_forwardWord Lists
8,600+ words
Practice words for every sound, sorted by word position and difficulty — pulled from a bank of more than 8,600 words.
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Print-ready
Printable articulation drill sheets, sound-loaded reading passages, and minimal pairs worksheets, generated for your target sounds.
Openarrow_forwardDemo Story
Sample activity
Read a complete illustrated story to see how target sounds get woven into a narrative kids actually want to finish.
Openarrow_forwardHow to Use These Resources
If you're here because something about your child's speech is worrying you, start with the speech sound development chart. Most of the sounds parents worry about — /r/, /s/, /th/, /l/ — are still developing well into the early school years, and knowing the typical age range for a sound is often enough to tell a normal stage from something worth raising with a professional.
Once you know which sound to target, the sound library explains how that sound is physically produced and what commonly goes wrong, and the word lists give you practice words organized by position — whether the sound falls at the beginning, middle, or end of the word, which matters more than most people expect. From there, the games and printable worksheets supply the repetition, which is the part that actually drives change.
A note on what these resources are and aren't: they support practice, they don't replace an evaluation. If your child is hard to understand, frustrated by talking, or falling behind peers, a licensed speech-language pathologist can tell you in one session what months of guessing cannot. Everything here works best alongside that guidance.
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