Articulation Theatre Books

Make group speech therapy engaging, efficient, and inclusive for multiple articulation targets.

Articulation Theatre Books allow up to six students working on different target sounds to participate together in one shared group activity. Each student reads aloud lines tailored to their sound, while still performing in the same humorous and motivating play. This no-prep resource offers high-repetition practice and supports both individual and group sessions.

What speech and language goals do these books target?

• Articulation of /R, S, L, SH, CH, TH/ in all word positions.
• Social-pragmatic communication skills.
• Story retell and character analysis.
• Pronoun use and sentence-level grammar.
• Reading fluency and expressive language.
• Tone of voice, volume control, and body language.
• Story prediction and comprehension.
• Increased student engagement and ownership in the learning process.

What makes this articulation resource so effective?

• Targets up to 6 sounds simultaneously in a single group speech therapy session.
• Each student receives a version of the script specific to their target sound.
• Students read together from matching plays with individualized articulation focus.
• Promotes sound awareness and self-monitoring with 600 colour-coded lines.
• Supports articulation goals at the sentence level with initial, medial, and final word positions.
• No preparation needed, the books are ready to use immediately.

How Articulation Theatre supports therapy outcomes:

• Combines repetition and context-rich practice to accelerate articulation progress.
• Encourages social interaction, listening skills, and expressive language through cooperative play.
• Integrates articulation and language goals in a single, streamlined activity.
• Compatible with Language Theatre for mixed speech and language therapy groups.

Why this learning approach works so well:

Students participate in engaging, humorous plays that provide meaningful, repeated exposure to their target sounds in context. Because each book focuses on a single sound while aligning with the same play themes and pagination, group therapy becomes more efficient and inclusive. This structure allows students to collaborate while working on their individual goals: encouraging active listening, increased motivation, and better generalization of skills.

Who is the Articulation Theatre helpful for?

This articulation resource targets speech sound production and language development in students in grades 2 to 10 and ages 8 to 15. Articulation Theatre is an educational resource for Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs), special educators, teachers, and parents. Its versatility makes this articulation program great for various learning environments, including small or large groups in the classroom, in one-on-one speech therapy sessions, or at home.

Why Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs), special educators, teachers, and parents love this articulation resource:

• The books are really creative and are the best way to allow a clinician to target different goals in one group session while keeping the entire group engaged. The books not only help address goals related to speech sounds, but also benefit overall language skills in general. 
• They provide a new and different way to target articulation carryover that older students enjoy. Students like that each passage or scene is short and fun to read. Their target sounds are highlighted so they can see and remember what to focus on. It gives them to chance to read something and also practice their prosody to match the situation or scene.
• Students make measurable progress due to their increased motivation to practice scenes. Their frustration decreased, and liveliness increased as they acted out these entertaining plays.

The Articulation Theatre Books include:

• 6 softcover books (126 pages each, 6" x 9").
• Each book focuses on one target sound: /R, S, L, SH, CH, TH/.
• 10 no-prep, playfully illustrated plays featured in every book.
• Matching pagination across all books to align group participation.
• Unique script lines in each book with 600 colour-coded target sound highlights.
• Word lists for each play with sounds in initial, medial, and final positions.
• Curriculum-supporting materials for continued language and articulation development.
• Fully compatible with Language Theatre for integrated speech and language sessions.
• Made in the USA.