When a child drops the ends of words, saying bow for boat, meaning gets lost. These photo cards target final consonant deletion using carefully paired minimal pairs, so students hear and produce the contrast that carries meaning, for learners in prekindergarten and up.
Target final consonant deletion through minimal pair photo cards.
Each of the 50 double-sided cards shows two real-life photographs that form a minimal pair, one word with a final consonant and one without. Three structured prompts on the back move students from familiarization to listening discrimination to production, building awareness of how final sounds change meaning.
Skill targets:
Familiarization with each minimal pair
Listening discrimination between contrasting words
Producing final consonants
Awareness of how final sounds carry meaning
Who are these photo cards helpful for?
These photo cards are for Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) targeting the final consonant deletion phonological pattern. They suit students from prekindergarten upward who are working on final consonants, and they work in individual therapy and small group sessions.
Why Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) love these photo cards:
Minimal pairs make the difference a final consonant makes impossible to ignore, which is what drives change in this pattern, and the three-step familiarization, listening, and production sequence gives you a ready structure for each card. Developed by Rachele Ellsworth, M.S., CCC-SLP.
Final Consonant Deletion Photo Cards include:
50 full-colour cards
2 photos per card forming a minimal pair (100 total)
