If you’re looking for a large inventory of free S Sound articulation worksheets for speech therapy, you are in the right place. We have collected a large list of printable pdf S Sound articulation worksheets that will keep you busy for many weeks.
The /s/ sound is one of the trickiest sounds for many children to master, often leading to common speech errors like lisps or sound distortions. These challenges can impact overall speech clarity, making it important to focus on correct /s/ sound production.
All S articulation worksheets here are meant for articulation therapy approach and are not meant for misarticulations due to phonological process errors which may require, for example, a contrastive phonological therapy approach.
If your child replaces “s” sound with “t” sound, replaces “s” sound with “th” sound or “s” is omitted in words with double consonants, articulation therapy approach is unlikely to work.
Our goal is to reference high quality free speech therapy resources to make it accessible for all wallet sizes.
Step 1: Individual S Sound Articulation Production
Your child needs to first learn to produce the S Sound on their own before even starting to do any activities.
A speech and language pathologist is trained to teach your child how to articulate correctly /s/. This may come easily with a week or two with proper explanation or even take a few weeks.
If you have practiced in clinic but need some reference videos to practice at home, review how to articulate S sound in one of our favorite SLP influencer videos, Kelli Slemp from the Speech Scoop:
Step 2: S Sound Articulation with a Vowel
Once your child has some good foundations on articulating the S sound individually, it’s time to try with a vowel, before and after the S sound.
At home, we use a S Sound Syllable Flywheel and then articulation the S Sound with a vowel before and after. When your child can easily do this, it’s time to move on to the next step.
Step 3: S Sound Articulation Worksheets for Speech Therapy
There are many high quality free S Sound Articulation worksheets out there, it’s mainly a question of which ones to select. We’ve run compiled a list of the best ones for your home practice below.
If your child is like mine and doesn’t always listen or focus while trying to practice articulation at home, then get on the waitlist to be the first to try our online articulation games.
Many of the below S articulation worksheets are stamping games for which we recommend to buy either self-inking stampers or dot markers online.
S Sound Articulation Worksheets: Initial, Medial and Final Position
- Initial Medial Final Playdoh Smash Mat /s/ by Jack SLP Store
- S Sound Articulation Worksheets by Kathy Babineau
- Dot Marker Articulation Stories Initial /s/ by SPEECHtacular
- Speech Cereal Articulation Cards for S by Sarah C the SLP
- Coloring S Sound Articulation Cards by The Beachy Therapist
- Dough S Sound Articulation Game by Jenna Rayburn Kirk
- Cut & Paste S Sound Articulation for Speech Therapy by Miss B SLP
- Articulation Flashcards For /S/ by The Dabbling Speechie
- Whack A Sound /S/ Articulation Game
- S Sound Articulation Lists by Speech Tea
- Dot S Sound Articulation Worksheets by Kim’s Speech Korner
- No Prep S Articulation Worksheet by Anna Dee SLP
- No-Prep S Sound Articulation Coloring Pages by Bilingual Speech – Language
- S Articulation Word Listsby So Simply SLP
Holiday Themed S Sound Articulation Worksheets: All Positions
- Valentine S Articulation Pack by Shelley SLP
- Spring S Articulation Pack by Shelley SLP
- S Spring Frog Pond Printable Articulation Speech Therapy by Pinwheel Speech Resources
- Thanksgiving S Articulation Craft by The Speech Scoop
- Halloween & Autumn S Articulation Scenes Activity by The Speech Boat
- Fall Harvest Articulation /S/ Sound by Lisa Reyes
- Snowy S Speech Articulation Packet by Heather Porter
- Christmas Gifts Printable S Sound Articulation Activity by Lil Mae’ Speech
- Halloween Word Search S Articulation Worksheet by Communication Window
- Autumn & Thanksgiving S Articulation Word List and Bingo by Communication Window
S Sound Articulation Worksheets: Initial Position
- Initial S Articulation Worksheets by Haley’s Helpful Handouts
- Initial S Sound Articulation Worksheet by Eli Lowham
- Dot Marker Articulation Stories Initial /s/ for Readers (No Pictures) by SPEECHtacular
- Initial S Articulation – Isolation to Conversation – by Speech Concepts
- Initial S Articulation Activity by Speech Sage Resources
S Sound Articulation Worksheets: Final Position
- Mini Articulation Pictures: S Final by The Speech Elf
- Articulation Story for Readers (No Pictures) with Final /s/ by Mary’s Speech Spot
- S final position Articulation Bingo with SymbolStix by Communication Community
- Articulation of Final S Picture Cards by Georgia Duan SLP
- No Prep Silly Sandwich Final S Articulation Activity by Super Speech Stash
- S Final Words Articulation Therapy by Eli Lowham
Step 4: S Sound Articulation Sentence Level Practice
Once your child is comfortable at the word level, as you continue to practice S within words, you should then try to practice at the sentence level to help them generalise into every day speech or what speech and language pathologists call, ‘carryover’.
- Articulation S Tongue Twister Sentences by Across the Life span SLP
- S Articulation Cards Games Word & Sentence by Lingal Logic
- S Silly Sentence Articulation Wheels by Paige’s Web
- Halloween & Autumn S Articulation Scenes Activity by The Speech Boat
- S Articulation Sentences and Carryover Activities for Readers by Gillian Scandura
- S Articulation Short Stories Speech Therapy for Reader (No Pictures) by Shine Speech Activities
We hope all these free material from great creators is useful for your home practice. Let us know what you love and what you want more of by contacting us.
