"vegetables,"
and "vinegar."
To practice /v/ in phrases, ask your child what colors of vegetables she sees. Targets may include, "green vegetables," yellow vegetables" and "red vegetables." To increase attention, see if you can find oddly colored vegetables, like purple (cabbage, broccoflower) or white (asparagus, cauliflower).
To practice /v/ in sentences, ask your child what vegetables she would and would not put in a salad. Targets may include, "I would put in green vegetables" or "The vegetable I would not put in would be spinach!"
To practice /v/ in conversation, ask your child to compare and contrast vegetables and fruits. You may hear some interesting answers! Here is a link from the Mayo Clinic describing the difference between fruits and vegetables: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/fruit-vegetable-difference/MY02201
Visual cues are helpful when making the /v/ sound. Instruct your child to put her top teeth on her bottom lip, and blow. Show her how to do it while you make the /v/ sound. Touch cues are also helpful You can gently push on her lower lip until it is under her top teeth. Also, have her put her hand in front of her mouth when she makes the /v/ sound so that she can feel the air coming out. A popular visual cue to remind your child how to make the sound is, "Bite and blow."
What other /v/ initial words can you think of at Giant Eagle? Post below! These were the only ones I had come up with as of press time. I suppose others would include V8, veal and vanilla. Of course, I'm not sure how many of these would be in a child's vocabulary!
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