/g/ in the final position

Practice the /g/ sound with these words:

"egg," and ...

"jug."

 
Practice /g/ at the phrase level by asking your child what varieties of eggs there are.  Targets may include "small egg," "chicken egg" and "Easter egg."

Practice /g/ at the sentence level by asking your child how an egg can be prepared.  Targets may include, "You can scramble an egg," "You can boil an egg," and "You can make a sunny-side-up egg."

Practice /g/ at the conversation level by asking your child what other items come in jugs besides juice.  Targets may include, "Milk comes in a jug.  Water can come in a jug.  You can drink ice tea from a jug."  To extend practice on /g/, look for jugs and have your child say "jug" every time she sees one.  If you look carefully, you will likely find jugs of shampoo, rock salt, etc.  Another task to practice /g/ would be to ask your child to provide her thoughts in what came first, the chicken or the egg.

There are plenty of creative tips for making the /g/ sound from gargling water to using a tongue depressor to help push the tongue towards the back of the mouth for the correct movement.  These ideas may not be practical in a grocery store setting, though.  One way to instruct for the /g/ sound is to talk to your child about the movement the tongue needs to make.  The tongue should move backwards in the mouth, and meet the back of the throat (the tongue is really making contact with the soft palate, or "velum," but the back of the throat is easier for a child to understand).  Another way to instruct is using a touch cue.  Have your child feel your throat and jaw area when you make the /g/ sound to help conceptualize the movement.  Then, have her feel her own throat/jaw area while practicing the sound.