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Consonant Blends (initial)

Music Therapy consonant blend videos & songs for special needs individuals.
Goal: Client will verbally produce consonant blends in isolation and in the initial position of one-syllable words.
Domains: Speech, Academics

Consonant blends (also called consonant clusters) are two (or more) adjacent consonants that make two (or more) distinct sounds. For example, in the word “tree” both the “t” and “r” sounds are produced.

Sometimes two consonants together make just one sound. In the word “the” the “t” and “h” sounds are not heard. Instead, the “th” makes a sound called eth, represented by this symbol ð. Two letters that make one sound are digraphs, not consonant blends.

However, a digraph can be part of a consonant blend. To say the word “three” first the eth sound is produced, and then the “r” sound. This project addresses two and three letter initial consonant blends made by two distinct sounds (or phonemes).

The songs & videos teach consonant blends by first singing the two individual sounds and then combining them. This is followed by singing the consonant blend in isolation and then singing a word with the targeted consonant blend in the initial position. Each song/video contains three words to practice each consonant blend.

A common speech error is known as consonant cluster reduction. This occurs in two forms. Partial reduction is omitting part of the cluster. For example, saying “tee” or “ree” instead of “tree”. Total reduction is omitting the entire consonant blend. For example, saying “ee” instead of “tree”. The hope is by highlighting each individual phoneme and then modeling the consonant blend (in isolation and in words) these errors can be corrected.

Download includes:

  • 23 videos [mp4 video files]
    • Consonant Blends (bl-)
    • Consonant Blends (br-)
    • Consonant Blends (cl-)
    • Consonant Blends (cr-)
    • Consonant Blends (dr-)
    • Consonant Blends (fl-)
    • Consonant Blends (fr-)
    • Consonant Blends (gl-)
    • Consonant Blends (gr-)
    • Consonant Blends (pl-)
    • Consonant Blends (pr-)
    • Consonant Blends (sc-)
    • Consonant Blends (shr-)
    • Consonant Blends (sk-)
    • Consonant Blends (sl-)
    • Consonant Blends (sm-)
    • Consonant Blends (sn-)
    • Consonant Blends (sp-)
    • Consonant Blends (st-)
    • Consonant Blends (sw-)
    • Consonant Blends (thr-)
    • Consonant Blends (tr-)
    • Consonant Blends (tw-)
  • 24 songs [mp3 audio files]
    • Consonant Blends (bl-)
    • Consonant Blends (br-)
    • Consonant Blends (cl-)
    • Consonant Blends (cr-)
    • Consonant Blends (dr-)
    • Consonant Blends (fl-)
    • Consonant Blends (fr-)
    • Consonant Blends (gl-)
    • Consonant Blends (gr-)
    • Consonant Blends (pl-)
    • Consonant Blends (pr-)
    • Consonant Blends (sc-)
    • Consonant Blends (shr-)
    • Consonant Blends (sk-)
    • Consonant Blends (sl-)
    • Consonant Blends (sm-)
    • Consonant Blends (sn-)
    • Consonant Blends (sp-)
    • Consonant Blends (st-)
    • Consonant Blends (sw-)
    • Consonant Blends (thr-)
    • Consonant Blends (tr-)
    • Consonant Blends (tw-)
    • Consonant Blends (instrumental)
  • 23 lyrics [PDF]
    • Consonant Blends (bl-)
    • Consonant Blends (br-)
    • Consonant Blends (cl-)
    • Consonant Blends (cr-)
    • Consonant Blends (dr-)
    • Consonant Blends (fl-)
    • Consonant Blends (fr-)
    • Consonant Blends (gl-)
    • Consonant Blends (gr-)
    • Consonant Blends (pl-)
    • Consonant Blends (pr-)
    • Consonant Blends (sc-)
    • Consonant Blends (shr-)
    • Consonant Blends (sk-)
    • Consonant Blends (sl-)
    • Consonant Blends (sm-)
    • Consonant Blends (sn-)
    • Consonant Blends (sp-)
    • Consonant Blends (st-)
    • Consonant Blends (sw-)
    • Consonant Blends (thr-)
    • Consonant Blends (tr-)
    • Consonant Blends (tw-)
  • 23 lyrics & chords [PDF]
    • Consonant Blends (bl-)
    • Consonant Blends (br-)
    • Consonant Blends (cl-)
    • Consonant Blends (cr-)
    • Consonant Blends (dr-)
    • Consonant Blends (fl-)
    • Consonant Blends (fr-)
    • Consonant Blends (gl-)
    • Consonant Blends (gr-)
    • Consonant Blends (pl-)
    • Consonant Blends (pr-)
    • Consonant Blends (sc-)
    • Consonant Blends (shr-)
    • Consonant Blends (sk-)
    • Consonant Blends (sl-)
    • Consonant Blends (sm-)
    • Consonant Blends (sn-)
    • Consonant Blends (sp-)
    • Consonant Blends (st-)
    • Consonant Blends (sw-)
    • Consonant Blends (thr-)
    • Consonant Blends (tr-)
    • Consonant Blends (tw-)

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