Little Bee Speech: Apps For Speech and Language Practice at Home!
Are you concerned that your child may fall behind with their speech and language skills while at home? Good news, there are apps for that! Little Bee Speech has an app, Articulation Station, that was created by a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist for parents, SLPs, and other educators to help work with children who have speech sound delays.
This is a comprehensive app that targets 22 sounds in the English language at the word, phrase, sentence, and story level. The app gives you the ability to purchase all 22 sounds or purchase single sounds individually. The majority of the speech sounds cost $3.99. In addition, there is a Spanish version available for purchase. The complete app is currently on sale for 50% off at $29.99 for families to take advantage of during this time at home.
After purchasing a sound to target, you will be able to swipe through flashcards that target each sound in the beginning, middle, and end of words. You will also be able to target these positions of words in phrases, sentences, and stories. Bonus – the stories even come with comprehension questions!
Something special about this app- it allows the child to record their production of the word and play it back. This is helpful as it provides the child with immediate feedback on their sound production. In addition, each position of sounds comes with a matching game which is highly motivating! This app allows you to track your child’s data each time – so you can see their progress over time.
Their other app, Little Stories, has 82 (100 word) stories that target speech, language, and literacy skills. All stories are leveled according to their narrative complexity, vocabulary difficulty, and age appropriateness ranging from ages 6.5-9.5. In addition, the app sorts all the stories by title, theme, phonemic target, and reading level. You will be able to target reading fluency, practice flashcards, and have access to comprehension activities.
Please visit the Little Bee Speech website to learn more about how you can use Articulation Station and Little Stories to start helping your little one in your home today!
Should you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to our speech-language pathologist on our Panel, free of charge.
Alyssa Bloxam, M.A., CCC-SLP
Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist
alyssa@collaborativecorner.org