Twenty words built on the air sound, each one drawn, spoken out loud, and ready to practice at word, phrase, or sentence level. Tap play and go.
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These cards practice vocalic R in the air family. They are grouped by sound rather than by spelling, so square, bear cub, terrier and raspberry all sit together even though the letters look nothing alike. Tap any card to open the full player; every card speaks its word out loud.
The level dial rewrites every card live — the same picture grows with your child from single words to full sentences. Here’s card one:
Parent mode picks five words for today — square, arrow, airplane, bear cub, ferris wheel — so a session can be two minutes on the couch, not a curriculum. Every card comes with a plain-language prompt like this one:
“Start with a short eh, then hold the r at the end: air… square. Then ask: Which shape has four sides the same?”
Working on this in speech sessions? The player also has a clinician side: draw on any card, jot a note, and use record-and-playback for listen-then-say practice. See the SLP tour →
Words that carry the r-controlled vowel in chair, however it happens to be spelled: square, hare, airplane, bear cub, terrier and raspberry all belong here. This free deck gives you 20 of them as talking flashcards: every card shows a picture, says its word out loud, and can grow the word into a phrase or full sentence.
ARE usually arrives in the same stretch as AR and OR, ahead of the ER family, but it is still often unfinished at six. The tongue has to travel from a fairly high, front eh straight back into the r, and when it does not make the whole trip chair comes out as "cheh" and bear as "beh". Sorting by sound rather than spelling matters a lot here, because air, ear, are and err can all make this one vowel.
Yes. All 20 cards, the audio, the level dial, and record-and-playback are free in your browser with no login, no download, and no locked cards.
Nowhere. Recordings play back on your device only — they are never uploaded or saved, and they disappear when you close the page.
No. Little Words is a practice tool for home and for sessions. If you have concerns about your child’s speech, a licensed speech-language pathologist can evaluate and guide you — these cards are a way to practice between conversations, not a diagnosis or a treatment plan.
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