SLP · Articulation
Articulation Arcade
Traditional articulation hierarchy — sound, syllable, word, phrase, sentence. Record each production, rate accuracy, and ladder up. Based on Van Riper’s motor-hierarchy method (1996).
Pick a target
Choose the phoneme and position the student is targeting.
Microphone required
Recording stays on this device — nothing is uploaded or saved between sessions. Your browser will ask for permission when you start.
How this helps (research)
Articulation therapyis the single most-billed service in school-based speech-language pathology — roughly 60% of a typical K-12 SLP caseload has articulation or phonological goals. Yet it’s the least-digitized corner of edtech: most SLPs still use laminated flash decks ($10 each) or Boom Cards with static images and no recording.
This game implements the traditional motor approach(Van Riper & Erickson, Speech Correction, 1996) using a five-step production hierarchy: isolation → syllable → word → phrase → sentence. McLeod & Baker (2017, Children’s Speech) and Williams, McLeod & McCauley (2010, Interventions for Speech Sound Disorders) both endorse the hierarchy as the gold-standard motor-production sequence for the vast majority of single-sound articulation targets.
Van Riper’s rule of thumb: 80% accuracy at a levelbefore advancing. The per-level percentages at the end of the session are designed to make that clinical decision visible at a glance — a portable data-collection tool for the SLP’s IEP tracking.