Songs are a fun way to work on language, imitation, and articulation skills.  Actually, singing with kids has been shown to have many positive results. Personally, I like to use songs to work on sounds/skills because kids like them and you can sing them anywhere.  Here are YouTube links to some of my go-to songs (you’ve probably heard me singing them with your kids!).  These links might not be *exactly* how I sing them, but they’re the closest I can find.  Also, the idea with the links is to show you the song and the actions so you and your child can sing the songs together.  There are more entertaining links for the songs, but I want your child watching YOU, not the screen 🙂

Slippery Fish – This song is great for working on /w/ sounds, /s/ sounds, /s/ blends, comments (oh no!), vocabulary, imitating actions, and -ing words.

Wheels on the Bus – This song is great for working on /w/, /b/. and /p/ sounds, vocabulary, imitating actions, /g/ (“go”),

Pop Pop Pop – This song is great for working on signing “bubble” (they don’t do that on this video), clapping, /b/ and /p/ sounds, and body parts.

I had a Little Turtle – especially great song for the /t/ sound in all positions of words, but also nice for working on signs for “eat” and “drink” (they don’t do that in the video though).

I Like to Eat, Eat, Eat Apples and Bananas – great song for signing and for final consonants.  You can also change the word to work with any target sounds or signs.  For example, if you were working on the /p/ and /b/ sounds, you could sing “I like to play, play, play, ball and bubbles”!

Where Oh Where Has my Little Dog Gone? – This song is great for working on /w/, /k/ and /g/, or “where”.

Hello, Hello – Use this song to work on /h/ words (hello, how, hope), /f/ (fine), or social greetings.