The /r/ sound

One of the most popular speech sounds! Most of the time your child should be able to say the /r/ sound by age 6 or first grade. If your child is having difficulty with the /r/ sound after age 6 then, you could have the child screened to see if they may need extra help learning to say the sound.

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Boom Cards

Here is a list of words that have /r/ at the beginning of the word.

Here is a list of words with have the /r/ sound at the end.

Video

There are many tips and tricks to say the /r/ sound. Check out the video for one example by clicking the bee above.