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R Articulation Playing Cards

$3

Rated 4.95 out of 5 based on 111 customer ratings
(111 customer reviews)

Confidently target /r/ , getting tons of repetition while your students stay motivated and engaged with this super fun articulation game! Used just like a regular deck of playing cards, these 52 playing cards each feature a picture and a word that contains /r/ words in initial, medial, and final positions, perfect for drill-based speech therapy.

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Confidently target /r/ , getting tons of repetition while your students stay motivated and engaged with this super fun articulation game! Used just like a regular deck of playing cards, these 52 playing cards each feature a picture and a word that contains /r/ words in initial, medial, and final positions, perfect for drill-based speech therapy. Just print, laminate and you’ll have a quality set of cards ready for instant articulation activities whenever you need it!

SLPs know that we need to maximize the number of practice trials during our sessions.

Students know they just wanna have fun!

Combine both by playing engaging articulation games, including anything you could play with a regular deck of cards. Play any card game – Go Fish!, Crazy Eights, or Memory! I love playing War with these cards! Or, just use them like any articulation drill deck.

Here’s what’s inside:

  • 52 Color Cards featuring /r/ words
  • 52 Black and White Outline Cards

Featuring all prevocalic and vocalic /r/ sounds:

  • 6 prevocalic /r/ Words
  • 5 prevocalic /r/ blend Words
  • 7 vocalic “ar” Words
  • 6 vocalic “eer” Words
  • 6 vocalic “air” Words
  • 5 vocalic “ire” Words
  • 7 vocalic “er” Words
  • 6 vocalic “or” Words
  • 4 vocalic /rl/ Words

Use these cards at any articulation level, whether you’re starting with words or ready to work on articulation carryover and generalization.

Here’s some reasons why other SLPs have loved these articulation cards:

♥ “This is a fantastic idea for a product. My students love playing a card game while working on R. It keeps them engaged and interested. You can apply it to any card game, which allows for lots of variety. I keep it very handy, next to my therapy table. Great for a quick screener and goal updates! Your /R/ students will love this. It’s a must for any /R/ group!” – Denise B.

♥ “This has been one of my most used materials with my middle schoolers. I have been able to play so many different games while hitting their articulation targets.” – Alicia R.

♥ “This resource is amazing! Made it so easy to drill and get lots of repetitions on a sound” – Addie R.


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111 reviews for R Articulation Playing Cards

  1. Rated 5 out of 5

    Kara E. – July 8, 2016

    This is a great way to work on artic and I know my kids will love being able to chose what card game to play with these cards. Thanks so much!

  2. Rated 5 out of 5

    Jessica D. – August 25, 2016

    My upper elementary students are going to love these! So many card games to play and so many trials! Thank you!

  3. Rated 5 out of 5

    Susan W. – September 12, 2016

    Very nice, thanks! I like that there are pairs to use for lots of different activities.

  4. Rated 5 out of 5

    Jessica C. – September 13, 2016

    My kiddos love using these cards to drill and play various games.

  5. Rated 5 out of 5

    Jyothi T. – September 18, 2016

    Great for my middle school students who want to play games but have to still work on artic

  6. Rated 5 out of 5

    Kristen Miller – October 8, 2016

    Everyone needs another /r/ deck of cards !! Great resource !!

  7. Rated 5 out of 5

    Lauren Kline – October 18, 2016

    Thank you!

  8. Rated 5 out of 5

    Bethany N. – October 31, 2016

    Great resource!

  9. Rated 5 out of 5

    Kaitlin J. – November 5, 2016

    My students like using these.

  10. Rated 5 out of 5

    Squid Speech – November 22, 2016

    These cards are a lifesaver! I have a 13-year-old client whose only focus is /r/ in all contexts/positions. I was having a hard time finding materials to make therapy fun for her. She now loves using these cards to target her goal. Every week, we look up a new card game to learn how to play, all while practicing her sound. Thank you!

  11. Rated 5 out of 5

    Alexandra Deathe – February 5, 2017

    Great for older kids!

  12. Rated 5 out of 5

    Adi L. – February 8, 2017

    I’m in love with these cards. You can use them in place of regular artic picture cards during any activity, or you can play any number of card games. These are perfect for my middle schoolers.

  13. Rated 5 out of 5

    Meredith B. – March 17, 2017

    I love these cards! It provides a different twist on drilling!

  14. Rated 5 out of 5

    Kelly M. – March 31, 2017

    Great

  15. Rated 5 out of 5

    Jennifer E. – April 1, 2017

    My students love playing war with these cards!! Thanks so much!!

  16. Rated 5 out of 5

    Special Ed Speech – July 28, 2017

    Awesome resource, very versatile! Thank you!

  17. Rated 5 out of 5

    Communication Blessings – September 5, 2017

    This is such a fun, yet simple, way to get lots of practice with a variety of R sounds! Thanks for providing a way to keep things interesting and engaging for my kids! 🙂

  18. Rated 5 out of 5

    Beth S. – September 9, 2017

    Fun activity with my older kids!

  19. Rated 5 out of 5

    Nicola S. – October 10, 2017

    So helpful!

  20. Rated 5 out of 5

    Emily S. – October 19, 2017

    Love these cards!

  21. Rated 5 out of 5

    Sara L. – November 24, 2017

    Can use in a variety of different ways. Can’t wait to use them to keep sessions interesting!

  22. Rated 5 out of 5

    Bernadette D. – November 27, 2017

    What a clever idea!

  23. Rated 5 out of 5

    Zeth Anne C. – November 28, 2017

    Love this deck of cards!!! My students enjoy using it.

  24. Rated 5 out of 5

    Rachel S. – November 28, 2017

    very fun!

  25. Rated 5 out of 5

    Jenna S. – December 3, 2017

    Great product! So much fun!

  26. Rated 5 out of 5

    Chelsey H. – February 28, 2018

    This is just the activity I needed to excite my middle schoolers!

  27. Rated 5 out of 5

    Jenni Shellhorn – April 7, 2018

    Great product to use with my intermediate students. It’s a great alternative to using a board game.

  28. Rated 5 out of 5

    Marcia C. – April 17, 2018

    Great motivator!

  29. Rated 5 out of 5

    Laura T. – April 22, 2018

    I love these cards! They are so versatile and the students really enjoy using them! Thank you!

  30. Rated 5 out of 5

    Cheryl W. – May 2, 2018

    Great cards!

  31. Rated 4 out of 5

    Andrea Manz – May 9, 2018

    I love these cards! So great for a change of pace from board games 🙂

  32. Rated 5 out of 5

    Jennifer R. – May 11, 2018

    Yes! Love all these articulation decks!

  33. Rated 5 out of 5

    Kortney V. – May 16, 2018

    Great for working on /r/!

  34. Rated 5 out of 5

    Nicole Bowers – May 30, 2018

    Great and practical resource!

  35. Rated 5 out of 5

    Anne L. – July 8, 2018

    Absolutely love this playing card format! My students agree! Thanks!

  36. Rated 5 out of 5

    Erika R. – July 18, 2018

    Such great price point for this activity. Great for carryover

  37. Rated 5 out of 5

    CAM speech – August 22, 2018

    so great!

  38. Rated 5 out of 5

    Amy L. – August 23, 2018

    Love these cards!

  39. Rated 5 out of 5

    Taylor M. – September 6, 2018

    I have really enjoyed this resource. I have been able to use it for Elementary and Middle school aged students and they all have loved it!

  40. Rated 5 out of 5

    Shelby S. – September 23, 2018

    This is a great idea for my high school aged kids!

  41. Rated 5 out of 5

    Kaitlyn F. – September 27, 2018

    Easy to use!

  42. Rated 5 out of 5

    Chyres M. – October 11, 2018

    Awesome idea!!!

  43. Rated 5 out of 5

    Brittney P. – November 4, 2018

    I love using these cards to work with articulation groups!

  44. Rated 5 out of 5

    Chelsey Lindhorst – November 12, 2018

    My older kids absolutely loved being able to play card games all while practicing their targeted sounds!

  45. Rated 5 out of 5

    Julie R. – November 26, 2018

    Kids loved playing this game.

  46. Rated 5 out of 5

    Susan D. – January 3, 2019

    Thanks.

  47. Rated 5 out of 5

    Melissa W. – January 25, 2019

    Can’t wait to try this out with some of my high schoolers!

  48. Rated 5 out of 5

    Deborah B. – February 19, 2019

    My older elementary students enjoy these. Also easy to send home for “fun” homework.

  49. Rated 5 out of 5

    Kimberly O. – February 28, 2019

    My kids love card games and I love having a fun activity to use for drill work. I purchased several sets.

  50. Rated 5 out of 5

    Kelly F. – March 17, 2019

    I need one of these decks for every sound!

  51. Rated 5 out of 5

    Carla Kennedy – April 27, 2019

    A1 recommend

  52. Rated 5 out of 5

    Carrie L. – May 6, 2019

    So great to have another fun resource to use in therapy!

  53. Rated 5 out of 5

    Elizabeth J. – May 8, 2019

    So handy to have for when carryover and when drill just gets boring!

  54. Rated 5 out of 5

    Learn A Lot with Mrs Lottinville – May 15, 2019

    This is so much more fun for the students than worksheets and not near as much planning as it takes to always come up with new activities.

  55. Rated 5 out of 5

    Emily N. – May 21, 2019

    Can’t wait to prep and use!

  56. Rated 5 out of 5

    Mikaela Corkrean – August 15, 2019

    Great for playing Crazy 8!

  57. Rated 5 out of 5

    Lucy G. – August 19, 2019

    My students absolutely LOVE these! They beg to play 🙂 thank you for creating something so fun & useful!

  58. Rated 5 out of 5

    Ashley C. – September 3, 2019

    Easy to use!

  59. Rated 5 out of 5

    Stephanie V. – September 10, 2019

    Can’t wait to use this product

  60. Rated 5 out of 5

    Sarah Z. – September 19, 2019

    So good and easy to use!

  61. Rated 5 out of 5

    Katie G. – November 7, 2019

    great resource. So many different ways to use.

  62. Rated 5 out of 5

    Bailey G. – December 10, 2019

    Great resource!

  63. Rated 5 out of 5

    stephanie T. – January 24, 2020

    Such a fun and simple way to work on /r/ – which I do daily! Thank you!

  64. Rated 5 out of 5

    The Language Lady – January 30, 2020

    Fun way to get repetitions. I have been using these to play crazy 8s with the kids.

  65. Rated 5 out of 5

    Addie T. – February 5, 2020

    This resource is amazing! Made it so easy to drill and get lots of repetitions on a sound

  66. Rated 5 out of 5

    Darcy D. – March 30, 2020

    I’m using this with my older elementary students – we were tired of my usual /r/ cards and wanted something different. So many ways to use them – go fish, slap “four” (instead of Jack), memory.

  67. Rated 5 out of 5

    Rachel Z. – May 6, 2020

    This was so engaging for my students and made practice fun!

  68. Rated 5 out of 5

    Macie D. – May 6, 2020

    Love using this resource to play go fish! Great /r/ words and visuals.

  69. Rated 5 out of 5

    Alicia R. – May 11, 2020

    This has been one of my most used materials with my middle schoolers. I have been able to play so many different games while hitting their articulation targets.

  70. Rated 5 out of 5

    Nelinda P. – May 13, 2020

    It targets student’s goals and fun!

  71. Rated 4 out of 5

    Heather T. – July 4, 2020

    I love all of these articulation playing card decks! I use them as drill cards, but the graphics keep my clients engaged. My only concern with the /r/ deck is I wish there were an initial /r/ deck, a vocalic /r/ deck and an /r/ blend deck so that there are more words! But I still love it!

  72. Rated 5 out of 5

    Bethany F. – August 18, 2020

    Great way to get lots of repetitions and keep older elementary students engaged in speech!

  73. Rated 5 out of 5

    Sophia D. – August 20, 2020

    My students loved using this resource. It was a fun way to target /r/.

  74. Rated 5 out of 5

    Allison B. – October 10, 2020

    Such a fun way to work on the /r/ sound!!

  75. Rated 5 out of 5

    Alicia O. – October 14, 2020

    Worked great for my students when they wanted to play a game while also working on speech sounds

  76. Rated 5 out of 5

    Bethany C. – October 20, 2020

    My students loved it!

  77. Rated 5 out of 5

    Cynthia B. – November 11, 2020

    This was engaging and versatile. I could use it with mixed groups which is always a plus!

  78. Rated 5 out of 5

    Adrianna M. – December 1, 2020

    These playing cards are great! I laminated them to keep them long lasting. Such a variety of games that can be played to keep the students engaged and motivated!

  79. Rated 4 out of 5

    Shelle P. – January 25, 2021

    I loved using this card deck for my articulation group working on /r/. I liked that we could play different card games because this is just like a regular deck of cards. I will use this all of the time!

  80. Rated 5 out of 5

    Emily LeMasters – March 15, 2021

    My clients love this activity, it makes it so easy to incorporate target words into card games!!

  81. Rated 5 out of 5

    Brandlynn N. – March 29, 2021

    Great!

  82. Rated 5 out of 5

    Erin S. – April 7, 2021

    Love using this deck with my many students working on /r/! The cards provide great opportunity for drill while keeping things fun and engaging for the students!

  83. Rated 4 out of 5

    bo S. – April 7, 2021

    Great resource! really helped target goals with my students.

  84. Rated 5 out of 5

    Kayla H. – April 21, 2021

    This was a fun activity for my middle schoolers to play. They were able to work on their /r/ sounds and play a game at the same time!

  85. Rated 5 out of 5

    Denise B. – April 28, 2021

    This is a fantastic idea for a product. My students love playing a card game while working on R. It keeps them engaged and interested. You can apply it to any card game, which allows for lots of variety. I keep it very handy, next to my therapy table. Great for a quick screener and goal updates! Your /R/ students will love this. It’s a must for any /R/ group!

  86. Rated 5 out of 5

    Dorian Sobel – June 22, 2021

    Another great resource from Speechy Musings!

  87. Rated 5 out of 5

    Alison W. – August 5, 2021

    Great to use with my older students! It makes speech really fun!

  88. Rated 5 out of 5

    Emily M. – September 30, 2021

    na

  89. Rated 5 out of 5

    Nancy R. – November 17, 2021

    Love these cards! Such a fun and engaging way to practice R words!

  90. Rated 5 out of 5

    Emily P. – February 3, 2022

    My group really enjoyed this activity. Enough cards to play with three plus kids.

  91. Rated 5 out of 5

    Samantha Z. – February 13, 2022

    Excellent and helpful resource when working on the R sound. These cards are extremely engaging and allow for play to be incorporated into therapy seamlessly. I definitely recommend!

  92. Rated 5 out of 5

    Faith H. – March 22, 2022

    Love these cards. The one deck can be used for many different games to practice articulation.

  93. Rated 5 out of 5

    Elizabeth H. – August 30, 2022

    Fun and engaging!

  94. Rated 5 out of 5

    Heather R. – October 25, 2022

    My students enjoyed creating their own set of cards to take home.

  95. Rated 5 out of 5

    Miranda B. – February 12, 2023

    Love the word selection, great cards, a favorite for crazy 8s

  96. Rated 5 out of 5

    Yocelyng S. – March 8, 2023

    This has been a very helpful material to use in my speech therapy room. Thanks so much for the effort that went on putting this together!

  97. Rated 5 out of 5

    Ashley B. – May 9, 2023

    This was a great activity to work on carryover with my students in an engaging way. They really enjoyed the game.

  98. Rated 5 out of 5

    Debra B. – April 13, 2024

    These cards are favorites of my articulation students and we can use them for a variety of games, both in Quick Artic and longer sessions. I also use them with language students and even my littles and more complex needs students like to sort the cards by number, by suit, and by category. So versitile1

  99. Rated 4 out of 5

    Stacy N. – July 17, 2024

    Like the option of printing in black and white to send home with students. Fun photos.

  100. Rated 5 out of 5

    Brittany Colarusso (verified owner) – August 28, 2024

    Great to use with older students working on r.

  101. Rated 5 out of 5

    Teach Speech 365 – November 23, 2024

    I have several students at the sentence/conversational level, so these are great to play games with so I can still get a lot of data.

  102. Rated 5 out of 5

    Kaylee H. – December 4, 2024

    This product is easy to prep and a fun way to practice sounds in speech groups!

  103. Rated 5 out of 5

    Meghan G. – March 6, 2025

    My older articulation students love these cards! They offer lots of flexibility for different games or just flashcards!

  104. Rated 4 out of 5

    Marissa T. – March 15, 2025

    A different way of targeting /r/ with older students – very creative!

  105. Rated 5 out of 5

    Anna Elliott – March 19, 2025

    Older kids who need lots of reps for articulation love these cards. I’ve played a multitude of games with them, as well as using them with groups and individuals. I love these cards!

  106. Rated 5 out of 5

    Amy B. – July 27, 2025

    Have several “r” kids and this is a great resource to make learning fun

  107. Rated 5 out of 5

    Carly S. – December 2, 2025

    Fun resource!

    Great activity to print and send home with students! I sent over summer break!

  108. Rated 5 out of 5

    Diane R. – January 21, 2026

    Great resource for drill and practice on the /r/ sound!

    My students enjoy playing a variety of card games with this deck while they practice saying their target /r/ sound. Lots of fun!

  109. Rated 5 out of 5

    Megan G. – January 27, 2026

    Great resource

    Love this and so do my students! Very engaging and fun!

  110. Rated 5 out of 5

    Shari J. – February 3, 2026

    Fun way to get those extra R drills in

    Sometimes R groups can drag as the weeks go by. This game is great to pull out to play when the kids get fidgety (and still address those goals!)

  111. Rated 5 out of 5

    Kelly O. – February 13, 2026

    Perfect and Fun

    Can be used with a number of card games while students are able to work on their sounds.

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