- Speech and Language Therapists
- Speech and Language Therapy Assistants
- Teaching staff and SENCOs
- Parents and carers supporting home practice
- Information Handbook
- Probe sheets
- Homework sheets
- Picture and word cards
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This set of picture and word cards for Alveolar Liquid Clusters has been designed to support intervention using the Cycles Approach in speech and language therapy. This resource includes carefully selected target words beginning with alveolar liquid clusters /sl, tɹ, dɹ/, in line with Barbara Hodson’s Cycles Approach. The cards feature 22 bold, engaging illustrations, helping to maintain attention and make practice more enjoyable. Picture and word cards are also provided in black and white. This pack also includes probe sheets for other phonemes within the pattern, enabling you to probe for stimulability for your next session’s sounds. Who is it for? This set is ideal for children who are reducing alveolar-liquid clusters, targeted as a Primary Pattern in the Cycles Approach. Who can use it? -
This comprehensive Cycles Therapy Resource Pack provides the core therapy materials needed to deliver structured intervention using the Cycles Approach in speech and language therapy.
This pack includes:
- Over 700 picture and word cards in both colour and black and white, allowing you to select the most appropriate targets for each phoneme and pattern. Picture cards for Primary and Secondary Cycles patterns are included.
- Probe sheets to support assessment, target selection, progress monitoring, and cycle planning.
- 80 structured homework sheets, each including listening lists, space for individualised target words, and a phonological awareness activity to support home practice and generalisation.
Designed to support intervention across both Primary and Secondary Cycles, this resource pack provides therapists with the practical materials needed to assess, plan, deliver, and monitor therapy effectively.
The combination of picture cards, probe sheets, and homework resources helps ensure consistency between assessment, intervention, and home practice, supporting the high number of repetitions needed for speech sound development.
Who is it for?This resource is ideal for Speech and Language Therapists and Speech and Language Therapy Assistants delivering the Cycles Approach, whether you are new to the approach or looking for a comprehensive set of therapy materials to support your practice.
Who can use it?- Speech and Language Therapists
- Speech and Language Therapy Assistants
- Teaching staff and SENCOs (with support from a Speech and Language Therapist)
- Parents and carers supporting home practice
Please note
This resource pack contains the therapy materials only and does not include the Cycles Information Handbook.
The handbook can be purchased separately as either a digital download or a printed book.
Additional Cycles resources are also available separately, allowing you to build a complete Cycles therapy toolkit tailored to your needs. Please note: This is a digital download. After purchase, you will receive a PDF file via email. No physical items will be posted. -
This set of picture and word cards for velar liquid clusters has been designed to support intervention using the Cycles Approach in speech and language therapy. This resource includes carefully selected target words beginning with /gl, kl, gɹ, and kɹ/, (6 pictures to choose from for each sound) in line with Barbara Hodson’s Cycles Approach. The cards feature 24 bold, engaging illustrations, helping to maintain attention and make practice more enjoyable. Picture and word cards are also provided in black and white. This pack also includes probe sheets for other phonemes within the pattern, enabling you to probe for stimulability for your next session’s sounds. Who is it for? This set is ideal for children who have acquired /l/ and /ɹ/and /k/ and /g/ in their 3rd or 4th cycle, in Primary Patterns in the Cycles Approach and are working towards mastery of velar liquid clusters. In Cycles, velar liquid clusters are the last liquid clusters to be targeted. Who can use it?- Speech and Language Therapists
- Speech and Language Therapy Assistants
- Teaching staff and SENCOs
- Parents and carers supporting home practice
- Information Handbook
- Probe sheets
- Homework sheets
- Picture and word cards
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This set of picture and word cards for labial liquid clusters has been designed to support intervention using the Cycles Approach in speech and language therapy. This resource includes carefully selected target words beginning with /pl, bl, fl, pɹ, bɹ, and fɹ/, (6 pictures to choose from for each sound) in line with Barbara Hodson’s Cycles Approach. The cards feature 36 bold, engaging illustrations, helping to maintain attention and make practice more enjoyable. Picture and word cards are also provided in black and white. This pack also includes probe sheets for other phonemes within the pattern, enabling you to probe for stimulability for your next session’s sounds. Who is it for? This set is ideal for children who have acquired /l/ and /ɹ/, in Primary Pattern in the Cycles Approach and are working towards mastery of labial liquid clusters. In Cycles, labial liquid clusters are the last liquid clusters to be targeted. Who can use it?- Speech and Language Therapists
- Speech and Language Therapy Assistants
- Teaching staff and SENCOs
- Parents and carers supporting home practice
- Information Handbook
- Probe sheets
- Homework sheets
- Picture and word cards
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This set contains minimal pairs targeting consonant blend reduction of /r/ blends /br/ and /b/ - 14 pairs /dr/ and /d/ - 4 pairs /fr/ and /f/ - 9 pairs /kr/ and /k/ - 10 pairs /gr/ and /g/ - 7 pairs /pr/ and /p/ - 5 pairs /tr and /t/ - 7 pairs /str/ and /st/ - 6 pairs Picture cards, and picture and word cards have been provided so that the set is suitable for a range of students with differing abilities. Suitable for Reception, Key Stage 1, SEN, and EAL -
The Word Initial /br/ pack includes: - 30 picture and word cards - 30 picture cards (without words) ( 60 cards in total). Suitable for Reception, Key Stage 1, EAL and SEN -
The Word Initial /dr/ pack includes: - 21 picture and word cards - 21 picture cards (without words) ( 42 cards in total). Suitable for Reception, Key Stage 1, EAL and SEN -
The Word Initial /fr/ pack includes: - 19 picture and word cards - 19 picture cards (without words) ( 38 cards in total). Suitable for Reception, Key Stage 1, EAL and SEN -
The Word Initial /gr/ pack includes: - 27 picture and word cards - 27 picture cards (without words) ( 54 cards in total). Suitable for Reception, Key Stage 1, EAL and SEN -
The Word Initial /kr/ pack includes: - 33 picture and word cards - 33 picture cards (without words) ( 66 cards in total). Suitable for Reception, Key Stage 1, EAL and SEN -
The Word Initial /pr/ pack includes: - 12 picture and word cards - 12 picture cards (without words) (24 cards in total). Suitable for Reception, Key Stage 1, EAL and SEN -
The Word Initial /tr/ pack includes: - 35 picture and word cards - 35 picture cards (without words) ( 70 cards in total). Suitable for Reception, Key Stage 1, EAL and SEN
