Yes, the CH sound is a voiceless (unvoiced) sound.

Yes, the CH sound is a Palato-alveolar sound?

Yes, the CH sound  is an affricate sound?

How to make the “ch” sound:

• Pucker your lips like a little kiss.
• Place and hold the tip of your tongue towards the top of the mouth (called the hard palate.  If your child can produce the “t” sound, tell them they want the tip of their tongue to be a little further back than that)
• Turn off your voice ( voice is the rumbling in your vocal folds.  For example, have you rchild/client place their hand on their/your neck during the production of “ch” and “z”, and have them feel the difference between the two.  In the production of “ch”, there should be no rumble or voicing.  While in the production of “z”, there should be a rumbling or voicing.)
• Release the air trapped behind your tongue forcefully!

Tricks and Tips for producing the “ch” sound:

• A fun and tasty way to teach the child where to put their tongue for a “ch” production is to put some Nutella, peanut butter, sour candy gel, or any other creamy food they enjoy on the target spot. (rubbing a sucker on the target spot works too)  Once the child has felt the spot a few times, have them try to blow out air while still having the tongue touching the spot.
• Have the child say the “t” sound super fast over and over again.  After they have said it a few times, tell them to try and pull their tongue backwards.  (I like to use a lasso and cow analogy with the tongue being the cow and using an imaginary rope to pull it back.).
• Have the child say “t” and then “sh” right after.  “Lets make a sound sandwich!  We are going to say the “t” then the “sh”.  Using pictures to show the combination of “t” + “sh” is helpful as well.
• Pretend that you and the child are train conductors.  Take turns making your best “choo choo” train sounds.

1. Chicken
2. Chapter
3. China
4. Chat
5. Chili
6. Chocolate
7. Chest
8. Chew
9. Child
10. Chair
11. Check
12. Cheese
13. Cheetah
14. Checkers
15. Chicken
16. Chin
17. Chop
18. Chew
19. Chain
20. Chalk
21. Chore
22. Choose
23. Church
24. Challenge
25. Cello
26. Changing
27. Children
28. Charm
29. Channel
30. Cheeseburger

1. Nachos
2. Teacher
3. Statue
4. Peaches
5. Kitchen
6. Ketchup
7. Inches
8. Future
9. Exchange
10. Coaches
11. Benches
12. Achieve
13. Beach ball
14. Catcher
15. Crutches
16. Grandchild
17. Hatching
18. Key Chain
19. Marching
20. Touchdown
21. Picture
22. Witches
23. Reaching
24. High Chair
25. Beaches

1. Branch
2. Coach
3. Ranch
4. Hatch
5. Ostrich
6. Lunch
7. Stretch
8. Witch
9. Watch
10. Wrench
11. Speech
12. Beach
13. Couch
14. Bench
15. Patch
16. Reach
17. March
18. Touch
19. Patch
20. Stretch
21. Pitch
22. Peach
23. Attach
24. Mismatch
25. Sandwich

If you are looking for tips and tricks on how to produce the perfect CH sounds; click the link below:

CH Overview

Target the CH sound at the isolation level with 3 different activities: Isolation Animation, Pop the Bubbles, and Click the Button!

Target CH at the syllable level with our virtual flashcards!

We have three activities for targeting CH at the word level: 1.) Classic flashcards with initial, medial, final, and mixed sets. 2.) Minimal Pair Sliders 3.) Name the Photos (Have the computer give you feedback on your sound productions!)

CH phrase flashcards with sets targeting CH in the initial, medial, final, and mixed positions!

Target CH at the sentence level with our rotating sentences activity!

Our CH story is full of CH target sounds and tongue twisters! Read it yourself or play it out loud and then repeat it back!

We have two ways to target CH at the conversation level: 1.) Silly story scenes full of CH target words. 2.) Conversation starter questions.

CH Virtual Materials

CH Flashcards

CH Progression Cards

CH Soccer Shootout

CH Paint

CH Spot It

CH Escape From Dragon's Dungeon

CH Fish's Flight to Freedom

CH Witch's Brew

CH Summer Sundae Dash

CH Fall Apple Quest

CH Halloween Candy Chompers

CH Thanksgiving Treats

CH Cupid's Valentines Candies

CH Marshmallows' Mad Dash

CH Unicorn Artic Derby

CH Train Track Dash

CH Space Race

CH Flashlight Finder

CH Feed the Bear

CH Pumpkin Carving

CH Build-a-Snowman

CH Thanksgiving Dinner

CH Jeopardy

CH Tic-Tac-Toe

CH Candy Land

CH Connect 4

CH Battleship

CH Artic Ninja

CH Cat Run

CH Volt Runner

CH Artic Clicker

CH Pizza Jumper

CH Artic Cruiser

CH Space Invaders

CH Spot the Differences

CH Dino Hop

CH Matching

CH Treasure Hunt

CH Crossword

CH Word Find 1

CH Word Find 2

CH Boom Cards