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Children practising clear speech through fun drama articulation games

Articulation Games for Children: Drama and Speech Activities

Drama Start Books, 6 Nov 201413 Oct 2026

Explore articulation games for children that make speech and drama practice playful, encouraging clear speech and expressive use of the voice.

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Articulation Games

These games will help to improve the children’s fluency with language. They also help to improve clarity of speech sounds and assist with vocal projection.

Game: Voice coach Difficulty rating: ** Minimum number of participants: 2 Resources needed: Clear space, index cards with emotions written on them Instructions: Choose a simple sentence, e.g. “I want a can of Coke.” Write one of the feelings listed below on each index card. Have one child choose a card and then say the simple sentence in the emotion written on it. The rest of the class has to guess which emotion the child is trying to portray. Examples of emotions which can be used: Calm Happy Sad Stubborn Surprised Excited Angry Worried Brave Lonely At the end, have the children repeat the sentence together, as they all use the emotion they have chosen from the card.

Related: articulation exercises for young children. Further reading: voice and speech.

Related: articulation exercises for young children.

Further reading: voice and speech.

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