These are short carrier phrases and sentences with plentiful matching cards!
5 phrases:
"in the" (36 words)
"on the" (24 words)
"to the" (24 words)
"open the" (24 words)
"close the" (15 words)

Examples to stimulate production:
- Put the cookies... "in the oven." A bug gets stuck... "in the web." The fish are... "in the tank."
- We sit... "on the chair." We put food... "on the plate." We knock.. "on the door."
- When we need food, we go... "to the store/shop/grocery." If your tooth hurts, you go... "to the dentist." If you want to slide, you go... "to the park."
- To get some milk, we... "open the fridge." To park the car, we... "open the garage."

Print and laminate the phrase cutouts and their matching cards for durability.

Children with apraxia of speech need to move! Common phrases and sentences are useful for improving motor planning skills for everyday language. Focus on vowel switching initially. Then worry about consonant production. If a child can produce the correct vowels in a phrase/sentence, that child is much more likely to be understood. Of course, always take the advice of your own speech-language pathologist for the most effective practice.

Children with autism most often need direct intervention for comprehension and use of these such phrases. Another set is coming that includes slightly longer common short sentences for manding and using descriptive language.