Other

• Speakingofspeech.com - all areas of speech therapy

• Teacherspayteachers.com - search “free speech therapy”

• Natalie Snyders and Nicole Allison have lots of free materials

• https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Speech-and-Language-Home-Suggestions-for-Emergencies-for-SLPs-FREEBIE-5317375

• Free material - search for “Outer Space-Themed Speech & Language Homework Calendar”

• Superduperinc.com - https://www.superduperinc.com/Handouts/Handout.aspx

• Speech & Language Kids - https://www.speechandlanguagekids.com

• Games for speech and language development: http://www.playingwithwords365.com/15-best-games-for-speech-language-social-skills-development/

• https://teachingtalking.com/best-board-games-for-speech-therapy/

• www.circletimefun.com

At Home Games to Target Speech/Language Skills

• • -Guess WHO

    • -Can use to target child’s grammar when asking questions, encourage child to use appropriate articulation sounds.

    • -Some children have a difficult time coming up with questions to ask, give your child plenty of examples by asking the a question first. The next time you play, give your child the opportunity to ask first.

• • -Go FISH

    • -Great to target SH and F sounds

    • -Also a nice way to work on social skills, such as turn taking and appropriate comments to make during a game.

• • -Memory

    • -You can play the Memory game (sometimes called Concentration) with a regular deck of playing cards or print out a set of pictures of common objects (animals, fruits, clothing, toys, etc.), you can also use index cards and write words of objects on them for older kids. This makes a good tool for teaching and reinforcing early vocabulary.

    • -You can also use this to help work on understanding categories and describing items

      • -If playing with pictures of common objects: when a child finds a match ask them to tell you what category that item belongs in, ask them to think of one more item in that category, can they describe what it may look like (i.e. is it shiny, red, furry, hard, soft)

  • -Headbanz

    • -You can use this game to help you child practice asking questions, using correct grammar, focusing on their specific articulation sounds while speaking in conversation, and vocabulary skills while describing specific words.

  • Flashlight Game

    • Get out a flashlight and place pictures or objects that target the speech sound and place them inside child’s bedroom or other dark room, turn off the lights and have the child shine the light around the room to “find” the objects.

  • Simon Says

    • This game targets receptive language and can be made simple by using one-step directions (e.g., “Clap your hands 3 times) or made more challenging, progressing to two-three step directions (e.g., “Clap your hands 3 times and turn around in a circle).

      • For older children- try taking turns being "Simon" and have them practice giving directions.

  • Any board game with dice

    • You can target articulation this way by having the child say a select word with their sound the number of times that is rolled on the dice.

  • I SPY or Treasure hunt

    • Have child walk around house and find items that have their target sound in them.