Many times our goal in speech therapy is for children to learn to build stories, adding details, descriptive words and generating a beginning,...
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Play “Order’s Up” in Speech Therapy
Games make speech therapy fun but carefully selected games can also advance a child's progress toward their IEP goals. "Order's Up" by Gamewright,...
What’s New at Playonwords
Here is a copy of my newsletter in case you aren't on the distribution list: Happy Summer and welcome to the heat wave! Normally we talk a lot about...
Fun New Games for Speech Therapy and Kids’ Play
As a speech language therapist, I use commercial board games all the time--sometimes to teach language concepts and sometimes as a reinforcer to...
“Truth Be Told” Game Teaches Social Language
Truth be told, there is only one honest player at a time in this zany game of pretend to know your friends. Designed for kids to adults, beginning...
Speech Therapy Games, “S’ Match” by Thinkfun
I use fun commercial games for speech therapy all the time. Some are valuable as a reinforcer after a turn of saying a sound, practicing a language...
Games to Reinforce Speech Therapy, Horton Hears a Who!
When you keep kids engaged and entertained, they don't even know that they are practicing their speech! I had two new kids this week who were...
Best Language Toys and Games for Holiday Gifts, 2009
It's that time of year to make our lists and check them twice--and select the best toys and games for our kids and grandkids for holiday gift...
Making Holiday Gift Lists for Kids
As the holidays approach, we start thinking about what to give the kids. Target's gift catalogue just arrived at the house, and the kids are pouring...
Goodbye Halloween, Hello Christmas
Wow, I can hardly finish Halloween and the stores are pushing Christmas! I was downtown today and I was re-routed on the sidewalk because they were...
Autism Games to Play
Recently, as I was looking on the internet for games to play with my kids on the autism spectrum, I came across autismgames.org, a wonderful site...
“ChickyBoom” Game for Speech Language Therapy
Blue Orange Games, known for their "hot games for a cool planet," continue to invent clever games for kids that are friendly to our environment....
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