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Buckaroo-Great for Reinforcement, Language, and Articulation

June 12, 2012 by Katie Filed Under: Fine Motor Activities, Games, Language Enrichment Activities for Parents, Therapy Ideas and Activities, Therapy Materials and Product Recomendations, Toys and Language Learning 2 Comments

I’ve written many posts about the different toys and games that I recommend for both parents and SLPs to use to work on speech and language skills both in therapy sessions and in the home. One of the games that I have gotten a TON of use out over the years is Buckaroo. That is, […]

Freebie Friday: Princess Barrier Game!

June 8, 2012 by Katie Filed Under: Freebie Friday, Games, Language Enrichment Activities for Parents, Play, Therapy Ideas and Activities 5 Comments

Well…its been several weeks since I brought you all a freebie Friday post! So here is one for you! A simple yet fun Princess Barrier Game for the princess(es) in your life! (Princess images purchased from Scrappin Doodles, background image purchased from ClipArtOf) What is a barrier game? A barrier game requires two or more players […]

Marble Race: One of the BEST Tools I Use in Therapy

April 3, 2012 by Katie Filed Under: Games, Therapy Materials and Product Recomendations 7 Comments

Hands-down one of the BEST investments I have made to my therapy materials collection is my marble race set. I got mine for only $20 at Toys R Us about 5 years ago. You can find the one I have HERE. The marble race game comes with many different track pieces that come in several […]

15 Kids Games I Can’t Live Without

April 2, 2012 by Katie Filed Under: Games, Therapy Materials and Product Recomendations 8 Comments

For my little clients and students, I use games a LOT in therapy. Why? Because they are motivating, fun, and can be tweaked to work on SO MANY goals and objectives (and the kids don’t even realize they are learning!) I either use them alone, or pair them with cards/word lists/other games depending on the […]

Bunnies in the Grass Game

March 19, 2012 by Katie Filed Under: Fine Motor Activities, Games, Therapy Ideas and Activities 5 Comments

One of the first years I was working I bought the game Ants in the Pants. My three year olds had a hard time with it but some of my four year olds and older students really loved trying to get the ants in the pants! A couple weeks ago I was wondering through the […]

Make Your Own Jeopardy Board

March 16, 2012 by Katie Filed Under: Games, Therapy Ideas and Activities 7 Comments

Several years ago when I was working in a middle school (4th-8th graders) I found myself B O R E D in my therapy sessions. If I was bored, I am SURE my students were too, so I started getting more creative in my sessions. In addition, I was needing activities that would target MANY […]

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Clover {Barrier Game}

March 6, 2012 by Katie Filed Under: Books and Literacy Activities, Games, Language Enrichment Activities for Parents, Therapy Ideas and Activities 3 Comments

St. Patrick’s day is less than two weeks away and I have a few FREE activities lined up so I thought I would give you one today! It’s another barrier game, this time to go along with a super fun book  There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Clover. I LOVE all the There […]

Freebie Friday: Conversation Heart Math Game

February 9, 2012 by Katie Filed Under: Freebie Friday, Games, Language Enrichment Activities for Parents, Therapy Ideas and Activities 3 Comments

It has been a busy week here! I was able to squeeze in a little Valentine’s Freebie though! I made this Conversation Heart Math Game. Ok, ok….you are probably thinking “Um…aren’t you a SPEECH therapist? Why are you making a MATH game?” Well I have used a couple different variations of games in my therapy […]

Freebie Friday: Where is Cupid? A Prepositional Game

February 2, 2012 by Katie Filed Under: Blogging, Freebie Friday, Games, Language Enrichment Activities for Parents, Therapy Ideas and Activities 11 Comments

I know, I know….you came here today for a FREEBIE! So, here you go!   This week my freebie is a Valentines Themed Game called Where is Cupid. This card game targets prepositions by showing Cupid in different positions around other objects. Here is what the cards look like: You can use these cards in […]

Freebie Friday: Chinese (Lunar) New Year Memory Game

January 12, 2012 by Katie Filed Under: Freebie Friday, Games, Language Enrichment Activities for Parents, Therapy Ideas and Activities 13 Comments

Life has been BUSY this week, so just a quick freebie today for Freebie Friday! To help celebrate Chinese New Year, I’ve made some Chinese Zodiac Memory game cards. In fact, I made two different sets. You can combine the two sets for one giant memory or card game, or just use one set for […]

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