Why Speech Therapy Games?
Many children suffer from Speech and Stuttering problems and nearly 1 in 12 children has a speech, swallowing, or language disorders language disorders.
But with more Speech Pathologist entering the field more children are receiving early intervention services to combat this language disorders.
By playing games it takes the pressure and demand off children for learning something and eases them into wanting to learn new things and to participate in groups.
Most popular speech games for children and teens with special needs below.
Recordable Answer Buzzers
Use these recordable buttons to customize therapy sessions, and help understand words through tactile and aural learning.
Junior Learning: Speech Flips
Teaches parts of speech and builds different sentences by flipping over parts of speech. Covers articles, nouns, pronouns, verbs, prepositions, adverbs by seeing who can build the most sentences, and use photographic images to support learning.
Sequencing cards for storytelling
Each box contains an answer key with a question guide for each picture. The picture cards can be used to prompt “WH” basic questions of WHO, WHAT, WHERE and WHEN.
Each picture scene is illustrated to specifically target higher levels of thinking and to improve proficiency in problem solving; responding to “WHY” and “HOW” questions, analyzing and comparing, inferring and predicting, and reasoning skills.
Vocabulary Builder Flash Cards
This Vocabulary Builder Bundle includes 6 full sets, 299 cards, many teaching methods with a clear and clean picture on the front of each card and a colorful English word on the back of each card.
This set will empower you and your child and students to increase their vocabulary, identification and language skills with everyday object with a diverse mix of ages and races throughout this set.
Whether you’re a stay-at-home mom, dad or in a professional field such as a therapist, counselling, psychology or homecare, we hope this set empowers you to be successful in educating your students.
Kibbit Bingo
Kibbit is a twist on the traditional Bingo game. The pictures on the board differ from each other in one or more ways. The dice represent the different elements that can be to describe each picture such as size, color, and shape.
There are four bingo boards for each of the four (delicious) themes for up to four players. Each board can be played on two skill levels, and includes a visual aid to help the child formulate a grammatically correct description. Kibbit is intended for use by therapists, educators, or parents.
Wily Fox Sensory Pizza
This multifunctional sensory nature game is great for preschool education that allows the child to develop fine motor skills, communication, verbal and problem-solving skills, memory, logic, imagination and visual perception
Picture My Feelings and Emotions
There are teaching targets for: 10 feelings and emotions with 7 preposition concepts along with 40 verbs, and 8 category types with 20 associated objects.
Mindfulness Therapy Games
With a focus on visualization and the building of social skills, these inspirational cards are recommended for group play therapy. Teach adults and kids how to live in the moment with mindfulness.
Key Education Sentence Building
Great for both homeschool and classroom learning, the Sentence Building set includes teaching suggestions and multiple reading and writing games to work alongside students to build vocabulary, grammar, and increase fluency.
You Know Social Skills Game
In counseling groups to build social skills and positive communication. In a small group setting such as a classroom camp or team building activity. With your family – provides insight into children’s social skills decision-making process frustration tolerance level of respect for rules boundaries and problem-solving abilities. In individual counseling sessions as an assessment tool that is in alignment with solution focused counseling
Conclusion
So what do you think of these communication games listed above? Although, children’s language development won’t improve over night through a game.
I do believe that by utilizing games it does take the pressure off of children when learning communication skills. Early intervention is very important and sometimes children who struggle with voice disorders also struggle with apraxia and dyslexia as well.
