Penny Toss

Need a fun way to get your clients to produce a lot of responses?  Then give this game a shot.  Besides being a good motivator, it is also: •    adaptable to any goal •    fun for big and little kids •    cheap •    portable What you’ll need: •    pennies (or plastic chips or beans) – [...]

S Cluster Therapy Ideas

  Here are some great ideas for working on s clusters! They were submitted by Angel Reaux, a graduate student at University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Thank you, Angel!   Use I Spy books or puzzles or put pictures of s cluster objects on the wall and play “I Spy” games. Use a puppet spider [...]

“Take a Peek” at this Therapy Idea

  Here’s a way to make practicing words and sentences more fun and “focused” without spending time or money on it’s preparation. The activity is simple, but makes practice seem like a game. And since the materials don’t cost anything, you can let the child take it home to encourage carry-over. Materials: – a cardboard [...]

Here are some “sweet” Valentine’s Day therapy materials…

  What better way is there to get your message across this Valentine’s Day than to put it on a “candy heart”? There is a cool website that allows you to enter your own word or message, pick the heart’s color, and save the result. To make your own, go to http://www.cryptogram.com/hearts/ I’ve made some [...]

Snowball Fight – A fun, easy therapy activity

 Want to have some clean wintry fun in your sessions? Have a “snowball” fight! This version works in all climates (even in Florida) and is a great motivator for heaps of repetition or practice. Materials: 1. Scrap paper, ripped (letter size paper ripped in fourths works great) 2. Stimuli for what you are working on [...]