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My Favorite Speech Therapy Games For Young Children
Kids learn best through play. That’s why I love playing games with the kids I work with…it’s a great way to teach speech, language, and social skills in a fun, motivating way.
Today I want to share 10 of my favorite speech therapy games for young kids and how they can be used to strengthen your child's communication skills:
Don't Break the Ice: This is a great game to work on speech sound production, language concepts (verbs, directions, early literacy), turn-taking, strategic thinking, impulse control, attention/focus, emotional regulation, and flexibility.
The Sneaky, Snacky Squirrel: What a fun way to work on speech sounds, language concepts (colors, sentences, grammar), matching/sorting skills, strategic thinking, patience, turn-taking, and winning/losing.
Hi Ho! Cherry-O: Have fun working on speech sounds, language concepts (counting, sentence length, grammar), patience/impulse control, turn-taking, attention/focus, winning/losing, and task completion.
Pop the Pig: I love playing using this game to work on speech sound production, language concepts (colors, body parts, verbs, directions, sequencing, numbers/counting), turn-taking, social engagement, and impulse control.
Candy Land: Dust off your game from when you were a kids and use it to work on speech sound production, language concepts (verbs, counting/numbers), turn-taking, attention, impulse control, emotional regulation, winning/losing, and flexible thinking.
Chutes and Ladders: Another golden oldy you can use to work on speech sound production, language concepts (verbs, counting/numbers, grammar, sentence length/structure), turn-taking, attention, impulse control, emotional regulation, winning/losing, and flexible thinking.
Feed the Woozle: Have some laughs while you teach speech sound production, language concepts (verbs, directions, grammar, sentence length/structure) sequencing, turn-taking, attention, impulse control, emotional regulation, winning/losing, and flexible thinking.
Pop up Pirate: Kids love this game, which makes it a great tool for working on speech sounds and language concepts (colors, location, verbs, grammar, syntax), requests, turn-taking, social interaction, impulse control, and winning/losing.
Zingo: A new take on Bingo, use this cute game to work on speech production, vocabulary, yes/no, wh-questions, categorization, matching, descriptions, turn-taking, organization, impulse control, and winning/losing
Trouble: Great game for working on speech sound production, language concepts (verbs, grammar, sentence length/structure), turn-taking, attention, impulse control, emotional regulation, winning/losing, and flexibile thinking.
If you have a child in your life who's struggling to pronounce words, express themselves clearly, or play a structured game without emotional overwhelm, play can be a great way to help promote those skills. A language-rich environment helps develop communication skills, and games are a great way to do that.
Children develop communication skills at different rates, but if your child doesn't seem to be pronouncing sounds correctly, using new language, following directions, sequencing activities, attending and controlling impulses, or has difficulty playing cooperatively with others, it can be a sign that they need more support to develop these skills.
If you have any concerns, don't wait and see if your child will outgrow their communication difficulties. Early intervention is key. Seek an evaluation from a speech-language pathologist to see if they're following developmental speech and language patterns or if they need intervention.
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