I LOVE LOVE LOVE these speech therapy HedBanz ideas for many reasons which I will share with you right now.
Either watch the video below or keep reading to learn effective and fresh speech therapy ideas.
I can use Hedbanz for almost any child, ages 1-99. Seriously!
Both adults and children enjoy playing this game. However, I will not review how to play the game as intended. Instead, I will review how I adapt this game to work on almost any goal for any age.
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Moving on.
These ideas are for toddlers who:
Idea Number 1: Find the "food" cards and feed a stuffed animal a card. You can work on:
Idea Number 2: Turn over 3 or 4 words (face-down). Take turns turning over a card to find a pre-determined picture. This works on:
These ideas are for preschool children who need to work on:
Idea Number 1: Turn over 10 cards. Tell the students to take turns turning over one card to try to find a card that matches a predetermined category/vocabulary. If they find a card that fits in the category, they keep it. The one with the most cards wins. This works on:
These ideas are for children who need to work on:
For speech therapists, I pair these ideas with Expanding Expressions Tool. If you are a speech therapist, you know what I am talking about. If you are a parent and do not understand what I am talking about, don't worry. You don't have to! Let me explain.
EET is basically a multi-sensory tool to help children learn vocabulary. It breaks down a new vocabulary word by:
How to play: One person pulls a card from the pile and doesn't show it to anyone. Then the player has to answer each question above. Make sure he/she includes a fun fact so the child ties background knowledge into defining the word. The other players listen to all the clues and then guess the card. That's it.
This works on:
Click here for a copy of the EET cards
These ideas are for children who need to work on:
How to play: Think about your child's target sound. What is he or she working on? Once you define that, get creative! Create a phrase which contains the target sound. Each player has to say the phrase before taking a turn.
Examples:
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Bridget is an ASHA certified, practicing speech-language pathologist. She is passionate about providing parents with information on child speech and language development as well as provide functional, easy activities to do at home! Parents have the power to make a real difference. Follow Bridget at Facebook and Pinterest for more fun!