Even more super simple card and worksheet games to finish up your year.

Let’s be honest.  By the end of the year, we all need to conserve our energy for that last set of progress notes.  I’m looking for easy and effective activities to collect a lot of data.  My students and clients are looking for FUN activities-they are probably tired too.

It’s time for some more super simple activities designed to trick your students into doing more speech therapy than they ever thought possible.

FLIP IT

This game is so easy.  Grab an articulation deck.  Place cards at the end of the table.  Take turns trying to hit the end of the card making the card flip onto the floor.  You win if your card has flown the farthest.  The winner gets to pick up all the cards and get a sticker or a round of applause.  Make sure you don’t win this game-or you will be doing more work than you want to.  If you have enough energy to hit the button on your phone’s timer, it adds an extra layer of fun to clean up.  

STEP (on)  IT-IDENTIFICATION

Working on receptive identification becomes more fun when you have to stomp on a card with your feet rather than point with your finger.  Step one place cards on floor.  Make sure to place the cards far enough away that you can tell which card they are stomping on.  Give direction or request.  Student stops on the picture.  Congratulate them saying, “Wow you did it!  Pick up both of them and put them in the tin.  Time for the next one.”  Unable to bend over at this time of the year?  Have your students place the cards on the floor for you.  

JUDGE IT!

A surprising benefit of this activity in articulation is you get to hear their productions without a visual context.  Sometimes it’s a little depressing-but still good information to have! 

You’ll need a tall backed rolling chair for this one.  Give your student a worksheet or set of articulation cards.  Turn your chair around so that you are not looking at them.   The student begins practicing their worksheet or articulation sound.  You decide when you want to turn around and accept them on your team.  Make sure to have your hand hovering over your pretend button to keep them intrigued.  

BALANCE ON IT!

Have your students see how long they can stand on one foot while you drill them.  For added hilarity, ask them to take both feet off the floor.  You can also try to have them

THROW IT!

Sure it’s out of season but still fun (unless you have PTSD from being buried under mounds of snow like some of my east coast SLP peeps).  Give each student a worksheet and have them cut out or rip up the pictures as they practice their targets.  Have them practice their targets as they crumple each piece of paper up.  Once each student has their snowballs ready-have a snowball fight.  Then have a contest to see who can pick up the most snow balls.  Have them open up each snowball and practice their sound again as they are throwing each snowball away.

GUESS IT!

This is probably the activity that requires the least amount of effort-while still resulting in a lot of repetitions.  I choose my therapy targets (generally picture cards.)   I then lay them out and tell my clients that they need to guess which one is my favorites.  We say the cards as we lay them down.  Sometimes (if I need to get my steps in) I’ll write down my favorite on a piece of paper.  Sometimes I don’t.  They guess which one is my favorite.  If they are wrong, I take that card away and we repeat all the cards again. Not writing it down lets me continue the activity for as long as I want.  Sometimes I give clues by looking happy when my favorite card is being read and looking upset at one of my not favorite cards.  

If you are still in school, what are your favorite minimal effort, super sneaky speech therapy games?  I can’t wait to hear about them!