The child turns over three cards which give him a direction to complete. The yellow 'trick-a-ma-stick' is set up on the floor, and a variety of Cat in the Hat inspired objects are displayed on the table. This is an excellent game for incorporating movement into speech and language activities. I use this one for articulation, color matching, turn taking, and language skills. If the eye is blank, they can hop forward to the next lily pad and take another turn. If there's a frog on the eye, the mother 'caught' them and they have to stay on their lily pad. Kids roll the color dice, find a mother frog that matches the colors, and look under one googly eye. Those sneaky baby frogs are trying to make their way around the pond while the mommy frogs are napping. Great fun, and language opportunities abound!īlue Orange Games make wonderful, colorful all-wooden games that I can't seem to get enough of! Some hungry pigs threaten to ruin the picnic by eating some of the picnic food during the journey.can we make it there before they eat it all?! It's a different journey each time we play. Along the way, they stop and search for items hidden all over Busytown. Kids take a trip through Busytown on their way to have a picnic on Picnic Island. This one's a large board game that needs to be played on the floor. I've even changed the pictures on the doors by placing my own picture cards over the top of the others.Ģ. After all 6 balls are found, the treasure chest 'magically' opens! Sheer delight, over and over and over again! I use this game to work on a whole host of goals: plurals, speech sounds, sentence formulation, requests, turn taking, etc.

If there is a ball under the door, the child places it in the hole that leads to the treasure chest. The child then opens the door using a key. The child searches for the balls by drawing a card and finding a door that matches the color, number or letter on the card. Six colored balls are hidden inside the game. Kids never tire of playing with this game. No shame there! They keep kids engaged and offer a higher level of difficulty in which to practice their new skills. The caption asked, 'Are you THAT therapist?' I had to respond, 'YES I AM!!!!' I LOVE playing games! I use them all the time during my treatment sessions. During one of the online continuing education courses I viewed, the presenter showed a photograph of a speech language pathologist standing in front of a WALL of board games.

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