What stays in our toy room?

We’ve developed a list of our most used toys in therapy sessions! Play-based therapy is supposed to be silly, engaging, and most importantly, child led. Toys are just tools that growing minds get to create their own worlds with. When given the support and a little creativity from an expert in speech-language development, these toys can open opportunities to target a variety of communication skills!

Ball Popper Toy

  • Early syllable shapes: up, pop, pump, more, ball
  • Basic Prepositions: on/off, in/out, up/down
  • Simple verbs: go/stop, push, pop, help, put, take
  • Requesting re-occurrence: Let's do it again, give me more balls
  • Modeling terminating activities: No more balls, all done popping

Stackable Spinner

  • Basic prepositions: on top/under, on/off, up/down
  • Action verbs: go/stop, spin, turn, help, crash
  • Modeling self-advocacy: my turn/your turn, I want red
  • Requesting re-occurrence: Let's do it again, give me more
  • Modeling terminating activities: no more, all done with spinners

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Bubble Shooter

  • Action verbs: go/stop, help, poke, clap, touch, blow, pop, dip
  • Basic prepositions: up/down, over/under, in/out
  • Modeling self-advocacy: my turn, I want bubbles
  • Requesting re-occurrence: Let's do it again, more bubbles, dip in again
  • Modeling terminating activities: no more bubbles, all done

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Balloons & PUMP

  • Simple verbs: go, pump, push, blow, pop, fly, help
  • Modeling self-advocacy: my turn/your turn, I want red balloon
  • Requesting re-occurrence: Let's do it again, pump more air
  • Modeling terminating activities: No more balloons, all done pumping

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Play-doh

  • Simple verbs: open/close, pull/push, help, squeeze, clean, roll, mix, cut
  • Modeling self-advocacy: my turn/your turn, I want red balloon
  • Vocabulary expansion: colors, animals, tools
  • Modeling requesting: I want more, give me ___
  • Modeling terminating activities: all done with play-doh, let’s clean up

Popper toys

  • Early syllable shapes: pop, pow, boop, bam, wow, ball, more
  • Vocabulary expansion: furniture, colors, animals, shapes
  • Locative concepts: in/out, up/down, over/under, there/here, between/next to
  • Simple verbs: go/stop, squeeze, help, pop
  • Requesting re-occurrence: I want to pop again, more balls slide down again

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Little Slide

  • Early syllable shapes: wee, yay, woo-hoo, up, down, wow, more
  • Basic prepositions: up/down, on top/under
  • Action verbs: go/stop, climb, slip, slide, crash
  • Requesting re-occurrence: Let's slide down again, slide more
  • Modeling shared enjoyment: “This is so fun!”
  • Modeling terminating activities: All done sliding, no more slide

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Baby Doll

  • Action verbs: eat/drink, help, sleep, sit, give, put, rock, wipe
  • Daily routine scripts: good morning, take off clothes, put on clothes, go to sleep, goodnight
  • Vocabulary expansions: body parts, clothing, food/drink, places
  • Modeling terminating activities: all done drinking, no more food, time for bed

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Pop UP ToyS

  • Early syllable shapes: pop, pow, boop, bam, wow, more, up
  • Simple verbs: push, pop, help, open/close, tap, turn, spin
  • Vocabulary expansion: colors, shapes, animals
  • Basic prepositions: in/out, up/down, on top/under
  • Requesting re-occurrence: push again, more animals, open again

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MAGNETIC TILES

  • Vocabulary expansion: house, tower, garage, roof, city
  • Basic prepositions: up/down, on top/under, inside/outside
  • Action verbs: build, crash, stack, open/close
  • Requesting re-occurrence: Let's build it again, give me more
  • Modeling terminating activities: all done building, clean up tiles

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SQUIGZ

  • Early syllable shapes: pop, pull, push, boom, more, help, up, down
  • Simple verbs: pop, push, pull, help, fall, spin, turn, reach
  • Basic prepositions: on/off, up/down, over/under
  • Labeling nouns: colors, shapes, body parts, places
  • Vocabulary expansion: window, slide, door, wall, book, desk, mirror, floor

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PLay Sink with toys

  • Action verbs: go, push, splash, swim, pour, slide, climb, jump
  • Labeling nouns: water, animals, colors, food, toys
  • Basic prepositions: up/down, in/out, on/off
  • Modeling requesting assistance: help me please, let’s fix it
  • Requesting re-occurrence: wanna slide again, let's jump in again

Animal clinic

  • Basic prepositions: in/out, on top/under
  • Simple verbs: open/close, turn, help, give, fix
  • Modeling requesting assistance: help the dog, need medicine, help open door
  • Modeling emotions: scared, feel sick, happy, grateful
  • Vocabulary expansion: medicine, doctor, shot, stethoscope, body parts, colors, animals

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sensory Swing

  • Basic prepositions: up/down, on top/under, in/out
  • Action verbs: swing, go/stop, help, spin, turn, hang, lift
  • Modeling shared enjoyment: “This is so fun!”
  • Modeling requesting re-occurrence: let’s swing again, want to spin more
  • Modeling terminating activity: I’m all done, no more spinning, stop swing

Dinosaur Truck

  • Modeling sound effects: roar, beep beep, oh no, woohoo
  • Action verbs: help, open/close, get, put in, take out, drive, save, run
  • Modeling requesting assistance: I need help, let’s fix it, help save them
  • Basic prepositions: in/out, behind/in front
  • Vocabulary expansion: colors, dinosaurs, car parts, places

SLIME

  • 1-2 step directions: “First pour, then mix”
  • Modeling shared enjoyment: “This is fun, I like making slime”
  • Action verbs: help, make, mix, stir, pour, scoop, stretch, touch, pull/push
  • Vocabulary expansion of adjectives: slimy, sticky, stretchy, gooey, smooth, bumpy
  • Modeling terminating activities: all done, let’s clean up

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Starter utensil set

  • Action verbs: cut, slice, push, help, peel, eat, taste
  • 1-2 step directions: “First cut, then take a bite”
  • Vocabulary expansion: food, shapes, tastes, ingredients, utensils
  • Modeling shared enjoyment: “This tastes good”
  • Requesting re-occurrence: Let's cut again, I want more
  • Modeling terminating activities: all done cutting, no more eating

Stickers

  • Action verbs: stick, pull/push, take, give, peel
  • Basic prepositions: on/off, over/under, between/next to
  • Vocabulary expansion: animals, colors, shapes, objects
  • Descriptive terms: big/small, bright/dark, sticky, puffy, thin/thick
  • Modeling terminating activity: I’m all done, no more stickers

Bowling set

  • Early syllable shapes: pop, pow, boop, bye, bam, wow, ball, more, move
  • Vocabulary expansion: colors, animals, shapes
  • Locative concepts: up/down, there/here, between/next to
  • Simple verbs: go/stop, throw, roll, help, fall, knock
  • Requesting re-occurrence: Let’s roll again, wanna get more

Surprise Toys

  • Modeling sound effects: meow, oink, moo, woof, neigh neigh, peep
  • Vocabulary expansion: animals, colors, places
  • Locative terms: in/out, up/down, on top/under, there/here, between/next to
  • Action verbs: open/close, take, put, sit, play
  • Requesting re-occurrence: Let's find more, wanna open more

Indoor Play set

  • Action verbs: climb, slide, jump, help, go/stop, crawl
  • Vocabulary expansion: shapes, colors, games, body parts
  • Social games: hide-and-seek, chase/tag
  • Modeling shared enjoyment: “This is so fun!”
  • Modeling requesting re-occurrence: let’s do it again, want to play again, climb more
  • Sensory integration: proprioceptive & vestibular system input


Follow their lead

race cars

  • Early syllable shapes: go, beep, boom, pow, pop
  • Action verbs: go/stop, crash, move, drive, slide, turn, push
  • Descriptive concepts: fast/slow, big/small, colors, car parts, places
  • Locative concepts: under/over, in/out, up/down, in front/behind, around
  • Modeling requesting: I want blue, give me red car
  • Modeling shared enjoyment: This is fun! I like cars!
Colorful Lego Blocks

Legos

  • Action verbs: build, stack, push, turn, give, crash
  • Vocabulary expansion: colors, shapes, buildings, animals, food, occupations, vehicles
  • Basic prepositions: on/off, up/down, in/out, behind/in front
  • Modeling requesting: I want more, give me blue lego
  • Modeling terminating activity: no more legos, let’s clean up, all done building

little school house

  • Daily routine scripts: time to wake up, let’s get ready, let’s go to school, it’s time for class
  • Vocabulary expansion: shapes, colors, animals, school supplies, numbers, occupations, vehicles
  • Modeling greetings: Hi (name), good morning, bye
  • Modeling self-advocacy: I want to go, I need to potty, I want fidgets, need a break, help me
  • Modeling terminating activities: All done playing, time for __, no more class, let’s go home

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