As an SLP this is a question I get asked quite often. As a working mom of two (who receive therapy services), I know how difficult and overwhelming it can be to drop the kids off at school, go to work, leave work, take the kids to therapy, cook dinner, get the kids to bed, and get myself to bed. Then, the kids’ therapists give us homework?! I want to help my kids, but I don’t have the time to sit down a few times a week to work on their therapy goals. I like quick, on-the-go practice. Games we can play in the car are my favorite types of activities! 

Play Simon Says (to work on following directions)

Play I Spy (to work on expanding vocabulary)

Sing Nursery Rhymes (to work on vocabulary for younger kiddos)

Have your kiddo find things they see that start with their error sounds (to work on articulation)

Play Categories (to work on groups/vocabulary)

Talk about what you are doing (stop, go, etc. to work on action words)

Describe things you see/what you’re doing (to work on adjectives i.e., fast, slow, large)

Go to a park and have a scavenger hunt! (visuals for a fun scavenger hunt)

Danielle Morgan, M.S., CCC-SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist