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Speech Therapy: 20 Play Time Activities
1. When rolling or throwing a ball, require your child to request more.
2. When stacking blocks, require your child to request more blocks.
3. When playing with cars, require your child to request the car.
4. When your child wants something to eat/drink, require him/her to ask for it.
5. When knocking down blocks, require your child to request more crashing.
6. When singing, stop in the middle of the song and require your child to request more singing.
7. When playing horsie (rocking the child on your leg), stop and require your child to request more.
8. When riding bikes outside, stop pushing your child and require him/her to request to go more.
9. When playing a game, require your child to request more before he/she can have another turn.
10. When reading a familiar book, stop in the middle and require your child to request more book before you continue.
11. When reading a book, require your child to request to turn the page.
12. When blowing bubbles, require your child to request more bubbles.
13. When coloring, require your child to request a new color or more paper.
14. When playing a tickling game, stop tickling your child and require him/her to request more tickling.
15. When listening to music on a tape recorder, stop the tape and require your child to request more music.
16. When reading familiar books, or singing familiar songs, pause when you get to a repeated line or word and see if your child will fill in the blank.
17. When engaged in a familiar activity or routine, violate the routine or do something foolish, so that your child will comment and redirect you. For example, when getting ready to go tell your child, "We need to go to the garage and get in the boat." If your child doesn't recognize the mistake, encourage him/her to correct you, by saying, "Oh my goodness, I said boat, we're not going to drive a boat. What are we going to drive?"
18. When your child wants to play, show him/her the toys he/she could play with and require him/her to make a choice.
19. When your child asks for more of something, such as colors, blocks, videos, or cars, show him/her two videos, for example, and require him/her to make a choice.
20. When your child wants something to eat or drink, show him/her two things he could eat/drink and require him/her to make a choice.
Resource: http://aac.unl.edu/intervention/Encourage_Communication.html
