Apple Orchard Speech and Language Therapy Toy Companion for the Critter Clinic

Description

Apple picking season, without leaving your therapy room. Your Critter Clinic becomes an apple orchard, and every apple is a chance to practise a new target.

Use this Apple Orchard–themed speech therapy activity with your preschool and early elementary students to target articulation, WH questions, sequencing, concepts, verbs, following directions, grammar, and vocabulary - all through play-based learning!

Welcome to the Apple Orchard Critter Clinic, where fall fun meets speech and language goals! This theme brings cozy autumn play to your speech therapy centers, push-in classroom lessons, or individual sessions—making it easy to keep kids engaged while you get a ton of trials in.

Pair this Apple Orchard Toy Companion with your favorite apple or farm-themed toys and books—or use it on its own to bring crisp, fall magic to your therapy room. 🍂

This companion was designed for the busy SLP who wants to get the most out of their therapy toys. The Critter Clinic is a big investment and using this themed expansion pack will allow you to use it for so much more than what it was intended for ... and BONUS - you can target SO many goals in a fun and playful way!

Transform your Critter Clinic using the included Decorations, Play Props, and Scenes, and get tonnes of therapy ideas using the two Speech and Language Cheat Sheets.

1) The General Critter Clinic Cheat Sheet includes:

• Articulation List (includes a general Critter Clinic Articulation Word List that you can use with any theme)
• Play Extension Ideas
• Ideas for Following Directions
• Basic Concept List
• Core Vocabulary List
• Ideas for Inferencing, Following directions, Rhyming, Describing, Pronouns, Plurals, Possessives, Present progressive -ing, Spatial Concepts, and Verb Tenses

2) The Themed Cheat Sheet includes lists for:

• Wh Questions
• Associations
• Compare/Contrast
• Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives
• Articulation Targets
• Sequencing
• 10 Play Scenarios

You can use this activity to transform your clinic into an Apple Orchard with your students, to retell a story, to target speech and language goals, to encourage play skills in individual or group therapy sessions.

The quick and easy set up and huge assortment of manipulatives will keep your students engaged and learning. It is the perfect way to easily create a themed speech therapy session and includes everything you need for a hands on learning session!

Use your Apple Orchard Critter Clinic to create fall-themed, hands-on speech therapy sessions kids will love:

• “Check in” the animals for an orchard workday or harvest celebration
• Sort, count, and compare apples to target describing and comparing
• Use orchard props to follow directions or retell sequences
• Incorporate pretend baking or apple stand play for verbs, vocabulary, and WH questions
• Send home printable orchard scenes or coloring pages for parent carryover

The quick setup, beautiful visuals, and goal-rich activities make it a perfect go-to for your fall therapy rotation.

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Please note: THE CRITTER CLINIC IS NOT INCLUDED. No physical items will be shipped to you.

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