Playground Speech and Language Therapy Toy Companion for the Critter Clinic

Description

Recess is in session! Your Critter Clinic becomes a Playground with slides, swings and games to play.

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

Bring your sessions to life with the Playground Critter Clinic, where slides, swings, games, and outdoor play meet powerful speech and language goals. Whether you’re running a speech therapy room, push-in classroom lesson, or individual session, this high-interest theme keeps kids engaged while you get tons of meaningful trials.

Pair this Playground Toy Companion with your favorite outdoor or movement-based activities—or use it on its own to create an interactive playground right in your therapy space.

This companion was designed for busy SLPs who want maximum engagement with minimal prep. The Critter Clinic is a big investment, and this themed expansion allows you to use it for so much more than originally intended—while targeting multiple goals in a natural, play-based way.

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

1) General Critter Clinic Cheat Sheet includes:

• Articulation List (a general word list you can use across ANY theme)
• Play Extension Ideas
• Following Directions Ideas
• Basic Concepts
• Core Vocabulary
• Ideas for targeting: inferencing, describing, pronouns, plurals, possessives, present progressive -ing, spatial concepts, verb tenses, and more

2) Playground Themed Cheat Sheet includes:

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

Use this activity to transform your therapy space into a busy playground full of movement and play, perfect for pretend play, story retell, and targeting a wide range of speech and language goals in both individual and group sessions.

The quick setup and variety of manipulatives make it easy to keep students engaged while practicing meaningful skills all session long.

Ideas for Use:

• The playground is empty. Open each door and find kids to put at every play area.
• The ball rolled away. Find it and bring it back to the game.
• The hula hoop is missing! Find it!
• Everyone wants to play double dutch but they can’t find the jump rope. Can you help?
• All the kids are in the wrong places! Can you fix it?
• The playground is a mess! Find all the items behind the doors and clean up.
• Everyone is playing in one place! Spread the kids out.
• The hula hoop game can’t start. Find the hula hoop and two kids to play.
• Someone needs a friend to play with. Find a friend!

The low-prep setup, engaging visuals, and movement-based play ideas make this your easiest themed therapy win for any time of year ☀️

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

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