DIY MATERIALS : CUPS

My client LOVES the Cars movies, so I've been tweaking a lot of activities to include Cars characters, especially Lightning McQueen.  I recently tweaked a few of them for Halloween as well.  You could use these activities for most interests and holidays by simply decorating the cups to fit the theme!

Cars Towers:
This is a version of Artic Towers that I personalized by using Cars cups.  These cups are just big enough to not fit in a pringles can for storage, so I wrapped a head band around them instead.  My client earns each cup by correctly producing the target words I've taped on the cups.  After he's earned all the cups, he gets to stack them and knock them down!

Halloween Towers:
For Halloween Towers, I drew silly ghost faces on foam cups.  He really enjoyed trying to mimic all of the silly faces!

Where's the Cars Prize?
I put out three Cars cups, and under one of them I hide a Cars sticker.  My client choses which cup he thinks the sticker is under by saying the target word on that cup, and keeps choosing until he finds the prize.  I tape each of his target words on a cup, and rotate cups throughout the game.  When he finds every sticker (or has said every word), he wins!  (I like how the stimulus is incorporated into this activity.)

Where's the Halloween Prize?
I used the same cups for this activity as for Halloween Towers.

Happy Articulating!

DIY MATERIALS : HALLOWEEN

Happy Halloween!  I hope your day is filled with spooky cheer and lots of candy!  And while you munch on sweets, here are a few Halloween themed speech activities.

Decorate a Jack-O-Lantern:
I printed a large picture of a pumpkin on card stock for the background.  Then I cut jack-o-lantern parts out of black foam with a sticky back.  After my client said a target word, he chose a piece, peeled off the back, and stuck it on his jack-o-lantern.  I cut out funny mouths, eyes, noses, as well as a spider, a lightning bolt, a bat, and a witch's hat and broom.  My client really enjoyed this activity.

Glow in the Dark Ring Toss:
I put two glow in the dark bracelets together to form rings, then attached target words to each of them.  I put some marbles in the bottom of a water bottle, then a glow in the dark bracelet.  We turned the lights off, and my client threw the rings around the water bottle.  Since we are working on carrier phrases, when he threw a ring he said, "_____ hit it."

Monster Ball:
I cut open tissue boxes to make wide mouths for the "monsters."  I cut out pieces of an egg carton, and drew black circles in the middle, for eyes.  Next, I cut white card stock to form sharp teeth.  I attached target words to balls that my client then threw into the monsters' mouths.

Wrap a Mummy:
My client LOVED this activity.  Each time he correctly said a target word, I wrapped a few layers of toilet paper around him, until he was completely covered like a mummy, except for his eyes.  At the end, he got to bust out of the toilet paper, which he really enjoyed.

Happy Articulating!