Amazon Toy Ideas

Since Covid-19 we have been spending a lot of time at home. We definitely don't want our children's speech and language skills to suffer so I'm giving a few ideas to you parents out there. Here are some ideas for games that can target socials skills, vocabulary, and language skills in a fun way. Kids will love playing them and you will too! 

I love this Feeding & Grooming pack from Melissa and Doug to help with simple verbs - eat, clean, sleep and for turn taking. It can be used for AAC too. It is great for our little guys who are at 1-2 word phrases. The kids love cleaning and feeding the kitty and puppy!

Stuck inside? Here is a great game for the entire family. And you can play it inside. It can be a great way to encourage and develop vocabulary skills. 

Melissa and Doug SMoothie Maker- my kids absolutely love this! They love making different varieties of smoothies. It is really good for kids working on s blends (smoothie) and you can use it to target easy concepts like in, on, full,  and empty. It is also an easy way to work on following directions. OT- it is really good to target fine motor by opening the plastic Ziploc type bag and putting the straw in the cup as well as opening and closing the cup and blender.

Love these little cans, again great for fine motor. You can also hide little items in the cans (find little items, you can use tiny trinkets or print off small pictures and put them in) For extra fine-motor practice you can have your child cut the pictures out. You can talk about the items you've hidden in them and explain their functions, where you find them, or even their first sound and find a word that rhymes with it. These cans can be great for little guys working on their /k/ sound, "what is in the can?"

 

Operation- great for fine motor skills and concepts. While your child is putting the item out of the dog you can narrate what they are doing - pulling it up, down, around, etc. You can also add a lot of information bout the items that are in the dog. 

   

Pickles to Penguins- Nice way to incorporate vocabulary skills while playing with the whole family.

   

Love this o game for OT. Get the kids up and moving like some fun animals! You can also use this to encourage vocabulary. skills.

 

A fun way to work on vocabulary with your younger kids at home!