Next Level Speech Pathology Tools
Action Words Deck: The Basics
This deck contains 108 action word cards, each including a picture representing the action and the action word in the past, present and future tense. Synonyms have also been included for some words.
When we say, ‘the basics’, we mean every foundational word for talking about action in day-to-day living and interacting. We didn’t want to just give you the 20 most common action words, but every action word we could think of for talking about movement, expression and interaction, and living life, to support a thorough and complete building of vocabulary.
Action Words Deck: The Basics
This deck contains 108 action word cards, each including a picture representing the action and the action word in the past, present and future tense. Synonyms have also been included for some words.
When we say, ‘the basics’, we mean every foundational word for talking about action in day-to-day living and interacting. We didn’t want to just give you the 20 most common action words, but every action word we could think of for talking about movement, expression and interaction, and living life, to support a thorough and complete building of vocabulary.
USING THE CARDS
These cards are great to introduce for people who need to build a foundational vocabulary of action words. For those just beginning to learn action words, they can be used as flash cards (potentially with an accompanying game) to build a vocabulary of verbs. They can also be used to build phrases and sentences around and as a prompt for people building their word finding skills.
With the past, present and future tense forms of the word included on each card, you can support building a person’s use of tense and verb agreement within sentences. The synonyms on some cards also support with building a more sophisticated vocabulary.
THE WORDS IN THE DECK
Movement: bend, climb, drive, fall, fly, jump, kneel, lie, move, ride, run, sit, stand, stay, stop, turn, wait, walk.
Expression and interaction: agree, ask, blame, borrow, call, care, complain, cry, disagree, fight, follow, frown, give, help, hug, hurt, ignore, joke, laugh, lie, listen, love, meet, pretend, share, shout, show, sing, smile, talk, teach, thank, understand, whisper.
Living life: breathe, bring, build, buy, catch, change, choose, clean, close, come, cook, drink, drop, dry, eat, feel, find, finish, fix, focus, forget, guess, hate, have, hold, know, learn, leave, like, make, need, open, pick up, play, point, practise, pull, push, put, read, remember, sleep, smell, take, think, throw, tidy, touch, try, use, want, wash, watch, wear, work, write.
Because action words are less concrete than common nouns, these cards are a great tool for helping make words that at first may seem intangible to a person learning action words for the first time, concrete.
These cards could also be used by people learning English as a second language.
The Therapy All Rounder Card Deck: Vehicles
Part of the Speech Science Therapy All Rounder series, this card deck is a multi-purpose tool the speech pathologist can reach for to run a receptive or expressive language intervention, an articulation program, or to build word finding and vocabulary.
The cards also work well for categorising tasks, AAC, and generating sentences in a stuttering or literacy intervention, among many other purposes.
For a change of pace, they can double as a ‘memory’ or ‘go fish’ game to accompany a therapy task.
The Therapy All Rounder Card Deck: Vehicles
Part of the Speech Science Therapy All Rounder series, this card deck is a multi-purpose tool the speech pathologist can reach for to run a receptive or expressive language intervention, an articulation program, or to build word finding and vocabulary.
The cards also work well for categorising tasks, AAC, and generating sentences in a stuttering or literacy intervention, among many other purposes.
For a change of pace, they can double as a ‘memory’ or ‘go fish’ game to accompany a therapy task.
USING THE CARDS
Here are some ideas for using the cards in practice:
- Line them up in rows for the client to point to move around for a following instructions task. You can add concepts like before/ after, row, then first/last, etc.
- Use this and another deck from the Therapy All Rounder series for a categorising task.
- Name the cards or describe the attributes of the vehicles for a word finding or vocabulary task.
- Use the cards to generate simple sentences for a stuttering, literacy or speech intervention.
- Lay them out and ask a ‘which one …’ question, as part of a semantic program.
- Choose two or three vehicles to work on using conjunctions to expand to a second idea or add detail after an initial statement, in a sentence structure program.
- Use them for learning to find and select buttons in an AAC program.
- They can also be used as a ‘memory’ or ‘go fish’ game to accompany another therapy program.
… and this isn’t even scratching the surface!
THIS DECK CONTAINS 2 x 18 VEHICLE CARDS:
Ambulance / Bike / Boat / Bus / Car / Car carrier / Ferry / Fire engine / Helicopter / Motorcycle / Plane / Police car / Scooter / Taxi / Train / Tram / Truck / Van
These cards are designed to be a therapy staple that you can use across many different types of interventions. They have been created to support the therapist in their individual style of delivering therapy and working with clients. We want THE CARDS to adapt to YOU, not for you to adjust your style to fit in with the cards!
The Therapy All Rounder Card Deck: Pets
This card deck in the Speech Science Therapy All Rounder series is a multi-purpose tool that the speech pathologist can reach for to do a receptive or expressive language intervention, an articulation program, build word finding and vocabulary, for categorising tasks, when working with AAC, to generate sentences in a stuttering or literacy intervention and for many other purposes. It can also be used as a ‘memory’ or ‘go fish’ game, to accompany a therapy task.
The Therapy All Rounder Card Deck: Pets
Part of the Speech Science Therapy All Rounder series, this card deck is a multi-purpose tool the speech pathologist can reach for across a wide range of goals. Use it to run a receptive or expressive language intervention, an articulation program, or to build word finding and vocabulary.
It equally works well for categorising tasks, AAC, and generating sentences in a stuttering or literacy intervention, among much else.
Beyond structured therapy, the cards can also double as a ‘memory’ or ‘go fish’ game to accompany a therapy task.
USING THE CARDS
Here are some ideas for using the cards in practice:
- Arrange them in rows and have the client point to or move them for a following-instructions task. You can layer in concepts like before/after, row, then first/last, and so on.
- Pair this deck with another from the Therapy All Rounder series for a categorising task.
- Name the cards or describe the pets’ attributes for a word-finding or vocabulary task.
- Build simple sentences from the cards for a stuttering, literacy or speech intervention.
- Set them out and pose a ‘which one …’ question as part of a semantic program.
- Pick two or three pets and practise conjunctions to extend into a second idea or add detail after an opening statement, within a sentence-structure program.
- Use them to practise finding and selecting buttons in an AAC program.
- Play them as a ‘memory’ or ‘go fish’ game alongside another therapy program.
… and this isn’t even scratching the surface!
THIS DECK CONTAINS 2 x 18 PET CARDS:
Bird / Cat / Chicken / Dog / Ferret / Fish / Frog / Guinea pig / Hermit crab / Horse / Lizard / Mouse / Rabbit / Rat / Snake / Tortoise / Turtle / Yabby
These cards are designed to be a therapy staple that you can use across many different types of interventions. They have been created to support the therapist in their individual style of delivering therapy and working with clients. We want THE CARDS to adapt to YOU, not for you to adjust your style to fit in with the cards!
