Games to Encourage Verbal Communication

Have a quiet child? Working on articulation? Want your child to talk louder or more frequently? Want your child to play more cooperatively?

Use your child's interests to play games to enhance verbal communication. I love finding new games that I know my students will love AND benefit from. A few years ago I had fun-loving student who loved fish. It was so exciting to find a fish themed Go Fish, that I still use. I have found many themed games that I would love to share with you that will benefit any child who is working on their verbal skills.

 I always have the child make the executive decisions to help them build their decision making skills, self-esteem and listening skills. Children are motivated by their preferences paired with fun. Being forced to play an academic game is sometimes a challenge but just by asking questions {ie. - What side are we going to use first, green or red? (Zingo) or who's going to go first, me or you?, Should we play on the floor or at the table?} will help your little busy bee feel like they are an important part of the game playing unit.

Here are my favorite games to encourage verbal communication and interactions:

Zingo! 












The regular plain old Zingo! is really fun to play with. It has basic pictures such as tree, shoe, house, ball, ghost, t-rex, dog, cat, bird.

Sight Words
{great for those little busy bees are are beginning to read}

Number

Bilingual {Spanish/French/Hebrew}





GO FISH

Alphabet & Animal matching 
{2 games in 1}

Sea Life & Numbers
{Match fish or numbers or BOTH}

Colored Fish
{builds vocabulary with colors including: Lavender, Jade, Turquoise, Buttercup, etc.}