06/30/2025
🎨 Creative Play Ideas from Lingo Therapy Solutions
🧩 1. Puzzle Talk
How to Play: Work together on a puzzle. Take turns finding pieces and talking about colors, shapes, and where they go.
Speech Boost: Practice requesting (“Can I have the blue piece?”) and describing (“It has a straight edge!”).
🧸 2. Stuffed Animal Adventure
How to Play: Go on a pretend journey with stuffed animals (e.g., camping, space, zoo).
Speech Boost: Encourage your child to tell a story, name animals, use action words, and practice taking turns in conversation.
🧁 3. Kitchen Conversations
How to Play: Involve your child in safe, simple cooking or snack-making (e.g., smoothies, trail mix).
Speech Boost: Name ingredients, follow directions, use sequencing terms (“first,” “next,” “last”), and describe textures or tastes.
🖍️ 4. Art Time Talk
How to Play: Draw together or use play dough to make shapes or animals.
Speech Boost: Talk about colors, sizes, actions (“rolling,” “cutting”), and practice telling what you made.
🎭 5. Dress-Up & Role Play
How to Play: Use costumes or props to pretend to be doctors, chefs, firefighters, etc.
Speech Boost: Encourage full sentences, dramatic play, and social language like greetings, questions, and problem-solving.
🐻 6. Story Time with a Twist
How to Play: Read a favorite book, then act it out, change the ending, or retell it with toys.
Speech Boost: Builds comprehension, narrative skills, and expressive language.