Learning-Themed Naturalistic Activities

Each month I switch out the apps, websites, and videos I use during treatment. Here are the learning-themed ones I’m using this month…

Board Games

Life ($4.99 on the Apple store, which lists it for “4 years or older,” $21.99 for the hard copy, which is listed for “8 years and older” and has Super Mario edition, Target edition, & Giant edition)
Life Junior ($12.99 and listed for “5 years or older”)

Amelia Bedelia’s First Day of School ($3.99 for Kindle version – great for working on idioms and figurative language!)
The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes ($12.99 for Kindle version)
Perseverance Makes Me Stronger ($4.99 for Kindle version)
Ninja Life Hacks (prices vary) – My patients love these books. Topics vary from impulsivity to sensory processing disorder and offer solutions for each struggle. Here are some specific ones for learning…
Growth-Mindset Ninja ($5.99 for Kindle version)
Perfect Ninja ($5.99 for Kindle version)
Sensory Ninja ($5.99 for Kindle version)

Note: each of these PBS Kids games are also available on the PBS Kids app.

Phonemic Phonics Song – almost accurate except for /t/.
PBS Kids: Daniel Tiger Classroom Helpers (game)
PBS Kids: Arthur Back to School (game)
PBS Kids: Detective Donkey (game)
PBS Kids: Detective Elmo: The Cookie Case (game)
PBS Kids: Sesame Street A-Z Dance Party (game)
PBS Kids: Paint by Letter (game)
PBS Kids: Grover’s Rhyme Time (game)
PBS Kids: Sid the Science Kid: Pan Balance (game)
PBS Kids: Super Why: Wonder Red’s Rhyme Racer (game)
PBS Kids: Super Why: Princess Pesto’s Spectacular Spelling Play (game)
PBS Kids: Donkey Hodie’s Fro Yo Stand (game) – This one is so great for beginning multi-step directions that a wrote a post about it…

FREE Multi-Step Directions Game: Donkey Hodie™ Froyo Stand

Also: here are some ideas for using Disney shorts in speech & language treatment.