Appy Hour

Toca Boo

The power is out at Bonnie's house due to a terrible storm. Help her move through the house and scare her family! Explore different rooms, turn sinks and lights on and off to build suspense and even stop to snack on plums, spicy pepper and soda to fuel your fun!

-Map skills

-Following directions

-WH questions

-Oral motor practice (pa/pop, ma/mom/mama, boo, pop up, toot, go, baby, down, in, behind, under, Bonnie, sisters, brother, grandma, grandpa)

*Check out the print companion and Boomcard companion I made for this game*

Toca Kitchen 2

Cook up some fun in your speech sessions with this app. Help feed the hungry customers by preparing different foods. 

-Following Directions

-Make sentences

-Pronouns

-Commenting Like/Dislike

-Oral Motor words/phrases to use (ah/mmm, uh-oh, ya/yes, no, hot, pot, pan, not, can, eat, gone, make, done, eat it, can cut it, can eat it)

*My students enjoy using the hard print items and Boomcard companions I made for this app*

Pet Doctor

Take care of all the pets in the office, feed them and put them to bed.

-Discuss cause/effect

-Identify body parts/injuries/doctor equipment

-Commenting

-Oral Motor practice (oh no/uh oh, boo-boo, go home, eat it, put it on)

Pair the app with a simple matching activity (I found this one years ago at the Target dollar spot) or Henning Lohlein's "All Better Book". 

I incorporate additional fine motor skill work by playing "save the animals", where they are trapped in rubber bands. 

-Take the rubber bands off

-Clean the animals with a spray bottle

-Place tape or real band-aides on the injury

Toca Doctor

Help the patient with all their injuries.

-Cause/Effect

-Inferencing (How did they get hurt?)

-Body parts/labeling

-Health/Wellness

-Oral Motor practice (boo boo, uh-oh, put it on, take it out, help, all done)

Toca Store

Open the store and choose the items you want to sell. Students can take turns being the cashier and the customer.

Describe categories & functions of items

Expand vocabulary

Social communication/turn taking

Oral Motor practice (I want, I choose, put it in, need it)

*Pair with companion boomcard activity for additional support/practice*

Zoombinis

Use logic, analyze data, spot patterns and hone problem-solving skills with 12 perilous puzzles and four levels of difficulty. Great for upper elementary, middle school and high school students. 

-Intro video (wh questions, story comprehension)

-Problem solving

-Teamwork

-Identify details

-Follow directions

-Express ideas 

*For iPad only, you won't be able to find it if you search on your phone*

The Doctor is in...

Anyone else celebrating Dr. Seuss' birthday?! I love incorporating real world items into our therapy sessions. The students love making a mess, so in honor of the great Dr. Seuss we make "oobleck". We learn about Dr. Seuss and read a short biography, I read a truncated version of "Bartholomew and the Oobleck" by Dr. Seuss (the original takes over 30 minutes for me to get through!?) and then I present them with the science experiment.

Oobleck is a 'non-newtonian fluid'. Viscosity is the rate at which something pours. Water pours quickly and honey or syrup pours slowly. These liquids have a constant viscosity, it will never change. Oobleck pours both quick AND slow!?

When made correctly Oobleck can be molded into a ball and have properties like a solid, and when released will "melt" in your hand like a liquid.

Oobleck is a 2:1 ratio

2 cups cornstartch

1 cup water

TIPS:
*I love to find youtube videos to help the students see what should happen, before starting.
*Use disposable bowls and spoons for easy clean up.
*Buy the rolls of plastic tablecloths to work on, then just throw everything out.
*If the oobleck is too hard add water, and if it is too wet add more corn starch!
*If the oobleck spills over and out, let it dry it will turn into powder and you can easily vacuum/sweep it up!


PROMPT: *I created a short "Bartholomew and the Oobleck" on my SMARTboard, I can change the words/phrases/sentences to achieve my various targets!

LANGUAGE: scientific method, following directions/steps, math fractions

PRAGMATICS: sharing items, turn taking for measuring, following rules

Oo the messes you will make!