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Creating Incredible Games that Match Story Content

Syntax First and second person (I and You), reflexive pronouns

(Spanish), 3-5 word utterances

Semantics Body parts, animals, action words

Wh- questions What, who

Question and Answer Story Games

Question and answer stories are great because they overlap with all academic needs. Children need
to be able to answer questions. Games give them the rare opportunity to be the person asking for a

change. Here are some ideas for how to use Q&A books in your therapy and how to make your
therapy extend outside of the therapy session. Then, an example for From Head to Toe.

 Short “plays” in a group setting, the children can take turns playing the different characters
and taking turns asking each other the questions that were in the story.
 Create a “mini-book” for the child to take home and draw/write in their answers to
questions pertinent to their life and their surroundings (example: Q: “Johnny, Johnny, what
do you see?” A: “I see my doggy looking at me”).
 Interview others in their environment using the question structures (example: “Mommy, I
can turn my head. Can you do it?”).
 Get outside the house or classroom! Go find all the things you can see, hear, body parts that
can move, etc. and create a list to talk about.

From Head to Toe Competition
Making materials for Eric Carle’s books is sometimes a waste of time because his pictures are so
genuinely perfect. Remember when I said before that people who make books and games do not

think like speech pathologists? He
might be the one exception.

Take turns in your group or have a

competition between who can
remember and follow the directions
from the pictures. Children can
take turns “being the teacher” so

that they can ask the questions too.

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