One of my absolute FAVORITE additions to my speech therapy closet has been this Feed the Monster toy who makes a DAILY appearance in my speech therapy sessions!
Keep reading for ideas for using this cute monster ⤵️
1. Requesting & Protesting
Requesting is one of the easiest ways to use this feed the monster toy in speech therapy! What does he want? What doesn't he like? As the SLP / parent, model protesting or requesting as the monster: "I want a GREEN food!" or "I DON'T want the spicy food." Use the foods from this picnic basket set or mini fridge to feed the monster!
2. Speech Sound Targets
Use this Feed the Monster toy with your articulation speech sessions! When you order this toy from our shop, you get a FREE companion with target words for most speech sounds. We found food names for the target sounds/positions plus included some "silly" things to feed the monster!
3. Grammar Goals
Use our FREE companion (when you purchase the Feed the Monster toy from our speech shop!) to work on grammar goals and sentence expression! Like this "monster shopping" activity: use subject-verb agreement, pronouns, descriptive concepts, or wh-questions as you talk about what each monster bought at the grocery store! But look out! The monster toy might snack on these groceries!!
4. Describing & Inferencing
If you have younger students with language goals on your caseload, I'm SURE you have some with describing goals! This included activity includes foods that differ by taste, category, & shape! Making it easy to work on these skills in the context of play with this Feed the Monster toy in speech.
5. Core Words, Categories, & Negation!
Use mini objects or this adapted book to work on all of these skills in one activity! Help feed the monster toy while teaching these concepts:
- Categories: "NO, that's not for eating! That is a BUG!"
- Negation: "DON'T eat the shark!" or "That's NOT a food!
- Core Words: EAT, MORE, LIKE, GIVE
Feed the Monster Toy His Favorite Foods Below!
Heidi is a pediatric speech-language pathologist with a passion for play-based therapy! She is the founder of Speech Cube, a subscription box for theme-loving SLPs, and the new owner of My Speech Shop where she can live her dream of owning a toy store with the BEST toys for speech-language development.