A hundred popper is a must-have tool for your articulation speech therapy sessions. Whether you are using it for artic drill or as a sensory tool, you will find yourself pulling out this squishy toy at least once a week! Not only can these pop-its provide sensory input, they can also be utilized in engaging and educational ways to address speech and language goals. Keep reading for five innovative methods to incorporate a hundred popper into your speech therapy sessions.
5 Uses in Speech Therapy Sessions:
1. Quick Artic Drill
First and foremost, is there a better way to get 100 trials during your quick articulation speech therapy or mixed groups?!
100 trials is always my goal for my students working on speech sounds and they ALL want to use this popper when it's their turn to practice in their articulation sessions!
2. Assign specific words to each row or column
Easily get 10 trials at a time by adding specific targets, words, or phrases to each row or column. This is an easy way to get as many trials as possible in your articulation speech therapy sessions!
Psst....Don't worry, we have already done the hard work for you!! When you buy this hundred popper from My Speech Shop, you also get a FREE 86-page file with no-prep worksheets that align perfectly with this pop-it toy. Designed to make your articulation speech therapy planning easy!
3. Multisyllabic Words
Use the popper to count syllables for your students working on decreasing syllable reduction or phonological awareness in your articulation speech therapy sessions!
Grab some mini bugs or zoo animals to work with some familiar multisyllabic words!
"Grasshopper has 3 syllables - try again and make sure you pop three bubbles!"
4. Language Goals
Consider using this pop-it with your language groups!
- Assign a color for a different part of speech. Make silly sentences as you move down the pop it!
- Assign a row for category names. Can you name 10 items in a category?
- Assign a color for wh-questions. Can you answer 10 "what" questions about the pictures before we leave the speech room? Work together to try to answer as many questions as possible!
5. Add Some Mini Objects
When all else fails, add some mini objects to your sessions! Use the popper to contain mini objects like gems, mini erasers, or even animals. Use as a reinforcer or for following directions in your speech therapy session:
"The cat wants to sit in a red bubble!"
Heidi Martino, M.S. CCC-SLP
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 SLPs who love using themes in speech therapy, 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.