If you are a Speech Pathologist working in paediatrics and early intervention, chances are you are a big fan of cause and effect resources. We are too! Our resource cupboards are brimming with cause and effect speech therapy resources for every possible interest. From the classic Pop The Pig and Pop The Pirate through to fun and funky puppets, we always have something ready and waiting to use for an engaging speech therapy session.
In today’s blog we want to share some fun and unique cause and effect speech therapy resources we’ve come across online. You might want to add these to your speech therapy resource wishlist (or shopping list!) next time you go to fill up your resource cupboard.
7 Fun Cause and Effect Speech Therapy Resources
Eat It Up Dragon Puppet
Do you use puppets in your speech therapy sessions? If you do, or want to give it a go, look no further than the Eat It Up Dragon puppet from HABA. This brightly coloured, high-quality puppet comes with a built-in belly-bag that allows it to “eat” small objects and make them disappear. Use this puppet to “eat” your speech therapy targets or small tokens to represent trials in your speech therapy session.
Burping Bobby the Hippopotamus
The next cause and effect speech therapy resource in our list is Burping Bobby. If you have found yourself playing with Pop The Pig time and time again, Bobby could be the resource you’ve been looking for to freshen things up! Bobby has a similar playing style but with a funny sound effect, he will be sure to bring some laughter and fun into your speech therapy sessions. If your clients already love Pop The Pig, they’ll be delighted by Burping Bobby!
Nuby 3D Monster Snack Feeder
This next one is something you’ll need to be a bit more creative with, but we think it could make a fun and unique addition to your resource cupboard. This snack keeper from Nuby is meant to hold snacks for little hands so that they can easily grab out things like grapes without them falling all over the floor at mealtimes. But as speechies? We see so many possibilities with this funny little container! Add this monster snack feeder to your resource cupboard for speech therapy fun and if you want to get creative, add it to your feeding therapy sessions.
Hungry Pelican
It’s time for another feeding puppet… but this one comes with things it can eat! It’s on the pricier side for sure, but this Hungry Pelican game could make a fun addition to your speech therapy resource cupboard if you have the budget for it. This one is also known as a posting game, and it is so easy to set up and play with in sessions!
Your clients can open the pelican’s big bill (which squeaks when squeezed!) to drop the mini plush animals into his open mouth. A peek-in, reach-in window on the pelican’s front lets kids spot them easily and pull them out to do it all again.
Play-Doh Dino Chew
Is Play-Doh one of your go-to speech therapy resources? It is for our team! That’s why we think this Play-Doh Dino Chew game would be a great choice to add some fresh inspiration to your speech therapy resource cupboard in 2024.
With this game, all you need to do is feed the dinos some Play-Doh and they’ll do the rest – including making funny dinosaur noises when they eat the doh! If your clients love dinosaurs, this is definitely worth adding to your resource shopping list.
Pumbaa Pass
Do you love the Lion King? It’s a classic story with loveable characters like Timon and Pumbaa. If you want to enjoy a bit of nostalgia in your sessions look no further than this cause-and-effect speech therapy resource… Pumbaa Pass!
Your clients can feed Pumbaa different game pieces for each of their speech therapy trials up until Pumbaa throws them into the air and you can start all over again. This game will be sure to get lots of laughs.
Chompin Charlie
The last fun cause-and-effect speech therapy resource we want to share with you today is Chompin’ Charlie. This is another classic with a similar game style to Pop The Pig featuring a cheeky squirrel that sends ‘acorns’ flying into the air when he gets too full. Add this fresh take to your speech therapy resource cupboard and you’ll be set for the year ahead.
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