4 Simple Speech Therapy Games Using Plastic Eggs

Do you need a motivating articulation activity that results in a high number of repetitions? Plastic eggs are enticing to children and only come out of our speech closet for one to two weeks out of the year. There are so many different ways to use plastic eggs in language therapy and play-based therapy.  I want to give a few fun examples of how plastic eggs can be used in articulation therapy that results in up to 100 repetitions in a session.

First, put small picture cards with the target sounds inside the eggs. Students choose an egg and say the target word, phrase or sentence. I often have students roll a die and produce the number of repetitions shown on the die. For older students have them multiply the number times two or three. If the student rolls a four, multiply it times two and the student produces eight repetitions of the target.


Another activity that yields a high number of repetitions is putting small pieces of paper in the eggs with numbers that represent repetitions. I usually write fives and tens on the pieces of paper and also put a freebie "PASS" in a couple eggs just for fun that gives a student a "break."


A third activity is a modified "Hot Potato" game. Have students pass the "Magic Egg" around and repeat "Magic egg, magic egg, who has the magic egg? If you have the magic egg, you are it." The student who is holding the egg opens the egg, passes out the picture cards and decides how many repetitions they should produce. I usually give the students parameters such as, "Choose a number between five and ten."


Finally, have you ever played the egg balancing game? Have students balance their eggs on spoons and race to drop them in baskets at the end of the other end of the room. At the end of the game, have students bring their baskets back to the table and practice their target words.


These are just four fun ways to use plastic eggs for articulation therapy that can result in a high number of repetitions. 

How will you use eggs in your therapy this month?

Lisa, SLP

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