Hi there- that is great that all went well!! sometimes when kid's goals are so different it could be hard to find an activity that will touch everyone's goals- other than the obvious using picture cards and having each child take a turn saying their word, or sequencing a story,etc and then getting a turn in a game maybe you can also do an action game where child 1 has to give a 3 step sequence to the other child or retell it by incorporating movement/having the other child use or understand a preposition- ex- 3 steps- "go under your chair", go behind the desk", then stand in front of your chair",etc- almost like a musical chairs game- the 3rd child working on artic can also do the actions but can do each one after he/she says an s blend--- maybe pretend to be the snake in the game or something. Do this movement game but then also have some sit down time with more structure- possibly do the structured activity first and then tell the kids something like "ok now we're gonna play a game where you get to use what you've learned,etc- anyway just some thoughts- the alternating sit down time with movement might also help a lot of the kiddos with special needs,etc- sure you can think of lots of cool stuff- good luck!!!


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I love Aileen's idea for a game!

We played something similar with my son when he was little. I would draw shapes on our driveway - square, circle, triangle, line - with chalk and he would then follow commands. Jump in the square. Run to the triangle. Hop to the circle. Spin inside the circle. Step on the line. Jump over the line. You get the idea. Later we added color but used the same shape. Jump on the red square. Hop to the blue square. After that we added different colors and shapes. When you do that just make sure you used colors all kids know (and you don't have one who is colorblind).

We also did a form of simon says...he would line up and make his way towards me. Take two steps like a lion (he liked to growl). Hop four times like a bunny. Slither like a snake. He didn't have articulation problems but I'm sure you could figure out how to incorporate that.

He had a SLP that had a wonderful rice table with all sorts of things hidden in it. When he would find and item, they would talk about it. Usually there was some sort of theme (animals, kitchen utensils, toys) and the rice might be replaced with macaroni or even dried split peas. If they spilled, all cleaned up very easily with a broom or vacuum. As long as you had kids who would not throw the rice, that might work for you too....you could also make a small version in a rubbermaid container, if you have to travel a lot and don't have your own room.

You sounds like you are off to a great beginning!