School Holiday Speech Games to Boost Communication Skills

Snakes and Ladders game

Keeping up with speech therapy over the holidays doesn’t have to feel like homework. In fact, the best way to keep progress going is to make speech practice part of everyday fun. Here are some simple games you can play at home to build language, clarity, and confidence:

✅ Treasure Hunt with Describing Words: Hide items around the house and give clues that use descriptive language (e.g., “Find something soft and blue”).

✅ Storytelling Dice: Roll dice with pictures and create a story together. This builds narrative skills and imagination.

✅ Barrier Games: Sit back to back and give instructions to replicate a design or picture. Great for listening and clear speaking.

✅ I Spy with Speech Sounds: Focus on tricky sounds your child is working on and find objects starting with those sounds.

✅ Picture Books with WH-Questions: Ask questions about who, what, where, and why as you read.

✅ Charades with Verbs: Act out actions to expand vocabulary and understanding.

✅ Rhyming Games: Take turns coming up with words that rhyme.

These activities keep therapy goals front-of-mind without feeling overwhelming. If you’d like extra support, our clinic offers engaging school holiday speech pathology groups designed to help children practise their skills with peers in a supportive setting.

🌟 July School Holiday Therapy Groups – Enrolments Now Open!

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