Selective Mutism Games to encourage speaking at school
Selective Mutism Games to encourage speaking at school- As a mother to a child with selective mutism, I can share your concerns about a child you may have or work with, who has Selective Mutism. Here is a list of recommended games to use with a child inside a school or therapy environment to help encourage speaking. Remember take it slow. Some of these games may put too much pressure on a child to speak. Take time to think about whether the game is suitable for your child or student at this moment in time.
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I have to put Zingo first as this was the first game which helped my son to speak in school. He got so excited that he started naturally to shout out words.
This is an Award Winning Preschool Game for Pre-Readers and Early Readers Age 4 and Up
Zingo is one of ThinkFun’s most popular and bestselling games, and is the winner of an Oppenheim Gold Award and Parents’ Choice Gold Award, among others. It’s a fun pre-reading game for ages 4 and up, and is a great holiday or birthday present for kids. Zingo is made with high quality components, and comes with a very clear and easy to understand instruction manual – you’ll be able to play within minutes of opening the box. Like all of ThinkFun’s games, Zingo is built to develop critical thinking skills and makes for a fun and challenging activity. Playing will improve language skills through fun and fast placed play. (source: Amazon)
- GUESS PEOPLE OR PETS: Swap your set with pets. This edition of the Guess Who. game includes people face cards and pets face cards so kids can choose to play using either set
- INTERACTIVE GAME FOR KIDS: Kids can have fun looking over the features of the character cards and coming up with yes or no questions relating to their opponent’s mystery person or pet
- MAKE A GUESS: Ask questions such as “Do they wear glasses.” “Do they have floppy ears.” Take turns asking clever “yes” or “no” questions to eliminate characters. The first one to correctly guess the mystery character wins the game (source Amazon)
- On each card, there is a base word and four words that a team member can’t say to describe the base word
- Can you get your team to say “pig” without saying “pork,” “sty,” “bacon” or “Porky”?
- Unique sliding door on the card holder allows players to choose from three different levels of difficulty
- ages 6 and up (source Amazon)
- Hilarious game for children to play together for lots of laughs with the ridiculous mouthpiece challenge game!
- Speech sounds ridiculous: players read the phrase shown on the card while wearing a mouthpiece, and try to get their teammates to guess what they’re trying to say.
- Includes 400 phrases: this updated/refreshed edition of the speaks out game includes 100 double-sided cards featuring 400 phrases – half of these phrases are new to this edition
- Two sizes of mouthpieces: the game includes 8 mouthpieces: 4 sized for kids and 4 sized for adults
- A great game when starting out with exposure treatment. Or at the start of an session. This is a great game to warm up with as it takes pressure from having to speak
- BLOCK BALANCING GAME: Pull out a block, place it on top, but don’t let the tower fall! This fun, challenging game is a great game for families and kids 6 and up
- THE ORIGINAL WOOD BLOCK GAME: The Jenga game is the original wood block game.
- GAME FOR 1 OR MORE PLAYERS:
- TUBE SHAPED BOX: Includes 54 wood blocks and easy-to-use stacking sleeve to help players build the tower. Comes in an easy “put away” tube-shaped package with a handle for carrying and easy clean up
- Fun shopping game for 2 – 4 players
- Encourages speaking, observational, matching and memory skills
- Suitable for ages 3 – 7
- Race round the shop against your friends and see who will be the first to collect all the groceries on the list
- Develops personal and social skills
- STRATEGY GAME: Build your tracks across the United States in this fast-paced and strategic board game. Connect iconic North American cities across a map of the 20th-century USA and build your train routes to earn points
- FUN ADVENTURE GAME: Ticket to Ride is a cross-country train adventure game in which players collect and play matching train cards to claim railway routes connecting cities through North America! LOOKING FOR NEW ADVENTURES? Try Ticket to Ride expansions (Note: Expansions require Ticket to Ride Board Game to play)
- MULTIPLE WAYS OF SCORING POINTS: Players collect train cards that enable them to claim railway routes connecting cities throughout North America. The longer the routes, the more points they earn. Additional points come to those who can fulfill their Destination Tickets and to the player who builds the longest continuous railway
- NUMBER OF PLAYERS AND AVERAGE PLAYTIME: PLAY WITH ALEXA: Using a compatible Echo device, say “Alexa, launch Ticket to Ride” and play against Alexa
- MONOPOLY GAME MEETS ANIMAL CROSSING: This twist on classic Monopoly gameplay features artwork, characters, and themes inspired by Nintendo’s Animal Crossing New Horizons
- FUN GAME FOR KIDS: In this edition of the Monopoly game, kids visit islands, collect resources such as bugs, fish, fossils, and fruit. Then sell island resources for Bells, buy decorations, and earn Nook Miles to win
- MONOPOLY TOKENS: Move around the board as one of 4 Animal Crossing New Horizons inspired tokens. Besides the numbered die, there’s a Nook’s Cranny die that determines what type of resources can be sold
- SKILL CARDS: After the first trip around the Monopoly gameboard, players can choose a Skill card with an ability they can use throughout the rest of the game.
- Check out other versions of Monopoly here
Hasbro Gaming Sorry!
- Nostalgic tabletop gameplay meets interactive digital content for an immersive gaming experience
- Includes gameboard, 12 Sorry! Pawns, 44 cards, and instructions
- A great and fun game to get children playing together
Operation
- Ages: 6 Years & up
- Provides less pressure to speak while encouraging social interaction.
- Use the tweezers to remove Cavity Sam’s ailments
- Features classic ailments
- Try to avoid the “buzz”
- Includes gameboard, tweezers, 12 plastic ailments (including rubber band), and game guide.
Does your child or student have a favourite game that they like to play at school? Share in the comments and I will add to this post.
