Description

What Makes Word Play Different

Many speech therapy materials are focused on isolated drills, worksheets, or screen-based activities. Word Play is different. We’ve built it around foundational life skills and real-life items students recognize and use every day, so carryover is more natural. 

Functional Language Meets Gameplay

As students play, they practice key life foundations such as:

• Object-function associations (What does it do?)
• Object-location associations (Where do you find it? Where does it go?)
• Categorization (It belongs to what group?)
• Descriptive language (What does it look like? What is it made of? What are its parts? 
• Sentence building and expressive language expansion (from words →phrases→complete thoughts)

How Word Play Works

Each deck focuses on everyday functional categories like kitchen, personal care, household supplies, and more. Cards feature real-life items (e.g., toothbrush, microwave, mop) and include multiple attributes students can compare. 

How to Use Word Play

1. Shuffle the deck and deal an equal number of cards to each player.
2. A player reads the attribute from their top card.
3. Other players read the same attribute from their top card.
4. The player with the highest value wins the round and collects the cards.
5. Play continues until one player has all the cards.

Who is Word Play For?

Word Play is designed for professionals and families teaching communication and life skills, including:

• Speech-language Pathologists
• Special education teachers and related providers
• Clinic, hospital, rehab, and home health settings
• Home practice and carryover activities 
• Adult transition and functional communication support

Recommended for ages 6+

Group size: 2-8 players

Why Therapists Choose Word Play

Instead of juggling multiple tools, Word Play gives you one flexible activity that can support different age groups, goals, and support needs.

• Hands-on, engaging
• Easy to adapt on the spot
• Functional, real-world vocabulary
• WH Questions meet fun 
• Built for repeated practice without feeling repetitive

Your therapy sessions become instantly more engaging with this single card game. 

Card Deck Categories 

Each of our individual decks has its own focus, including categories like the following: 

• Kitchen
• Personal Care
• Household Supplies
• And more….