What you'll need:
- Cupcake mix (and other ingredients per instructions on packet)
- Frosting (I used chocolate)
- M&Ms (for the eyes)
- Candy corn (for the feathers and beak)
- Cupcake liners
- Cupcake holder/paper plate
- Knife to spread the frosting
Preparation:
You'll need to bake the actual cupcakes in advance (unless you have access to an oven and lots of time with your client in therapy)
Note: Due to time constraints in therapy, I actually baked, frosted, and decorated most of the cupcakes in advance. My client frosted and decorated only 2 cupcakes in therapy, allowing time for maximum verb production.
In Therapy:
I guided my client in decorating his cupcakes. I would give him an action to perform, containing a verb, for example "frost the cupcake". After he performed the task I would ask him "what did you do?" to elicit a past tense verb response ("I frosted the cupcake").
Below are the steps that we took to decorate our cupcakes, including the different verbs that I elicited:
- We washed our hands before starting
- He scooped the frosting onto his knife
- He frosted the cupcake
- He then opened the bag of M&Ms
- And poured the M&Ms onto a paper plate
- He dropped the M&Ms onto the cupcake for the turkey's eyes
- Then he counted 5 candy corn from the bag
- He placed the candy corn on the turkey for the feathers and the beak
- He tasted a cupcake!
This was a great hands on activity that helped my client really grasp the idea of past tense verbs and allowed him to put them into practice in a practical way.
He brought the cupcakes to snack-time after our session and shared them with his classmates. They were a hit!
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