Angry Bird Says

What you’ll need:

• Notecards
• Angry Bird cut outs (or other characters to suit your client’s interests)
• Marker
• Glue/tape 

 

My client loves all things Angry Bird.  These easy to make Angry Bird Says cards worked great to target his past tense regular verbs.  

Glue each character on a different card with a verb that you want to elicit.  Have your client pick a card and perform the action.  For example, they may pick a card that says “jump”.  Have your client jump up and down and explain to them that they are jumping.  After, clearly explain “you are not jumping anymore, you are done.”  Then, ask your client “what did you do?” to elicit the verb “jumped.”

Verb Suggestions:

To elicit past tense regular verbs ending in “t” sound:

• Jump->Jumped (perform action)
• Walk->Walked (perform action)
• Skip->Skipped (perform action)
• Hop->Hopped (perform action)
• Wash->Washed (use hand sanitizer)

To elicit past tense regular verbs ending in “d” sound:

• Clean->Cleaned (use hand sanitizer)
• Call->Called (make hand into a telephone)
• Open->Opened (open door)
• Close->Closed (close door)
• Smile->Smiled (perform action)

To elicit past tense regular verbs ending in “id” sound:

• Count->Counted (count to ten)
• Paint->Painted (pretend to paint on a canvas)
• Lift->Lifted (lift any object or lift out of chair)
• Rest->Rested (pretend to sleep)