Following Directions Speech Therapy Cookies Activity
by Stacy Crouse © 2018
Premier Publisher
Price: $3.5 USD
Subjects: speech,listeningSkills,receptiveLanguage,expressiveLanguage,hearingAndAudiology
Grades: 13,1,2,3,4
Description
Make following directions and language goals engaging with this cookie-themed Boom Cards activity! 🍪 This digital resource helps you target skills such as auditory comprehension, describing, verbs, sequencing, and following directions within a fun, relatable context that students love. Students create “virtual” sugar cookies while practicing listening and language skills through meaningful, interactive activities 🧑🍳 The deck begins with a versatile language activity that walks students through the cookie-making process from start (adding ingredients to the bowl) to finish (decorating the cookies). This sequence provides a natural opportunity to target vocabulary, expanding utterances, sequencing, and past tense verbs. 👂 The remaining cards focus on following directions at two levels of difficulty, allowing you to easily differentiate for a range of learners. Students drag and drop frosting onto cookies of various holiday shapes as they follow directions: ⭐ Level 1: 10 cards targeting 1-step (2-element) directions Example: “Put yellow frosting on the tree.” ⭐ Level 2: 10 cards targeting 2-step (4-element) directions Example: “Put orange frosting on the egg and green frosting on the snowman.” Built for flexibility, this deck includes supportive features that help sessions run smoothly with minimal prep. It's designed for quick navigation and differentiation:
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