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Title: talklora: low-rank adaptation for speech-driven animation.

Abstract: Speech-driven facial animation is important for many applications including TV, film, video games, telecommunication and AR/VR. Recently, transformers have been shown to be extremely effective for this task. However, we identify two issues with the existing transformer-based models. Firstly, they are difficult to adapt to new personalised speaking styles and secondly, they are slow to run for long sentences due to the quadratic complexity of the transformer. We propose TalkLoRA to address both of these issues. TalkLoRA uses Low-Rank Adaptation to effectively and efficiently adapt to new speaking styles, even with limited data. It does this by training an adaptor with a small number of parameters for each subject. We also utilise a chunking strategy to reduce the complexity of the underlying transformer, allowing for long sentences at inference time. TalkLoRA can be applied to any transformer-based speech-driven animation method. We perform extensive experiments to show that TalkLoRA archives state-of-the-art style adaptation and that it allows for an order-of-complexity reduction in inference times without sacrificing quality. We also investigate and provide insights into the hyperparameter selection for LoRA fine-tuning of speech-driven facial animation models.

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7 fun-filled speech activities for kids of all ages.

By:  Susan Dugdale  

If you're looking for fun-filled  speech activities  check these out.

There are  7 tried and tested  public speaking games  on this page - ones that have been a great 'yee-haa-hooray' splendiferous success for me.  You'll find they'll adapt easily to suit children of all ages;  from around middle school to adulthood and don't require a great deal of set-up preparation.

• Connect the dots
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• In the news today

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• Guidelines for the games

Use them in your class room, with the members of your speech club, as an extension activity for a life skills or communications program, or for home schooling with your family.

They'll help by-pass anxiety, develop and nurture competent, confident public speaking skills, and do it with a large, welcome dollop of fun!

*  If you're not sure about how to introduce games to your class or group, scroll down to the foot of the page. You'll find handy 'how to begin' guidelines there.

1. Connect the Dots

How to play

Prepare a collection of word cards each with a familiar noun on it. You'll need at least 100. They could be names of famous people, common objects, colors, animals ... For example : bird, wheelbarrow, hammer, cow, witch, moon, grass, hat, elephant, computer, book, vase, elbow, photo, green, candlestick, shoe, painting, mug, plane, eclipse, Queen Elizabeth,  operation, halo, knife, eye, storm, girl, pillow, lid, thermometer, jungle, barn, wheel, thistle, steam, mud, bike, pink, Madonna  ...

Put the word cards into box or non-see through bag.

A player picks two cards and then must immediately begin telling a story connecting both words together convincingly. The story needn't be long, (one to two minutes is enough), complicated, or true!

Once your class is comfortable with connecting two words, add to your word collection and increase the number of cards selected to three or even four.

What this game teaches

In a word - transitions!

Moving from one idea to another smoothly, in a way that can be readily understood and followed by your audience, is a must-have public speaking skill.

Connect the Dots gives people the opportunity to practice.   It doesn't matter how disparate the "dots" or ideas  appear to be, a way can be found to link them, and with practice the ability to make those connections will become stronger and stronger.

An added benefit of the game is listening and learning from each other.

Connect the Dots - an example story

I've picked my two words. They are *Queen Elizabeth and bike, and here's my speech!

"When you think of Queen Elizabeth, what do you see in your mind? Do you see an older woman wearing a diamond studded tiara staring grimly into the camera?

That diagonal sash across her chest proclaims dominion over the commonwealth realms. These include countries as diverse as Canada and Barbados - 32 of them in all. That's serious leadership - around 128 million people, including Prince Phillip, her husband, their four adult children, assorted wives and grandchildren.

Her daily duties would make most of us wince. She answers letters, talks to government officials, reads briefing papers, plans her diary, makes calls to charities, hospitals, factories, schools, museums or military units, performs civic duties like openings and investitures, and tours . That routine hasn't varied for the last 56 years. The Queen is an institution, revered and respected.

But she's also a person. And despite how difficult it may be to imagine, she'll have good days, bad days and days when, in the words of Cyndi Lauper, a girl just wants to have fun.

In my imagination, she wants to poke her tongue out at all the 'must and mustn't dos', toss the tiara sideways and shuck off the designer gowns.

She'd like to walk barefoot through wet grass and float on her back down a summer stream blowing bubbles. She'd like to gallop a horse around Hyde Park without a minder and in the afternoon ride a bike. Starting at the top of Primrose Hill she'll fly down, pedals whirring, yelling 'Look Ma no hands.' It will be glorious. It will be wonderful, and she will be free.

Perhaps it was a glimpse into unfettered being that convinced her to take up skydiving with James Bond for opening of the 2012 Olympics. 86 years old and starring in a royal performance. She showed us. It's never too late to 'get on yer bike' in whatever form it takes. God save the Queen!"

*For more about Queen Elizabeth the Second of England  who died 2022. 

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2. Tell us the history of ...

Prepare a starter list of events or things. Write them on slips of paper.

For example: a postage stamp, birthday cake, books, a zebra's stripes, a chimney, the tooth fairy, common sayings like 'a penny for your thoughts', 'a red rag to a bull', 'a pinch and a punch for the first of the month', April Fools Day, a wheel, a Christmas tree, ice cream, a ladder, Father Christmas, May Day, a siren, shaking hands on meeting someone...

Put the topic cards/papers into a non-see through bag. 

When it's their turn a player pulls a topic from the bag. They then must give an account of the history (story) behind the thing or event they've drawn.  It needn't be factual!  Encourage imagination, outrageous lies, flights of fantasy...

The goal of this public speaking game is sustained credible fluency. Aim for 1 - 2 minutes per story.

3. End lines

You'll need a collection of endings written on slips of paper.

For example: 'Just do it', 'Diamonds are forever', 'He's fallen in the water', 'Some like it hot', 'His bark is worse than his bite', 'Love makes the world go round', 'An apple a day keeps the doctor away', 'First up, best dressed', 'King for a day', 'Funny money', 'Laughter is the best medicine'...

Put the end lines into a non-see through bag.

Each player takes a turn to take an ending from the bag. The task is to tell a 1-2 minute story ending with the line they have selected.

4. Story Starters

Write opening sentences or phrases on slips of paper. You'll need one for each member of your group and then some more. For example: 'It was a dark and stormy night', 'I wish people would not say...', 'Yesterday I saw a herd of cows ', 'My favorite activity is bird watching', 'The wisest saying I ever heard was...', 'In 20 years time I will be...', 'It made me yell', 'All I want for Christmas is...', 'Something is terribly wrong...', 'The little voice inside my head...', 'This is the secret I've never shared before', 'I never knew what happened...', 'Sometimes I just want to...', 'You know it's Summer when...', 'Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you', 'The story made me want to...','I heard the best news this morning', 'The sound of people laughing...'

Put the slips of paper into a non-see through bag.

Nominate a person to begin. He/she reaches into the bag and pulls out a story starter. The starter they've drawn must be used to open their story.   A story can be built and extended however the speaker wishes.

5. Oink Substitution

In this game a commonly used word is chosen and then substituted with the word ' oink '. For example: If the selected word is  I , the speaker says  oink  instead.

Oink  can be played several ways.

Playing Oink using well-known stories

Make copies of well-known children's stories. For instance - Red Riding Hood, The Gingerbread Man or Three Little Pigs. (You will find many of them here: american literature.com has hundreds available.)

Next choose a regularly occurring word in each piece to substitute.

Eg. The word 'she' would be suitable in The Gingerbread Man story . Here's the opening paragraph given the 'oink' treatment.

"One day, the cook went into the kitchen to make some gingerbread. OINK took some flour and water, and treacle and ginger, and mixed them all well together, and OINK put in some more water to make it thin, and then some more flour to make it thick, and a little salt and some spice, and then OINK rolled it out into a beautiful, smooth, dark-yellow dough."

Decide who is to start. Ask them to choose a story. They are to read aloud for approximately one minute making sure they use 'oink' in place of the selected word.

Repeat for each member of your group.  Try to have each new reader of the same story pick up from where the last reader of it left off rather than repeat the same passage. 

Encourage authoritative readings, full of passion and drama!   

Using Oink as an extension activity

Another way to play  Oink  is as an extension of already known games. Try it with  One Minute Speeches , Story Starters or End Lines.

Once your group is confident, add the ' oink ' factor for even more fun! You'll find substitution hones thinking-while-you're-speaking skills really well.

6. The BIG Fat Lie

This game encourages the use of the imagination, develops fluency and, it's fun. In playing it your group will learn about body language too. How do you know when somebody is lying? How can you tell?

Each speaker is to stand so that everyone can see them clearly and share 3 things about themselves on a theme you set.

Examples of theme: holidays, the future, my favorite after school activities, when I was young, my beliefs, the best books I've read, the best adventures I've had..., my family...

Two of the things they say about themselves in relation to the theme are to be true. The third is not .

When they've finished speaking, ask the class/group to identify the lie. And when they have, ask them how they knew. What alerted them to it being untrue?

PS. This makes a great icebreaker for groups getting together for the first time.

7. In the News Today

In the last activity making up of this collection of 7 public speaking games, your class/group are broadcasters, anchor people for a news show.

The news is whatever has happened during the day. It could be an event on the way to school like a traffic jam. It might be a new menu in the canteen or lunch room. It could be an announcement the principal made.

It doesn't matter how trivial the happening; encourage the big news treatment for anything at all, even a new set of pencils!

The aim of the exercise is give whatever subject they choose the standard news format. They'll need to cover who, what, where, why, when and how .

Once they've mastered that encourage experimentation; adding introduction hooks, on-the-spot interviews, switch backs and summaries.

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Before you begin the games with your class

Lead in guidelines.

Taking the time to set the games up will ensure they go well and go on to become an accepted and eagerly anticipated part of your classroom activities.

• If your class is new to playing public speaking games start with the simple activities first, for example, the Story Starters.
• Model or demonstrate each game before you ask them to play themselves.
• If it's too threatening to have the entire focus of the class on one person at a time - split into smaller groups of 4-6 players and have them work simultaneously. It will be rowdy but worth it!
• Establish your ground rules for positive participation. You can check out the ones I used in my teaching here: rules for public speaking games
• Include full class quickfire feedback sessions at the end of each game. I found these invaluable for drawing attention to and reinforcing what had been done well. Be sure to acknowledge any gain - not matter how small!
• Keep the timing snappy. Too much of any one particular activity will become tedious. Keep it flowing along.

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2 Minute Speech on the Impact of Computer Games on Youth

Until some years ago, when children talked about games it meant team games like football , cricket , hockey, basketball, shuttle, tennis and the like. But today games are more or less dominated by computer games in the minds of youngsters.

Again, until some time ago, blue whale was the answer to the question “Which is the biggest animal on earth?” But no longer. Blue Whale is the name of an online computer game played over social networks which encourages youngsters to do certain tasks ending in suicide.

So let me spell out the topic for my speech. It is the Impact of Computer Games on Youth. It is very clear that youngsters interact with video games in much deeper ways physically, emotionally, and mentally than with other popular media like films. You can also read Gaming as Career, Entertainment, and Addiction! for further insight on gaming.

First let me focus on the benefits of computer games.

Many claim that computer games improve co-ordination, attention, concentration and problem-solving skills. It also enhances memory, helps in multitasking capability and can also be used as excellent teaching tools.

There are video games like building a city or helping others. These can help a youngster to be socially responsible and behave with care and concern for others.

Computer games, some people say, help youngsters to get familiar with the online world. It allows them to become smart kids and builds perseverance in them as many computer games have different levels which the gamer has to master.

Quick thinking, fast analysis, intelligent use of resources and management, planning and strategy and situational awareness are some other benefits that people highlight.

Let us assume that all these are good. Let us now look at some of the negatives.

Very young children are also exposed to the world of computer gaming. Sometimes these games can encourage violence and crime. So there should be a supervision of what type of game is played.

Secondly, the amount of time one spends on computer games have to be limited. There are known cases of people spending long hours on games without eating, mingling with friends or studying. This affects health as well as the person’s ability to interact with other people face to face.

Thirdly women are generally portrayed in games as weak and as kind of objects. It is a kind of negative stereotyping. It can wrongly impact the young boys and the way they treat women.

Again, there are studies which show that video games can lead to aggressive behaviour because of constantly playing games which require the gamer to take part in violence.

Another difficulty with video games is that parents rarely spend time with their children trying to find out what games they play. So parents lose a chance of bonding with their children; they lose the chance to spend quality time with their kids and of course they lose the chance to understand what type of behaviour change is occurring in their children because of the video games they play.

Finally, there is the danger of not differentiating between the real world and the fantasy world. Unless the youngsters are taught between the differences in the gaming world and the real world there can come moments of confusion and disappointment.

Let me conclude by saying that we cannot forget the fact video games and gaming have become a multi-billion dollar industry . It might easily be the fastest growing entertainment in the world today.The high quality of graphics giving a greater sense of virtual reality is drawing people more and more into a different world far removed from the real one. And it is impacting youngsters in a big way. Only time will tell of how the life of youth changed with video games dominating their play, study, thinking, and relationships.

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27 Free Online Games for Speech Therapy You Need to Know About

Online games that are quick to play are perfect for speech teletherapy.

Like many SLPs right now, I’m a newly minted teletherapist due to school closures during the COVID 19 pandemic. After three months of diving into speech therapy telepractice this spring, I quickly realized that I need more tricks up my sleeve to keep my students engaged with me online! Thirty minutes of pure drill time wasn’t cutting it. It wasn’t long before they started looking at me with eyes that said “What else have you got?”

And…like a bunch of you, I’ll be headed back to school seeing my students online, at least for now. So it’s time to gather up some great resources to keep participation and interest high!

It’s important to mix it up with a variety of activities to keep students engaged during online speech therapy sessions.

Especially the youngest ones. Gee- in that respect it’s not unlike in-person sessions, is it?

I may have 2-3 different activities during a session. including books, real games (I take their “turn” for them in front of the camera), puppets, toys for the younger crowd, riddles, and worksheets we could draw or write on with annotation tools. I also love Boom Cards  and digital resources like interactive pdfs. I like to get my kiddos up and moving sometimes too. We all need that!

Online games are a favorite activity for my speech therapy students.

No prep for you, fun for them. If you are using a platform like Zoom where you can give your students control, any of these games are great. If you can’t give students control, look at the online board games that automatically advance. You can click the dice for your students.

I keep a document of links on my desktop so I can head over to a great online game quickly during a session. Ready for a list to make your teletherapy planning easier? Here you go!

Here are some of my favorite sites for engaging, quick-play online games.

I’ve played a lot of games y’all, and I’ve listed games from these sites that load easily, are quick to play, motivating, and won’t take away too much therapy time! You may want to look through the main sites and see if there are more games you love.

Pink Cat Studio   3 fun games that you can use open-ended or for words, rhyme, and more

Fun Brain   Tons of engaging, quick-play games kids will love

Toy Theatre    Fun games, and lots of extras like dice and spinners

For little ones, you’ll also want to check out:

ABCya   Lots of “Make-a” games and holiday games for little ones…Some games require Flash Player. PBS Kids   Simple games with characters kids like such as Clifford, Sesame Street, or Arthur.

Happy Clicks   I love this site of super-easy activities for very young learners

Easiest online games for early learners:

Make an Icecream  build your Ice cream

Fruit Fall  Help the farmer catch the fruit in his basket.

Helipopper  The monster is flying with a helicopter hat. Pop the balloons that match the color of his hat. Requires paying attention to changing hat color.

Open-ended online games for all grades

Desert Dive:  Big Blue and his friend are on a see-saw, drag Big Blue up, and drop him to make his friend splash into the pool.

Spaceship Maze  Guide your spaceship through the maze. Starts easy and each maze becomes a bit more challenging.

Turtle Wax  Raise and lower the slide, then let the turtle slide down. Can you make him hit the target?

Play Tic Tac Toe   play the computer or another player

Online board games:

These games automatically play when you click the dice. Fast and easy!

Snakes and Ladders  Roll the Dice and your game piece automatically moves. Play with 1-2 players, or establish teams in a group.

The Goose Game: Roll the dice to advance. Some spaces are luck, some are not! Up to 6 players

These games require you to move the pieces. Some are strategy games best for older kids.

Checkers  for 1-2 players or teams

BackGammon strategy game for older kids

Reversi Another strategy game for older kids. 1-2 players.

Games that are a bit more challenging:

Treasure Dive: The diver must avoid the sea creatures as he collects the gold from the treasure chest.

Word Turtle Create your own word search. Two levels of difficulty. Greate for articulation generating synonyms, antonyms, or category members Visual Memory Puzzle Study the colored circles on the grid before they disappear. Can you re-create the pattern? Becomes progressively harder.

Poki Cut the Rope Feed the monster strategy game

Online dice and spinners for any game

Toy theater is great for these. These can be a game in themselves. Who will rack up the most points? Throw the dice or spin a spinner.

Dice:  Colorful online dice in many shapes and sizes

Spinners; Choose spinners for either colors or numbers. You can choose how many spaces on the spinner too!

Online games are great to use in in-person therapy too.

Play them on a  tablet, computer or project them on a whiteboard for instant engagement. Huge bonus- you don’t have to lug these around as you travel from school to school or setting!

Don’t forget to pin this post to save it for later when you need a fresh, motivating activity for your kiddos.

Are you still needing to provide send-home materials, either printed or virtually?

I hope you’ve found some games you and your students love. Please leave a comment if you’ve found any more terrific open-ended games we should know about!

Stay well, my friends,

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Speech on Should Violent Video Games Be Banned?

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Speech on Should Violent Video Games Be Banned: Playing games always helps one to maintain physical strength. Whether it be long hours or for a few minutes, training the brain with an activity always helps one engage in an activity. 

But what if video games are blamed for spreading violence? Will it still be justified to support violent video games? 

Just like there are two sides of a coin, there are both negative and positive impacts of playing video games. Here’s a speech on should violent video games be banned or not.

Table of Contents

• 1.1 Pros For Banning Violent Video Games
• 2 Cons Against Banning Violent Video Game

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Long Speech on Speech on Should Violent Video Games Be Banned? 

Hello and welcome to all the teachers and fellow students. Today we all are gathered here to share our views on the contentious topic that has sparked across the various platforms— Should Violent Video Games Be Banned? 

Pros For Banning Violent Video Games

Let’s discuss what can be possible positive points for banning violent video games:

1. Potential Impact on Aggressive Behaviour

Violent video games such as Resident Evil, The Witcher, and Bioshock likewise suggest a correlation between video games and increased violent behaviour among children. 

The gaming disorder hinders them from understanding and regulating human emotions and results in aggression, depression, and an anxious state. 

2. Protecting Vulnerable Audiences

Younger players, who aren´t able to justify wrong and right actions might result in deficit or depressive symptoms. Symptoms of feeling sad, hopeless, and furious are some of the negative impacts of such negative impacts of violent video games. 

Banning such video games can help the vulnerable audience from potential negative consequences. 

3. Public Safety

Individuals who love to mitigate their favourite characters might carry the same with violent video games. Killing of people, and animals, foul language, and use and abuse of drugs and alcohol are some of the examples of harmful acts. 

Banning such fierce video games may be seen as a precautionary measure to mitigate the risk of such individuals. 

Also Read: 2-Minute Speech on What Makes Learning Fun

Cons Against Banning Violent Video Game

Let us understand whether it is correct to ban video games just because of their violent likeness: 

1. Freedom of Expression

Do you find it justified to ban a speech of expression? Video games are a part of art and creative voice like other forms of media. 

Banning video games with violence is a violation of the creator´s artistic freedom and its impressions. Also, it restricts the potential for storytelling and creativity. 

2. Impact of Industry

As per the data of Statista Market Insights, the video game market is forecasted to reach a revenue of US$389.70 billion by 2028, which is undoubtedly a considerable figure. Banning video games because of their depiction is not justified. 

Also, banning the violent video games industry could result in severe economic consequences, leading to job losses and economic downturns. 

3. Risk of Creating a Black Market

Banning video games with violence can create a secret illegal or black market. These video games, which will be accessed by different groups of children, including minors, might not be safe or regulated. 

Also, there is the possibility of creating hidden illegal businesses too. 

Banning video games with violent depictions is not a solution. Practice should be done to encourage children to consider what they are watching or playing. Instead of putting restrictions, suggest or advise them to learn how to handle situations.

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Violent video games express freedom and individual responsibility; thus, one cannot hinder one’s fundamental rights and views.

Many factors contribute to a person’s behaviour. However, it cannot be denied that violent video games don’t create mental disorder problems. 

The relationship between violent video games and anxiety varies from person to person. Excessive video games with violent depictions without proper guidance can cause anxiety. 

Parents can communicate, keep themselves informed about the games, and use parental controls for violent video games. 

Some considerations related to violent video game behaviour are aggression, problems in decision-making, and real-life violence.

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The Best Online Games for Speech Therapy

What is an online game for speech therapy, types of online games, indicators of an online game that’s great for speech therapy.

You want to look for games that are:

• consistently working without any issues or hangs
• on sites with reputable customer service in the case that issues do arise
• colorful and engaging

I always suggest screening games prior to using them in a speech session just to make sure they are appropriate from start to finish. In addition to the criteria above, you of course want to choose something that either directly or indirectly addresses the speech and language goals you’re working on. There are many games out there, but there are fewer online speech therapy games. You want to pick a game that either directly targets a skill or can be tailored to target a skill. Otherwise, the game is just a time-filler and you’re not actually addressing speech or language through the use of the game.

Free Online Games for Speech Therapy

Why you should use online speech therapy games.

• to reduce clutter in the speech room (click here to read why science says clutter is bad for your health)
• to save space in the speech room
• to be more environmentally conscious
• to provide cutting edge resources to students
• to provide engaging resources to students
• to have a large library of materials that are easily transportable
• to easily provide teletherapy services

Speech and language skills that can be addressed with digital games

• /b/ initial, medial, final, and mixed positions
• /d/ initial, medial, final, and mixed positions
• /f/ initial, medial, final, and mixed positions
• /g/ initial, medial, final, and mixed positions
• /j/ initial, medial, final, and mixed positions
• /k/ initial, medial, final, and mixed positions
• /l/ initial, medial, final, and mixed positions
• /m/ initial, medial, final, and mixed positions
• /n/ initial, medial, final, and mixed positions
• /p/ initial, medial, final, and mixed positions
• /r/ initial, medial, final, and mixed positions
• /s/ initial, medial, final, and mixed positions
• /t/ initial, medial, final, and mixed positions
• /v/ initial, medial, final, and mixed positions
• /w/ initial, medial, final, and mixed positions
• /y/ initial, medial, final, and mixed positions
• /z/ initial, medial, final, and mixed positions
• Auditory comprehension
• Descriptive Language (adjectives)
• Language Expansion
• Object Function
• Following Directions
• Prepositions
• Reading Comprehension
• Final Consonant Deletion
• Conversation Skills
• Executive Functioning
• Problem Solving

Are these only for teletherapy?

Other resources that are similar.

There are many online speech therapy resources that aren’t exactly a game, but are still interactive and similar to a game. For example, online speech therapy word searches or matching games. Some other online speech therapy activities that are out there are:

• digital flashcards
• drag and drop
• multiple choice
• true and false
• open-ended picture description scenes

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The Best Online Games and Activities for Speech Therapy

The best online resource is going to be something that:

• your student will engage with
• doesn’t distract your student to the point that they won’t participate in an interactive way
• is easy and enjoyable for the SLP to use

Best is subjective, of course, but I would like to share my favorite digital speech therapy games and activities with you. Below this list, I’ve put together some quick videos to show you some of these resources in action:

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1 Minute Speech on Video Games In English

A very good morning to one and all present here. Today, I will be giving a short speech on the topic of ‘Video Games’.

Simply put, video games are those games played virtually played on a computer screen or a television screen or perhaps a PlayStation. 

There are several types of video games in existence, over 30 in fact! Some of them, namely, are Sandbox, Real-time strategy (RTS), Shooters (FPS and TPS), Multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA), Role-playing (RPG, ARPG, and More), Simulation and sports, Puzzlers and party games, and Action-adventure.

Out of these, Action Games, Adventure Games, Role-Playing Games, Strategy Games, and Simulation Games are popular. 

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7 talks on the benefits of gaming

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This weekend, hundreds of video games enthusiasts lined up in the cold, waiting 12 hours-plus to be the first to get their hands on Nintendo’s new console, the Wii U. And when the game  Call of Duty: Black Ops was released in 2010, gamers around the world played it for more than 600 million hours in just the first 45 days. That is the equivalent of 68 years.

While some people worry about the popularity of video games, in today’s talk, brain scientist Daphne Bavelier suggests that gaming may be far more beneficial than we think (in moderation) — even if the game is all about shooting up the enemy.

“Most of you have thought, ‘Come on, can’t you do something more productive than shooting zombies?’ I’d like you to put this knee-jerk reaction in the context of how you’d feel if you found your girl playing Soduku,” Bavelier says. “In reasonable doses, action-packed shooter games have quite powerful positive effects on many different aspects of our behavior.”

In the lab, Bavelier and her team measure the impact of gameplay on the brain. While your mom might have told you that staring at screens will wreck your eyes, Bavelier’s lab actually found that playing 5 to 15 hours a week of video games correlates with better vision — and the ability to see more detail in the context of clutter.

It’s another common trope that gaming causes attention problems. However, Bavelier shows data that people who play video games are better able to keep track of objects around them — while the average person can track three objects effectively, video gamers can track six to seven objects. They’re also better able to multitask in general.

Initial studies suggest that these benefits may be trainable. In one study, Bavelier’s lab gave participants a test, and then asked them to play 10 hours of video games over a period of two weeks. When they came back for a post-test, their performance improved — and the improvement was still measurable five months later. Bavelier’s lab hopes to use these findings to create games that can improve eyesight or help keep the brains of senior citizens sharp.

To hear more about Bavelier’s studies, watch her talk . And after the jump, six other talks that suggest video games may simply have a bad reputation.

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Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world Video game designer Jane McGonigal is deeply inspired by video games like World of Warcraft — because they call on players to become heroes and save worlds.  In this blockbuster talk from TED2010, she shares why she thinks it’s possible to harness the power of gaming to solve real-world problems like hunger, poverty, climate change and war.

Gabe Zichermann: How games make kids smarter Gabe Zichermann wishes that we could channel the era of Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? —when students, parents and teachers agreed that video games were great. In this talk from TEDxKids@Brussels, Zichermann suggests that video games make kids better at problem-solving and multitasking, and should be championed rather than villainized.

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Ali Carr-Chellman: Gaming to re-engage boys in learning Many boys are having a hard time in school—they’re disproportionally suspended, marked as learning disabled, and diagnosed with ADHD. In this talk from TEDxPSU, Ali Carr-Chellman ponders whether this could be a simple culture clash. She shares a fascinating idea — that creating educational video games full of rich narratives could help boy culture connect with school culture.

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Tom Chatfield: 7 ways games reward the brain Video games are transfixing, says Tom Chatfield at TEDGlobal 2010. Why? Because they offer emotional rewards and satisfy our ambitions. In this talk, he wonders if other tasks — for example, going green or losing weight — could be made fun by emulating the brilliance of game design.

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Jane McGonigal: The game that can give you 10 extra years of life After a severe concussion, Jane McGonigal found herself on mandatory bedrest and feeling deeply depressed. In this talk from TEDGlobal 2012, she shares how she found her way out of a downward spiral — by creating a video game, SuperBetter , that helps people heal. ( Check out the TED Blog post: 10 online games … with a social purpose .)

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David Perry: Are games better than life? Speaking in 2006, game designer David Perry says we’re at an interesting moment in video game history—where graphics and audio have gotten extremely lifelike. Which means that the next generation (meaning: now) could have games that actually surpass real life. While Perry is excited for what’s to come, he points out that video game makers have a big responsibility given their influence and reach, and hopes that his industry will rise to the challenge. What do you think: Has it?

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Sports and games are important for all-round development and are an important part of our routine. Moreover, along with routine education, they help to shape our personalities. Read Speech on Sports and Games.

Also, they keep our bodies strong, healthy, and fit. It gives us a change from the same old routine and relaxes our mind and body. Moreover, it is important because it is a useful means of entertainment as well as a way to do physical activity. Furthermore, they build character and gives a huge amount of energy and strength.

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Advantages of Sports and Games

One who is constantly involved in h sports and games activity, she/he has good mental and physical growth and development. Also, it helps us to learn many new things in life. It assists us in building confidence, develops our personalities, and maintain mental and physical balance.

Sports and games help us to tackle and learn about how to overcome difficult situations in life and keeps body relax and mind free from tension. Also, it develops the habit of working in a team by developing a sense of friendliness among team members.

It also makes the person with mental and physical toughness by shaping the body and mind and removing laziness and tiredness. Furthermore, it improves the blood circulation throughout the body, therefore improving the physical and mental well-being of the person.

These sports and games activities make a person more capable of a high level of efficiency. Also, it removes the mental exhaustion and makes us more capable to do any hard work. Besides, in the modern education system, sports and games are an integral part of the syllabus and make education interesting, enjoyable and tension free.

Nowadays, education is considered as incomplete without the involvement of sports and games activities. Also, these activities draw more attention from the children towards the study.

Significance of Sport and Games

These activities are very important and necessary for the children and the young generation as it stimulates mental and physical growth. In addition, it improves their memory level, learning capacity, and concentration level.

A child can be a famous national or international sports personality if from childhood she/he practices the sport or game regularly. Children need to participate in all the sports competitions of their schools and colleges as it removes their hesitation and motivates them to go ahead in life.

For good sportsmen at school or a college-level, sports and games are a nice career option for them in the future. Furthermore, it gives them the opportunity to grow in life and earn name and fame from it.

At present, every school in the country are developing schools and colleges in both rural and urban areas. So that the students having an interest in sports and game activities can get a better path to go ahead.

Why Sports and Games are important?

Along with bookish knowledge sports and games are also very important. Sports and games like cricket, football, tennis, and badminton, etc. have many benefits for the mind and body. In the short run, they might not appear fruitful but in the long run, they are very beneficial.

Moreover, they gradually build up a healthy body and make the mind more energetic. In addition, regular participation in outdoor activities and games makes the body fit and relieve the body from stress.

To sum it up, the participation of children of schools and colleges is unsatisfactory. And for improving these teachers and staff needs to motivate students to participate in sports and games.

They need to tell them about the importance and benefits of sports and games so that their lifestyle can improve. This will also increase their mental and physical health level.

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41 Free Online Speech Therapy Activities

There are many online speech therapy activities that you can do with your student or child to help them develop their language skills.

These online games and exercises are perfect for the online slps doing teletherapy and will not only be fun for both of you, but they will also provide great benefits for your child’s speech pathology goals and help improve their speech delay!

Fun Games for Online Speech Therapy Activities

In this article, we’ll highlight 41 online resources – including PBS Kids interactive games, Boom Cards, and Pink Cat Games. We hope that these online tools will encourage children to learn about social skills, vocabulary words, communication skills, and more.

The following section is a list of educational games that are great for any speech language pathologist to use during their therapy services.

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Enjoy this list below of online speech therapy games to work on your student’s or child’s speech goals and make your speech therapy session even more fun this school year.

Online Speech Therapy Activities

1. pbs kids.

One of our favorite online resources for speech therapy is the PBS Kids website. This online destination has a variety of fun, interactive games that help children work on their language skills.

Some SLP favorites include: “ Curiou s George Pop the Bubble “, “ Meatball Launcher “, and “ Daniel Tiger Bath Time Helper “.

Do you have students who love to build things? Be sure to check out this list of games: “ Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood: Sandcastle “, “ Hero Elementary Treehouse Trouble “, “ Hamster Run “, “ Ready Jet Go, Builder “, “ Animal Home Builder “.

All of these games are perfect for children who are in the early intervention stage or those who have autism spectrum disorder. They are also great for helping to build vocabulary skills , story telling , feelings and life skills, such as empathy, respect for others, labeling feelings, as well as others!

2. Boom Learning

Another online resource that we love are Boom Cards.

This online program makes it easy to access educational games that can help your child work on auditory processing skills, receptive and expressive language development, articulation practice, and more!

This online resource is perfect for practicing speech sounds with articulation games, vocabulary words, social skills, and following directions – all of which are important for speech development.

If you’re on the hunt for barrier games be sure to check out Boom Learning then!

SLP favorite free downloads can be found in my list of 917+ free boom cards for speech therapy !

3. pink cat games.

If you’re looking for online resources that are specifically designed for younger children, we highly recommend checking out Pink Cat Games.

This online website has a variety of great games and activities that focus on different language skills, including vocabulary development, following directions and more.

Some of our favorites include: “ Build a Monster “, “ Smarty Pants Animal Race “, and “ Quiz Wheel Game “.

All of these online resources are perfect for children in early intervention or with autism spectrum disorder, as they help to build vocabulary skills, language comprehension abilities, following directions, social communication, and more!

4. Fun Brain

This website has many online activities and games that work on vocabulary, reading comprehension, memory skill development, etc.

These online games are perfect for children who have already developed some language skills, but still need to improve their vocabulary or reading comprehension abilities.

Some of our favorite things on this site are “ Reading “, “ Games “, Grammar Gorillas , Plural Girls to work on plurals , and Simon Sees .

5. Educational Games

If you’re looking for online resources that focus on educational games, we highly recommend checking out Educational Games.

This website has a variety of online activities and games that work on different academic skills, including math, science, grammar, etc.

This online website is perfect for younger children who are just starting to learn their letters and sounds. It has a variety of online games and activities that focus on teaching the alphabet, phonics skills, vocabulary words, etc.

Some of our favorite online speech therapy activities on ABCya! include: “ Make a Cupcake “, “ Make an Ice Cream “, “ Make a Cookie “, “ Make a Pizza “, “ Make a Gingerbread House “, “ Make a Robot “, and “ Let me Grow “.

These online resources are perfect for children who are just starting to learn their letters and sounds, as well as those who need extra practice with their phonics skills. They also work great with younger children in the early intervention stage!

More reinforcement games, such as Happy Clicks, the Game of Battleship, and an Interactive Mr. Potato Head can be found in my list of 21 Best Reinforcement Games for Speech Therapy !

7. Sesame Street Games

This website offers a variety of educational games for children ages two to five. The games are designed to help with skills such as letter recognition, counting, vocabulary, and more.

Here is a list of fan favorites: “ Cooking with Cookie “, “ Ready Set Grow “, “ Brush Those Teeth “, “ Dress up Time! “, and “ Cookie Monster’s Foodie Truck “.

There are several possibilities for targeting requesting, commenting and extending utterances.

8. Match the Memory Game

If you’re on the hunt for memory games then this online memory game is a great way to help your child work on their short-term memory abilities.

9. Baamboozle

This online website is fantastic since it offers pre-made games and activities created by other SLPs that you may utilize or develop your own free games.

Simply search the games using the search bar.

Some of our favorite online speech therapy activities on Baamboozle include games with target words: “ Speech Articulation S Sounds ” by lindseycav, “ Articulation of Two or More Syllables Words in GIF ” by Susan Tourdot, and the “ /ch/ Initial Articulation ” by MG.

These online resources are perfect for children who need extra practice with their vocabulary skills or articulation. They also work great with younger children in the early intervention stage!

10. Meddybemps

If you’re looking for online speech therapy activities, look no further than Meddybemps.

They have a great selection of interactive games and activities that are perfect for helping kids with language skills.

Their games are ideal for children with autism spectrum disorder, communication delays, or other speech-language needs.

11. Jeopardy Labs

Jeopardy Labs is a great online resource for speech therapy activities. The website includes interactive games and vocabulary games that are perfect for teletherapy sessions and helping children develop their language skills.

The interactive games on Jeopardy Labs are a great way to help younger children learn new concepts in a fun and engaging way. The games are also a great way to help improve communication skills.

12. Language Play Room

The language playroom is an online learning center for children to help them learn about language.

They have activities that cover a wide variety of concepts, including reading comprehension and phonemic awareness.

13. iSL Collective Video Lessons

If I had a top pick this website would be it! I personally love using videos to make therapy more fun and interactive.

The iSL Collective is a great online resource for speech-language pathologists.

The website includes a variety of video lessons that cover topics such as grammar skills, vocabulary development, body language, and more!

If you also love using more videos in your therapy to make learning more fun then be sure to check out my list of 31 Best Wordless Videos to Teach Problem Solving .

14. Owlie Boo

This website is really easy for parents and therapists to use.

It offers several excellent games for toddlers and reinforcement games, which are also great for practice.

Poki is a great website with activities that are fun and interactive, and the games can be used as reinforcement while your students work on their specific skills or areas of development.

Poki is a great resource for parents, family members, and therapists looking for fun and digital games to use during therapy sessions.

Some favorite board games include: “ Tic Tac Toe “, “ Connect Four “, and “ Snakes and Ladders “.

16. Toy Theater

It has several free interactive games that you can use with your students. They can play along with you if you share your screen and let the student control (Zoom).

If you’re looking for multiplayer be sure to check out the Goose game and Snakes and Ladders game at Toy Theater.

Some of our favorite online speech therapy activities on Toy Theater include “ Stack ” and the “ Classroom Timer “.

17. Room Recess

Room Recess is an educational website that offers educational games and activities for children.

The site is free, easy to use, and provides educational online resources for kids of all ages.

Room Recess has a large library of educational games for early learners from preschool through middle school including a math tab, reading tab, word tab, lab tab, extras tab, and themes tab.

18. Mystery Animal

The Google Mystery Animal is a 20-question quiz. It’s free and very entertaining for all ages and fun for a variety of goals.

Kahoot is a perfect website for high school students or older students and a great way to review material with a class or as a family.

It is an interactive quiz game that can be used for educational purposes. Kahoot offers many different types of games, including vocabulary and grammar exercises.

SEE ALSO: 21 Best Reinforcement Games for Speech Therapy / Teletherapy

20. quizlet.

Quizlet is a website that has a variety of resources for all grade levels, including interactive flashcards and vocabulary games.

Quizlet also offers a great way to study for exams with its “learn” mode. This mode helps you memorize information from a provided list of terms, definitions, and examples.

21. Cookie  

This site has 13+ great language activities that help students build vocabulary in an engaging way.

22. Global Allied Health

This site is divided by goal area.

These online resources are perfect for teachers who have older children in the school-aged stage!

23. Highlights Kids

This website is jam-packed with secret pictures, making it ideal for vocabulary practice or as a fun reinforcement game.

The website is also a great resource for parents and family members who want to help their children with language development or those that are working on improving communication skills.

The types of activities available on Highlights Kids will keep children entertained while they learn at the same time!

There is something for everyone on this website. It is a great resource for parents and speech-language pathologists alike! Check it out today!

The website Quia.com is an educational website that allows you to create online lessons and quizzes for free. This can be a great resource for finding educational games and activities to supplement speech therapy sessions.

Quia offers a variety of different types of educational games and activities, including vocabulary games and interactive activities for younger children.

The website is easy to use and can be accessed from any computer or mobile device.

Here is a fun game for working on multiple meaning words !

25. Wheel of Names

The Wheel of Names is a fun game that is perfect for using it as a spinner.

For example, you can use it to choose who goes next. Or put vocabulary words in the boxes and then spin and have your student define their vocabulary words.

Another idea is to work on synonyms or antonyms. Place different words, such as big or tall in the spinner and then hit spin. The child then says the best synonym or antonym for that word. 

SEE ALSO: 279+ Free Speech Therapy Digital Materials

26. kids national geographics.

The Kids National Geographic website is a great educational resource for children of all ages.

It features interactive games and activities, educational articles, and videos from the popular magazine.

Children can learn about everything from dinosaurs to space exploration on this website. There are also puzzles and quizzes to help reinforce what kids have learned.

This is a great way to keep children engaged and entertained while learning educational topics.

27. Bou n cy Balls

This is a fun way to manage classroom noise or visualize music.

You can choose from a variety of themes that will help your students visualize the noise in the room!

28. Sheppard Software

This website has a great variety of educational games and activities for younger children.

Their website has hundreds of free, online, learning games for kids.

But anyone interested in online learning can use this site with access to activities in many subjects – (geography, math, animals, science, language arts, creative activities, health).

29. Mr. Nussbaum  

Here is an educational website that features many free resources to help kids.

It offers dozens of interactive games designed to reinforce essential concepts taught in elementary years, and themes that make learning enjoyable.

30. Arcademics

Arcademics is a website that offers educational games for students in kindergarten through twelfth grade.

There are over 50 games to choose from, and students can practice math, reading, science, social studies, and more.

The educational games are separated by grade level and subject, so students can easily find what they need.

31. Junior Brain Pop

One educational website that is great for speech therapy activities and games is Junior Brain Pop.

This website includes a variety of interactive games and videos that target a range of skills, including language. The games are all engaging and provide a fun way to work on important skills.

32. Splash Learn

Splash Learn has a variety of educational games to choose from that provide practice in vocabulary, phonology and grammar skills.

It also offers educational lesson plans and ideas, tips on how to use the site, FAQs and more!

33. Turtle Diary  

This site offers a large, free collection of educational games and activities to help children learn. These tools can be helpful for speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, parents and teachers who are looking for ways to support language skills in young children.

The site includes many different types of educational games that will engage your child: vocabulary building games where kids match terms to definitions, interactive short stories that teach grammar and syntax, educational quizzes, math challenges and more.

One of the best features of Turtle Diary is that many of the games are designed for specific age groups. You can easily find activities tailored for preschool students, elementary students or older students. This is a great way to target your child’s specific educational needs.

SEE ALSO: 917+ Best free Boom Cards for Speech Therapy

34. learning games for kids.

This site includes educational games for kids to make learning fun with math facts, language arts, and more.

Want educational games that make learning fun for your students? You’ve come to the right place!

35. Time for Kids

The website ‘Time for Kids’ is a great educational resource that provides articles and videos geared towards children of all ages.

Time for Kids is a great resource for educational activities, making it the perfect place to find digital resources for speech therapy.

It’s also a great way to keep younger children entertained and engaged while practicing their language skills.

Scroll down to the latest articles and stories for the free resources.

36. The Kidz Page   

Here is another educational website that provides free educational games and activities for children.

There are hundreds of free kids games, puzzles, activities, fun coloring pages, clip art & more.

You are sure to find something on this site that will help reinforce what you’re teaching your students in the classroom.

37. Disney Now Games

Disney Now has a great selection of educational games for children.

The games are designed to help kids learn math, reading, and science skills.

There are also games devoted to social skills development.

38. Word Wall

A great way to help young children learn new words and their definitions is by using a word wall.

A word wall is a collection of words, usually posted in a designated area, with each word printed or written on a separate piece of paper or card. The definition of the word can also be included.

This is a great visual aid for children and can help them learn new words in a fun way. It is also a great resource for parents and family members who want to help their child with their language development.

39. Birthday Song

Does your child or student have a birthday coming up?

Then be sure to check out this website where you type your child or student’s name and you can sing the child happy birthday with their name!

40. The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Their website also has a few articles of ideas for using online speech therapy ideas that might be worth checking out.

41. Book Trust

If you want your child or student to listen to a free book then be sure to check out this website where your child or student can watch and listen to the interactive children’s books and then play a game, such as the Jigsaw Puzzles , Coloring Pages , or Faces and Feelings .

Conclusion : Online Speech Therapy Activities

Here is a list of 41 online speech-language therapy activities and games to help your child work on their language skills!

These resources are a great way to use online technology and are perfect for children with autism spectrum disorder, communication delays, or other speech-language needs.

They are a great way to improve vocabulary skills, phonemic awareness, reading comprehension, and more. Try out these online resources today!

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6 Engaging (and Simple) Articulation Games for Speech Therapy

If you are a speech-language pathologist looking for the best articulation games for speech therapy, check out this helpful blog post! There are activities and games that speech therapists can use to target a variety of articulation skills. Additionally, articulation word lists are included, as well as suggestions for apps and websites that may be engaging for therapy. Articulation practice is very important, but it can get repetitive. That’s why speech and language therapists are often looking for fun activities and fun games to keep students motivated during articulation therapy. Switch things up and don’t get bored! These ideas will make your speech therapy sessions engaging and fun!

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Articulation Cards for Sensory Bins

Need a good set of  articulation cards  that could be used in a sensory bin?

Or maybe you want to place these articulation cards in  a fun container ,  or feed them to a  puppet ?

These articulation flash cards are in the shape of mouths, so your younger students will have the perfect visual reminder for the correct production of speech sounds!

These articulation picture cards can also double as  speech room decor , which is a huge bonus! You can attach them to binder rings for easy storage. Then, hang them on the wall of your speech room.

Cluster Reduction Phonology Games

If you have phonology students on your caseload, you might enjoy these magical-themed  cluster reduction games and activity sheets . 

They target r blends, l blends. and s blends.

There is a fun “magical” theme. This means that your students will encounter wizards, dragons, fairies, knights, princesses, and gnomes while practicing target words!

There are printable game boards, spinners, smash mats, and dice games.

You won’t run out of things to do while practicing saying both sounds in a consonant cluster! 

Send extra copies of these games and activities home so that family members can practice the articulation targets in fun and engaging ways with your student as well!

​By the way, speech-language pathologists might also wish to check out these  consonant cluster reduction activities  and this  list of the different phonological processes .

• Articulation Drill Game Companion

Are you a speech-language pathologist on the hunt for a fun speech-therapy activity that involves easy prep?

Your articulation students will choose this  articulation drill game companion  over and over again!

​It’s simple to use.

Just print out the page that works best with your target sound. For example, your student might be targeting  prevocalic r . 

I like to laminate the pages or place them in a sheet protector, but that’s up to you!

Here’s how it works.

Your student will choose a card from the card deck. 

They will match the color or symbol (i.e. “draw 2”) to the target word on their piece of paper.

Then, they will practice saying that target word. 

So, if your student draws a red card, he might just have to practice the word “four” on the vocalic or final page! 

The Pedi Speechie is in no way associated with the well-known card game, which is trademarked. You will, however, need that card game in order to use this resource.

Articulation Games for Speech Therapy (Older Students)

Here are two articulation activities that could be used with upper elementary and even middle school students who are working on speech and language skills.

​Articulation Challenge Worksheets

Older students will love trying out these articulation challenge worksheets during speech therapy sessions!

They provide a great way to turn articulation drill into a competitive game. 

This is not a digital activity. It is meant to be hands-on and interactive, so you’ll print out the desired page.

Students “type” their articulation words onto the keyboard image on the paper. After that, they practice saying their target words.

Want to make it competitive? The first student to finish typing and saying target words correctly is the winner! 

For example, if your student is practicing the “sh” sound, he will have to first type out the word “eyelash” and then say it correctly. 

Many different sounds are targeted, including sh, ch, voiced th, voiceless th, r, l, s and z. 

Articulation Playing Card Companion

Have a deck of cards on hand?

Perfect! Here’s a fun way to use them in speech and language therapy.

You can pair these  articulation sheets  with your deck of cards. 

Play any card game you want, but just check off the cards you draw while practicing target words.

​Your students could also use the target words to practice at the sentence level by generating their own sentences.

One open-ended page is provided. This will allow you to practice any articulation target words of your choice during your speech therapy session.

Board Games for Articulation Trials

Looking for a simple game that allows for a quick break while practicing articulation drills? 

You can’t go wrong with  Spot It .  

I simply have my students say their target words, then we take a quick turn at the game with a simple flip of our cards.

It’s a lot of fun seeing who can spot the matching pictures first!

Likewise, your students might also enjoy  Pizza Party Dice Game . This one is a great game for motivating students!

Your student can say target sounds, then roll the dice. The dice contain pictures of pizza toppings, and you need to match the toppings to the exact ones pictured on your pizza slice.

Who can cover their pizza the fastest? This game will be a hit in individual or group speech therapy sessions!

​Best Speech Therapy Board Games

Need more board game ideas?

​Check out the  15 best speech therapy games for younger students , or look into the  best speech therapy games for elementary school students .

Articulation Word Lists

It is beneficial for speech-language pathologists to have word lists on hand in order to target a variety of sounds in different word positions.

These lists contain the target sound at the word level.

Most are provided in the initial, medial, and final positions. 

The multi-syllabic word lists contain 1-syllable, 2-syllable, 3-syllable, 4-syllable, and 5-syllable words for practice.

• S Word Lists
• L Word Lists
• F Word Lists
• K Word Lists
• TH Word Lists
• R Words for Speech Therapy
• Z Word Lists
• V Words for Speech Therapy
• G Words for Speech Therapy
• SH Words for Speech Therapy
• CH Words for Speech Therapy
• S Blends (Cluster Words)
• Multisyllabic Words for Speech Therapy 

Free Online Speech Therapy Activities

Are you searching for  free online speech therapy activities ? There are many free tools, websites, and games available online that speech-language pathologists might use in speech therapy. 

The linked blog post provides links to games and simple reinforcers that may be useful in your therapy room. Free articulation games are recommended in this article, as well as other links that may be useful for language development.

Apps for Speech Therapy

Looking to head to the app store for a fun articulation game?

There’s no doubt that using an ipad app can be motivating for some of your students.

Check out the  20 best speech therapy apps for preschool . There are also recommended apps in this article that elementary students may enjoy as well.

8 Easy Ideas for Articulation Games for Speech Therapy

Sometimes, a simple game is the best way to practice articulation skills!

Here are some quick and easy engaging ways to practice particular sounds:

• Why not tape an articulation card to a  plastic bowling pin ? Your student can easily practice a target word after taking a turn during articulation bowling.
• Do you have a toy car on hand? One simple way to practice is by creating a “road” out of articulation cards, and driving over them! 
• Make an extra copy of your favorite articulation cards and play a memory game with them.
• Older students might enjoy grabbing  a map  (or the  globe ) and finding place names with their specific sounds in them.
• Create a simple spinner using a paper clip and a pencil. Your student can flick the paperclip around, and it will land on a target word.
• Perhaps your student has favorite characters that motivate him. How about using Canva to  create your own Bingo Board ? You can design it and add your target words to it. 
• Grab a  beach ball  and write target words on it! Toss it around for some fun articulation practice.
• What’s better than tic-tac-toe? Your students will love these  printable articulation tic-tac-toe sheets . Best of all, they pair with a magnetic wand and chips. 

Speech therapists are often looking for creative ways to work on articulation with students.

As this article mentioned, there are many engaging articulation activities and games that could be used during speech therapy sessions. 

Different games may be engaging for  preschool students  and  elementary students .

SLPs might also use easy ways or simple activities to practice articulation. 

Some examples might include bowling, tossing a beach ball, playing a memory game, or creating a Bingo board for articulation practice. 

​Speech-language pathologists might also try placing speech sound cards in a sensory bin. Younger students can search for the cards and then practice saying the target words.

Here are 6 activities and articulation games for speech therapy that speech-language pathologists may wish to try with their students:

• Speech Sound Mouth Articulation Cards
• Cluster Reduction Games and Activities
• “Challenge” Articulation Worksheets for Older Students
• Deck of Cards Companion Sheets for Articulation
• Articulation Tic Tac Toe Worksheets

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The Best Free Online Parts of Speech Games

These are taught through out every grade, with each level building on the knowledge from the previous levels.

Below we have a list of, the better, FREE Parts of speech online games that we have found, researched and use in our classrooms and lessons. I hope they are as useful to you as they have been to us!

We also have a parts of speech infographic to use and share if it is helpful to you, just remember to give us a credit if you do!

We have a collection of English online games that we use in our classrooms use, some of ours, some of other sites and all will help you teach English. You can reference the table below for other subjects. These are some of our most popular pages. Below this table you will find out choice for the best Free online parts of speech games.

Below we have 10 of the best online parts of speech games that we have used and will continue to use in our classrooms . They are mixed to be super exciting and a little slower paced so you should be able to find something useful for teaching parts of speech to your students and children.

1. Parts of Speech Asteroids

This game is simply excellent. It allows the teacher to choose which part of speech to focus on, and has the elements of a space invaders game that is a sure fire (ha!) hit with the students and children.

You can choose a mix of parts of speech topics from nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs and prepositions. You can have as many of these as you want but there is a minimum of 2 topics each game.

2. Parts of Speech Selection

Education.com

Education.com make great games, and have thousands of resources, which come at a price. However there are plenty you can play for a while, or access for a while for free. If you are using different classrooms (as an ESL teacher for example) then it could work well for you.

3. Grammar Gorillas

Fun brain do nice simple games that are useful for a warmer or a cooldown in classrooms. They are text based so are not to exciting for students (needed sometimes if you have a lively class) They also have the choice, like AbcYa to choose if you want to focus on limited parts of speech or if you want to have questions on all of them.

Parts of Speech Worksheets

4. Sortify Parts of Speech

This game is for a little more advanced learners as it allows them to change the form of parts of speech, an adjective into an adverb for example. However to start you also have the option of using the simpler parts of speech terms by allowing students to drag the correct words into the correct buckets.

5. Parts of Speech Hopper

Turtle Diary

A nice steady and not to intense hopper game. We have these as well for phonics ( see here for those) Students simply look at the word and then categorize it as which ever floating log is the correct one. Then they press it to jump to it and wait for the next one.

6. Word Shark

In this online parts of speech game from Room Recess, students take the role of a grammar shark.

7. Parts of Speech Games- Selection

Learning Games for Kids

There are five online parts of speech games games to choose from here. All are fairly straight forward and cover a selection of parts of speech topics.

8. Turtle Diary – Word Maze

Turtle diary has a great selection of online games to help teach English and it is worth spending a little time bookmarking some to use in class for other English subjects as well. They are free to play and are updating their games on a regular basis.

9. Parts of Speech Zelda

This game would be great to send home as homework as it is perfect for individual players to play, and it is a good enough game that happens to have parts of speech aspects that you know they will play it again and again.

10. Room Recess – Fools gold

Room Recess have another great, simple and effective parts of speech game here as well. The players have to grab the correct gold (word) and place it at the bottom. They more they get correct the faster it will go.

Not many jobs ask people to pay for the privilege, and we think that teachers give enough without their money as well!!

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Video games have been speaking to us ever since 1980, when arcade and Atari titles like Bezerk began synthesizing robotic voices - hashing out grainy one-liners of instruction and inspiration. These audio endeavors soon materialized into real-life voice acting, and before long extended dialogue sequences were a presentational staple, cinematic cutscenes were commonplace, and riveting characters began uttering riveting speeches and monologues. Conversing became immersing.

As facial animation and visual realism grows ever stronger, and the voice-acting talent pool ever fuller, the art of the video game speech has reached its highest state yet in this generation.

Which moments made our top 5? Read on to find out.

[ SPOILER WARNING] Massive spoilers to the endings of BioShock and Metal Gear Solid 4 are found within pages 4 and 6, respectively. Click with caution .

Mass Effect - Kirrahe Holds the Line

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Sharp. Precise. Invoking but to-the-point. In little more than a minute, Captain Kirrahe gets his band of Salarian brothers ready for a suicide mission long before Mass Effect 2 rewrote the definition. Sure, objective completion and intuitive thinking might save the Captain a smattering of his men, but individually, these sons of the 3rd Infiltration Regiment STG are fully devoted to the notion that this, here on Virmire, is their final hour. For many, it will be.

Without the leadership of Kirrahe (who’s appropriately named after a mountain used to prepare U.S. paratroopers for D-Day ) Shepard’s mission never would have had a chance. Saren — the Reapers — would reign supreme.

But not this day. With a swift salvo of rhetoric, a timely thunder clap from the God of Punctuation, one of the more resonant moments in Mass Effect makes it mark. And the line is held.

Killzone 2 - Visari Readies for Bloodshed

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Warmongering diatribes are a hallmark of the Visari administration - if Killzone provides an accurate account of it. Though played through the eyes of his enemies (AKA the good guys), each game in the series has opened to the pater familias of the Helghan Empire inciting his catechized corps of Helghast troops to the cause of ISA annihilation. With the walls closing in at the introduction of Killzone 2 , Scolar Visari spins his masterpiece: the “hold the line” speech every dictator dreams of.

Rico’s irritable avoidance of Visari’s stern warning even seeds the interlude sequence with a small touch of foreshadowing: The ISA have no idea what’s waiting on the planet Helghan, and the bloody montage that ensues when the speech concludes proves that this man means every word. It’s all the welcome back a Killzone 1 fan could have asked for.

BioShock — Confronting Andrew Ryan

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It’s one of the moments that defined the first BioShock : the haunting pre-mortem soliloquy of Andrew Ryan.

Here was a man who so despised Altruism — he believed every man was “entitled to the sweat of his own brow” — that he rejected the social hierarchies of sea-level civilization to construct his own metropolis, Rapture, leagues-deep in the middle of the Atlantic. He convinced society’s finest minds — doctors, scientists, entrepreneurial geniuses — to join him, and together they forged a thriving cultural mecca. At least, that’s how it began.

This Utopian ambition is introduced to us in an opening monologue that’s spectacular on its own — but even more powerful is our first/final live encounter with Ryan, after his dream has crumbled into pieces. It is at this moment when we witness his life’s cruel irony: a man of such Altruism animus, initiating his own death when it will only save others — Jack; Dr. Tenenbaum; the Little Sisters, if they’re alive — hollow objects of welfare, now, with his real love, the fruit of his labor, spoiling into decay.

But the speech isn’t memorable for its deadly swings of fate (if of golf clubs). In the end, we look back on Andrew Ryan’s death the way we do his life. In the end, he chose; a man, not a slave.

Gears of War 2 - Prescott Brings the Fight to the Locust

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There are no would-you-kindly’s in Gears of War ; it’s a rarity when orders and observations aren’t grunted through teeth, laced with profanities or giddy about the amount of viscera splashing around at any given moment. But when the series does try to step away from its traditional bawdy bounds, when it overthrows action for emotion, poignancy, and carefully scripted drama, occasionally it will hit the mark surprisingly well.

Case in point: At the beginning of Gears of War 2 , with the COG haven of Jacinto on the verge of Locust annihilation, the Honorable Chairman Richard Prescott puts the entire human race on his shoulders and commemorates the first day Sera takes the fight to its underworld invaders in riveting fashion. He’s a windbreaker and walkie-talkie away from jumping in a King Raven and personally leading the assault.

The COG leader is described better as enigmatic than charismatic, and is scantly depicted as endearing throughout the main Gears trilogy. The gravity of the situation brings out his best, however, and while Prescott may not seem the ideal rallying symbol to motivate his army and the audience, both are left ravenous by the time he’s finished.

Metal Gear Solid 4 - Big Boss' Parting Words

Sometimes, the best speeches are those that don’t require a pulpit or a megaphone. When an organic moment between two or more readily-oratory participants suddenly produces a one-way conversation: one person gets on a roll — musing, brooding, eulogizing, ranting — and everyone else realizes it’s best to shut up and listen… and standby for cigar service, if necessary.

Big Boss closes out Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots with one such speech, the final reflections of an illustrious life silencing his last-living son, Solid Snake, into the role of a graceful bystander. The FOXHOUND founder formerly known as Naked Snake bears all (metaphorically speaking). Reflecting on exploits decades-past, appealing for recompense long-overdue, and dreaming about a future era that’s fast-approaching — it’s Hideo Kojima’s way of passing the torch to the next generation (be it the rapidly-ripened Snake or a completely different tangent — we’ll know when Metal Gear Solid 5 is revealed ) whilst tactfully closing the encyclopedia on the past. Furthermore, this being the work of said director, there almost has to be some sort of symbolism, some foreshadowing clue hidden with the patchwork of those white annual flowers. We won’t attempt to decode Kojima here, but it’s one of many reasons we keep returning to some of his finest work.

From a Salarian captain in Mass Effect to a business magnate in BioShock to a warrior politician in Gears of War , video games have shown how speeches can thrill - and also kill; an autocratic dictator in Killzone can revel in a bloody conflict while a lifelong solider in Metal Gear Solid sheds away its memory.

But even as the five speeches here are a testament to modern gaming’s ever-growing emotional spectrum, it’s important to remember their debt of gratitude to the moments of speaking splendor of generations gone by: the Metal Gear Solid’s, the Half-Life’s and so many more.

And as for the honorable mentions — that’s up to you. What other speeches deserve recognition? Which do you find inspirational? Which exciting, provoking, or eliciting of tears? Feel free to share in the comments below.

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Computer Games Essay

This page analyzes a  computer games essay  and also notes how you can make good use of the question to plan and organize your essay.

You have to be careful with this essay as although you have to discuss the pros and cons of the issue, there is a second part to the question that is not about this.

Take a look at the IELTS task 2 question:

Nowadays many people have access to computers on a wide basis and a large number of children play computer games. 

What are the positive and negative impacts of playing computer games and what can be done to minimize the bad effects?

The Topic and the Task

Remember to always analyze the question carefully. The topic should be fairly clear:

• Computer games

Remember to also look carefully to see if the topic is being narrowed down to a particular aspect of the topic. In this case it is:

Now you need to check what the task is. How many things do you have to write about?

Hopefully you realized there are three things that you can easily turn into brainstorming questions:

• What are the positive impacts of computer games on children?
• What are the negative impacts of computer games on children?
• How can the negative impacts be minimized?

Your answers to these questions will form your computer games essay.

You do not have much time and you have three things to answer, so one or two ideas for each is enough, as remember you will need to explain your ideas and give examples.

Now, take a look at the model answer.

Computer Games Essay Question:

You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.

Write about the following topic:

Nowadays many people have access to computers on a wide basis and a large number of children play computer games.

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own experience or knowledge.

Write at least 250 words.

Computer Games Essay Model Answer:

Access to computers has increased significantly over recent decades, and the number of children playing games on computers has increased too. This essay will consider the positive and negative impacts of this and discuss ways to avoid the potential negative effects.

With regards to the positive effects, playing computer games can develop children’s cognitive skills. Many popular games require abstract and high level thinking skills in order to win, skills that may not be taught at school. For example, children need to follow instructions, solve complex problems and use logic in many of the games that are currently popular. Such experience will be beneficial to a child’s progression into an adult.

However, concerns have been raised about the prolific use of computer games by children, much of this related to the violence they contain. The problem is that in many of the games children are rewarded for being more violent, and this violence is repeated again and again. For instance, many games involve children helping their character to kill, kick, stab and shoot. This may lead to increased aggressive feelings, thoughts, and behaviours.  

In order to minimize these negative impacts, parents need to take certain steps. Firstly, some video games are rated according to their content, so parents must check this and ensure their children are not allowed to have access to games that are unsuitable. Parents can also set limits on the length of time games are played. Finally, parents should also take an active interest in the games their children are playing so they can find out how they feel about what they are observing. 

To sum up, there are benefits of computer games, but there are disadvantages too. However, if parents take adequate precautions, the severity of these negative impacts can be avoided.

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This computer games essay is well-organized and it directly answers the question, with each paragraph addressing one of the tasks.

Note how the topic sentences match the tasks (which have been taken from the prompt):

• What are the positive impacts of computer games on children ?

With regards to the positive effects, playing computers games can develop children’s cognitive skills.

• What are the negative impacts of computer games on children ?

However, concerns have been raised about the prolific use of computer games by children, much of this related to the violence they contain.

• How can the negative impacts be minimized ?

In order to minimize these negative impacts, parents need to take certain steps.

This is why analyzing the question is so important. This provides you with the basic building blocks with which to write your essay.

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Food additives essay: This is basically an advantages and disadvantages essay. You need to be careful with the word ‘outweigh’ as this often confuses students.

Internet & Cell Phone Essay: Do the pros outweigh the cons?

In this Internet and Cell Phone Essay you have to discuss the pros and cons of the ways in which people relate to each other socially using phones & internet.

Decreasing House Sizes Essay

In this decreasing house sizes essay for IELTS you have to discuss the pros and cons of smaller house sizes and gardens.

Essay Locally Grown Produce: Should people buy from local farms?

IELTS sample essay locally grown produce. A recent question in the exam asked candidates to discuss whether only locally produced food should be consumed.

Peer Pressure and Young People Essay

This peer pressure and young people essay for IELTS is an advantage disadvantage type question, focusing on whether peer pressure is negative or positive.

Model IELTS Essay: Are tablets and computers good for children?

This IELTS essay question is about whether tablets and computers are good for children. It is an essay question where you have to assess whether the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. You should make sure you discuss both sides of the issue.

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