I have several young students working on following directions and receptive language. With this age group, we also do A LOT of pretend play. I decided to create a restaurant/food themed receptive language activity that I dubbed “Can I Take Your Order?”
 
 
First, print a “tray” for each student:
Then cut and laminate the food item cards and place all face-up in the center of the table or room. You can print a copy of the food items for each student if you’re just beginning to work on these skills or use only one set to make it more challenging. There are a total of 16 different food items. 
 
 The SLP can act as the “customer” and tell the students which 3 items to grab and put on their tray. I also put the pictures on the cards, so that younger non-readers can take turns being the customer. This can serve to work on expressive language or articulation!
 
 
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24 Comments

  1. What a great activity! I love the barrier game idea – it’s a great way to get my sometimes shy-to-talk fluency kids talking! Plus, I worked at Wendy’s back in the day, and I haven’t lost my touch… 😉

  2. I want this game because….my younger students will absolutely LOVE it!!!!! Cards are easy to transport for those of us who have multiple schools. 🙂

  3. I like the barrier game idea – great way to get my fluency kids talking!! Plus, I use to work at Wendy’s back in the day, and I haven’t lost my touch… 😉

  4. I want this game because….my little ones will absolutely LOVE it!!! Cards are much easier to transport than bulky items….I have three schools in three different towns. 🙂 🙂

  5. I have a student whose mother actually just asked me at her IEP to work on her confidence doing 2 things: ordering food and talking on the phone. This would be a perfect and FUN way to ease her into ordering her own food!

  6. I have a student whose mother actually just asked me at her IEP to work on 2 things: ordering food and talking on the phone. This would be a perfect way to start building her confidence with ordering food while making it FUN!

  7. I have a ton of kiddos on my caseload that have a goal of following directions. This would also work great with some of my younger kiddos working on social skill in public.

  8. This is such a great activity! I have many lower functioning kiddos that are in need of relevant therapy materials and this is would be perfect!

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