{Review}: Flextangles by Dean Trout

I recently got the opportunity to review an awesome new product from Dean Trout’s Little Shop of SLP called Flextangles. When I saw these on Instagram, I immediately knew they would be a hit with my students! I was given the opportunity to review both the articulation and language version.

Disclaimer: I was provided with a copy of this product; however, the views expressed are solely my own.

Dean provides VERY detailed instructions (with pictures) to set up the flextangles. This was probably the most time consuming part of making them, which is why she recommends that they be used with grades 4 and up. I started by using them with my 4th graders. The first student I tried it with was an articulation student who is working on /r/. It took one whole session to make it, however, she was practicing the words all the way through so we were still getting a lot of trials. The next session after it dried (this is very important, leave it over night to dry otherwise it won’t work correctly), we spent going over the vocabulary words. I love that Dean chose words that we could also use to target vocabulary.

I used the homophone one with another student. He loved it and is a student who can be a bit distractible. He was engaged and the movement of the flextangle helped him stay focused. I do have to admit that at first we were glueing it incorrectly. It took me going back to read the directions again to get it correct, but after doing it twice, I feel like I’m a pro. So I will recommend doing one yourself so you can help the students put them together.

I absolutely LOVE this product!!! It is incredibly engaging for the students (and clinician). I highly recommend it, but make sure you use it with 4th graders and above because of the vocabulary used and the directions involved. Thanks to Dean for letting me try it out and share my review with you!

If you’re interested in these, check out the articulation version, language version or bundle.