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Conversation starters – Picking flowers (adapted from HomeSpeechHome.com) | Fora - Allied Health Services
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Conversation starters – Picking flowers (adapted from HomeSpeechHome.com)
Last Updated: 15 August 2023
Activity 3: Conversation starters– Picking flowers (adapted from HomeSpeechHome.com)
Appropriate Population:
- 4 years old and up
- Moderate or mild delay or age-appropriate cognitive and language abilities
Goal:
- Staying on topic
- Answering questions
- Initiating conversation
- Giving information
Steps:
- Tape the flowers (see free printable below) to popsicle sticks and write an open-ended question on the back of each.
- Stick the flowers into a pot/pebbles to keep them upright.
- Take turns choosing a flower and answering the question. Then, ask the next person the same question.
Step-up:
- After answering the question on the flower, the client can ask the AHA a follow-up question around the same topic (instead of asking the AHA the same question).
Step down:
- Give one sentence about the question.
Resources:
- Printable flowers (https://www.home-speech-home.com/support-files/flowers.pdf)
- Conversation starter questions (https://www.home-speech-home.com/conversation-starters.html)
- More conversation starter questions (free download) https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Conversation-Starters-Social-Skills-FREE-SAMPLER-Digital-and-Print-5285814
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