Let’s Play a Game!

Oct 18, 2019 | Speech Therapy

A lot of SLP’s hear comments like “I heard you playing a fun game during your session today” or “do you just play with games and toys all day??”  Well, no, we don’t, but did you know that games can help work to improve speech, language, cognitive, and executive functioning (i.e. problem solving, decision making, sequencing/organization) skills?  It’s amazing how many different skills go into playing simple games like Uno, Phase 10, Yahtzee, and more!  Below are some great games to play, and some of the skills they target: 

Games in italics indicate more challenging games

Word Retrieval

Catchphrase

Scattergories

Scrabble

Wheel of Fortune

Comparing/Contrasting

Apples to Apples

Sequencing/Matching

Dominoes

Racko

Rummikub

Sequence

Skip-Bo

Uno

Card Games

High/Low (aka War)

Garbage

Euchre

Problem Solving/Decision Making/Strategy

Sorry

Trouble

Farkle

Wits and Wagers

Sorting/Grouping

Farkle

Solitaire

Yahtzee

Attention

Racko

Rummikub

Sequence

Skip-Bo

Trouble

Uno

Yahtzee

Next time you and your family have a game night, remember you’re not just having fun, you’re working out your brain; and your brain will thank you for it!