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Middle School Speech Therapy Games

Age-respectful activities for middle schoolers: inference, figurative language, social language, reasoning and speech practice that does not feel babyish.

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Articulation & speech sounds · 35
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Skybridge
Speech Quest
A platformer for ages 9+ · every clear word you say restores a section of the broken skybridge, then cross it and wake the Crystal Monument · R with vocalic AR ER OR AIR EAR IRE, plus S Z L SH CH J TH K G F V · word, phrase, sentence or conversation · therapist scores every trial, session summary you can copy
Adventure
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Picture Cards
Every Picture for Your Sound
1,344 pictures • all 43 sounds and blends • Initial Medial End • no game, no score, no timer • tap a card for the word, the phrase or the sentence • hide the words for naming • print a sheet of cards
Practice
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Dragon Stomp
Stomp the Wrong Words
Pick any sound · Feed the dragon · Lives + timer · 6 words
Game
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Sound Invaders
Minimal Pairs Space Game
S Z SH R L F P B · 5 difficulty levels
Arcade
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Phoneme Feast
Phoneme Maze
All sounds · Initial Medial Final · 4 difficulty levels
Arcade
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Mountain World
Mountain Climb
All sounds • 1 or 2 players • Pictures • Easy/Med/Hard
Adventure
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Space World
Rocket to the Moon
All sounds • 1 or 2 players • Word/Phrase/Sentence
Adventure
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Space World
Rocket Planet Explorer
Say your word, then launch, fly, land and explore · Mars plus three imaginary worlds · Word/Phrase/Sentence · session data
New!
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Space Dash
Articulation Board Race
All sounds • Say a word, blast off • 2–4 players
Board Game
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City World
City Dash
Board-game race · 2–4 cars · roll the die, say your target word, drive to the finish · any sound
Articulation
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Sound Soccer
Pick Any Sound Soccer
25 words per position · Initial Medial Final
Sports
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Sound Hopper
Carry the Fireflies Home!
Consonants & blends • Initial Medial Final • Say a word, then hop Pip across Moonlight Pond • Elementary–middle school
Adventure
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Sound Baseball
Pick Any Sound Baseball
Say the word, swing, round the bases · Initial Medial Final
Sports
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Sound Basketball
Pick Any Sound Basketball
47 sounds · Initial Medial Final · say it, then take the shot
Sports
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Say and Shoot
Say It, Then Shoot
16 sounds · Initial Medial Final · drag to shoot · physics arcade
Sports
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Say and Throw
Say It, Then Throw
16 sounds · Initial Medial Final · drag/lift to throw darts · Mac + iPad
Sports
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Say and Aim
Say It, Then Shoot
16 sounds · Initial Medial Final · draw the bow to shoot arrows · Mac + iPad
Sports
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Asteroid Blaster
Say It, Then Blast It
16 sounds · Initial Medial Final · tap the word-asteroid you choose · Mac + iPad
Arcade
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Mountain Bike
Say It, Then Ride
16 sounds · Initial Medial Final · tap to ride & hop the trail · Mac + iPad
Arcade
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Sound Fishing
Say It, Then Reel It In
All sounds · Initial Medial Final · tap the word-fish you choose · Mac + iPad
Arcade
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Ice Fishing
Say It, Then Reel It Up
All sounds · Initial Medial Final · hook a fish through the ice hole · Mac + iPad
Arcade
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Sound Swimming
Pick Any Sound Swimming
25 words per position · Initial Medial Final
Sports
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Sound Track and Field
Pick Any Sound Track
25 words per position · Initial Medial Final
Sports
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Track & Field
Track & Field Speech Meet
👥 Group mode · 4 events · words/phrases/sentences · run, clear hurdles, earn medals · data + CSV
Sports
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Fossil Dig
Say It, Then Brush & Dig
Excavation adventure · say your word, earn a dig, brush away real soil to uncover a complete fossil skeleton · 6 illustrated dig sites · word/phrase/sentence · 1×/3×/5× reps
Adventure
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Sound Curling
Pick Any Sound Curling
👥 Group mode · 25 words per position · Initial Medial Final
Sports
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Sound Tic-Tac-Toe
Say It, Mark It, Three in a Row
👥 Group mode · say your word to take a square · solo against the computer or two players · Initial Medial Final · Elementary–middle school
Board Game
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Golf Sounds
Pick Any Sound Golf
Kid golfers · 18-hole course · drag-to-aim, sand & water hazards · Initial Medial Final · word/phrase/sentence
Sports
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Sound Bowling
Say It, Then Bowl
Pick any sound, say your word, and roll for a strike · Initial Medial Final · 5 or 10 frames · Session data + CSV
Sports
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Word Tennis
Pick Any Sound Tennis
Say the word, then play the point · French Open clay stadium vs Henri · pick your player · Initial Medial Final · word/phrase/sentence · Easy/Med/Hard
Sports
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Pickleball Rally
Say It, Serve It, Win the Rally
Say your target, then serve the pickleball over the net · Articulation by sound & position · 1–4 syllable words · Naming · Categories · WH · Describing · Following directions · Custom targets · 1 or 2 players · clinician-judged
Sports
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Sound Surfing
Pick Any Sound Surfing
👥 Group mode · 25 words per position · Initial Medial Final · solo or versus
Sports
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Sound Show
Pick Your Sound Practice
All 35 sounds + blends · Word level
Customizable
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Syllable Practice
Say It Syllable by Syllable
2–5 syllable words · Hear, sequence & repeat · Self-paced
Practice
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Snow Sound Slalom
Ski the Slalom, Say Your Word
Ski down through the gates • say your word to glide to the next gate • cabin checkpoints • self-paced, no timer • any sound
Sports
Cognitive: attention, memory & reasoning · 42
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Brainstorm Station
Memory · Focus · Reasoning
3 activities: Memory Match · Focus Pop (go/no-go attention) · Brain Teasers (reasoning) · Easy/Medium/Hard · 15 levels each, unlock as you go · clinician-scored
Cognitive
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Daily Living Skills
What Would You Do?
10 real-life topics · 60 scenarios · cooking, money, safety, hygiene, transit, work & social skills · clinician-scored
Adult
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Step by Step
Put the Steps in Order
Sequencing & planning · 20 everyday tasks in words · tap the steps into order · fix a wrong answer and try again · older students & adults
Cognitive
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Memory Grid
Look, Remember, Answer
Visual memory & reasoning · study a grid, then recall how many, which appeared most, what was where · Easy/Medium/Hard
Cognitive
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Listen & Remember
Hear It, Then Answer
Auditory memory · hear a spoken word list (nothing shown), then recall how many, the first/last word, what came next · Easy/Medium/Hard
Cognitive
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Brain Skills Playground
Sound Signal
Tap only the target you see or hear — hold back on the look-alikes · go/no-go sustained & selective attention · stream length & speed controls
Cognitive
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Brain Skills Playground
Attention Detective
Study richly illustrated scenes (playground, home, town street), answer detective questions, then spot the one thing that changed · selective attention & visual-spatial memory
Cognitive
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Brain Skills Playground
Target Tracker
Sustained attention · tap the moving targets, skip the look-alikes · speed & crowd controls · rule changes at Advanced Challenge
Cognitive
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Brain Skills Playground
Follow the Pattern
Sequential memory · watch the pictures light up, replay the order · growing sequences, speed control, shuffle-the-pads distractors
Cognitive
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Brain Skills Playground
Cancellation Challenge
Visual scanning · find every target hidden in a crowded field · look-alike distractors, optional time limits, letters & numbers at Advanced
Cognitive
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Brain Skills Playground
Focus Through Distraction
Sort while the circus rolls by — flying emoji, pops & sounds · quiet warm-up vs distraction accuracy compared automatically
Cognitive
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Brain Skills Playground
Dual-Task Dash
Hold a word, number, or instruction while you race through a sorting dash — then produce it · the dual-task cost, measured
Cognitive
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Brain Skills Playground
Rule Switch
Sort by the rule — until the rule switches! · cognitive flexibility & set-shifting · switch frequency controls · perseverative errors tracked
Cognitive
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Brain Skills Playground
What Changed?
Visual memory · study the pictures, then spot the change · timing, delay & distractor controls · visual or auditory · choice or open response
Cognitive
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Brain Skills Playground
Memory Market
Functional memory · remember the list, then shop the shelf past the distractors · delays, list length & near-miss items · backpack, grocery & errand themes
Cognitive
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Brain Skills Playground
Pack the Bag
Camping, swim lesson, work trip — remember the list at lower levels, reason it out with NO list at Advanced Challenge
Cognitive
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Brain Skills Playground
Sequence Replay
Watch or hear the sequence one item at a time, then rebuild the order from shuffled cards · sneaky extra cards to reject
Cognitive
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Brain Skills Playground
Memory Match Plus
Concentration pairs with a twist — cards can shuffle mid-game, and bonus probes ask which pair came first & where things were
Cognitive
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Brain Skills Playground
Message Messenger
Carry the message, deliver the details — who, what, when, where · listening-only mode with one replay · near-miss answer foils
Cognitive
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Brain Skills Playground
Remember the Route
Spatial memory & wayfinding · watch the traveler cross the map, then recreate the path · length, speed & decoy controls
Cognitive
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Brain Skills Playground
Delayed Recall Adventure
Keep treasures safe through an adventure of other tasks, then open the vault · facts & codes at Advanced · true delayed recall
Cognitive
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Brain Skills Playground
Faces and Names
Functional recall · meet people, then remember who's who — names, roles & appointment times · confusable names at Advanced Challenge
Cognitive
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Brain Skills Playground
Prospective Memory Planner
"When you reach the library, return the blue book" — remember to remember, with zero reminders · decoy stops at high difficulty
Cognitive
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Brain Skills Playground
What Happens Next?
Predict the outcome, then explain WHY · the story strip fills in the real ending · immediate physical to delayed consequences by level
Cognitive
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Brain Skills Playground
Which One Doesn't Belong?
Categorical reasoning · tap the odd one out, then explain WHY · more than one reasonable answer allowed at Advanced Challenge
Cognitive
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Brain Skills Playground
Clue Collector
Solve the mystery in the fewest clues · earlier = more stars · jumping the gun gets tracked as its own skill
Cognitive
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Brain Skills Playground
Everyday Solutions
Something went wrong — what's the best move? · functional problem-solving from spilled paint to prescription refills · answer-difficulty controls
Cognitive
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Brain Skills Playground
Plan the Day
Put the day in order around real constraints — buses, appointments, medication timing · planning & executive function · extra cards to ignore
Cognitive
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Brain Skills Playground
Budget Builder
Money reasoning · meet every need without busting the budget · real prices, discounts, better-deal comparisons & tips at Advanced
Cognitive
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Brain Skills Playground
Route Planner
Plan the smartest trip — closing times, frozen food last, roads to avoid · every mission machine-checked solvable · path judgment calls at Advanced
Cognitive
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Brain Skills Playground
Cause-and-Effect Lab
Why did it happen? What happens next? · both directions drilled · correlated-but-not-causal foils at high difficulty
Cognitive
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Brain Skills Playground
Mystery at the Museum
Flip the evidence, rule possibilities out one by one, crack the case · red-herring evidence to call out · friendly mysteries, never scary
Cognitive
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Brain Skills Playground
Fix the Mistake
Something's wrong in this schedule, recipe, or note — find it AND fix it · cross-referencing errors at Advanced · false alarms tracked
Cognitive
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Brain Skills Playground
Priority Sort
Executive judgment · Do now · Do later · Ask for help · safety & self-advocacy built into the answers · clinician-judged open mode
Cognitive
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Brain Skills Playground
Logic Grid
Clue-by-clue deduction — picture-supported 3×3 to text-based 4×4 with relational clues · every puzzle verified to have exactly one answer
Cognitive
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Brain Skills Playground
Recipe Rush
Follow the directions in order — every step, no skipping · skip-aheads get caught and coached · recipe peeks counted at Advanced
Cognitive
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Brain Skills Playground
Time Estimator
How long do things really take? Seconds-minutes-hours to real planning math — "will you make the 3:15 bus?" · arithmetic machine-verified
Cognitive
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Brain Skills Playground
Stop, Think, Choose
The pause is the power — options lock behind a traffic light, early taps are logged, stronger choices earn more stars
Cognitive
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Brain Skills Playground
Task Organizer
Big job? Break it down — pick the real steps from the noise, order them, spread them across the week at Advanced
Cognitive
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Brain Skills Playground
Schedule Repair
Find the clash — overlaps, too-tight transitions, missing info — and choose the smartest fix · knock-on conflicts at Advanced
Cognitive
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Brain Skills Playground
Goal Quest
Pick a goal, build the plan, survive the obstacle, adapt · give-up is never the answer · obstacle anticipation at Advanced
Cognitive
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Brain Skills Playground
Flexible Thinking
Another use, another solution, another view · multi-select ideas or clinician-tallied brainstorming · stretch ideas celebrated
Cognitive
Language · 28
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Creature Lab
Earn the Parts, Build the Creature
Answer a language question, earn a creature part • 5 levels: find the picture, categories, function, clues, odd one out • real photos • every question read aloud, no microphone • Early childhood–middle school
Language
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Word Machine
Prefixes, Suffixes & Roots
Morphological awareness • 6 levels, inflections through Greek and Latin roots • find the word inside, sort by the ending, build a word to fit a meaning • 123 words taken apart by hand • read aloud, no microphone • Elementary–middle school
Grammar
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Sentence Fix-Up
Find It, Fix It, Say It
Verb tense, subject–verb agreement, pronouns, the little words and word order • 100 sentences • the child finds the error first, then repairs it and hears it said properly • no microphone • Elementary–middle school
Grammar
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Rapid Naming & Word Finding
Name Photos Fast · Find Words by Clue
Rapid automatized naming (RAN) timed grid + word-finding clues · real photos · Grades 2+
Vocabulary
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Common Threads
Find the Four Hidden Groups
Sort 16 words into 4 groups of 4 · categories, synonyms, associations & idioms · Grades 4–5, 6–8 & High School
Vocabulary
!?
Now What?!
Rank the Moves, Best to Worst
60 tight corners • Survival & real-life decks • rank four responses, then see the expert order and why • Middle school and up
Problem Solving
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Fix the Fail
Rescue the Disaster. Explain the Plan.
Rescue a disastrous bake sale, field trip, dance or group project on a small budget • explain what went wrong, pick up to four fixes you can afford, put them in order, then watch each one work, fail or backfire • cause and effect, problem solving, sequencing & explaining a plan • 14 disasters, a plot twist for each, optional sentence starters • nothing saved • Middle school
Problem Solving
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Irregular Plurals
One foot, two feet
44 nouns · 3 levels · One & many, pick the plural & a printable word-family board · Elementary–middle school
Grammar
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Word Lab
Describe · Build · Comprehend
Kids type their own words · see a model, then you try · semantics, syntax & comprehension · 3 levels
Describe & Build
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Advanced Word Photo Game
Pictured Vocabulary · Real Photos
280 words in 10 themed sets • Name-it + multiple choice • category/function clues • real photos
Vocabulary
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Context Clues
What Does It Mean Here?
Multiple-meaning · Homophones · Idioms & figurative · Short-story context · Grades 3–6
Vocabulary
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Escape the After Hours Mall
Follow the Messages, Find the Pickup Point
A group chat mystery in a closing mall • inferencing, tone, ambiguity, perspective-taking & clearer messages • 5 locations and a final plan • choose + explain, or formulate first • clinician decides when to move on • nothing saved • Middle & high school
New!
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Case Closed
Inspect the Clues. Compare the Stories. Explain What Happened.
Six everyday evidence cases • inspect evidence cards, compare three statements, build the timeline & explain what happened with two clues • inferencing, comprehension, narrative organization & explaining evidence • supported or open response • solo or cooperative group • clinician reveals the answer • nothing saved • Middle & high school
New!
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Headline Mix-Up
Read It. Check It. Rewrite It.
Twelve fictional school and community news stories • pick the accurate headline, spot the misleading summary, then rewrite the headline & explain it in a complex sentence • main idea, summarizing, evidence & syntax • 3 story sets • nothing saved • Middle & high school
New!
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Group Chat Detective
Mark the Clues. Read the Chat. Clear It Up.
21 fictional group chat cases • tone, sarcasm, figurative language, unclear references, boundaries & repairing a misunderstanding • mark the evidence in the chat, pick the best-supported reading, consider each perspective, then rewrite the message • optional clinician rating • nothing saved • Middle school
New!
⚖️
Where Do You Stand?
Take a Position. Say Why.
144 discussion statements in twelve topics • agree, somewhere in between, or disagree • a sentence starter for every choice, a follow-up that complicates it, and a revisit that compares a first view with a later one • no scores and no right answers • Middle–high school
Social Language
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Make Your Case
Pick a Side, Then Defend It
Pick a side · say why · then answer a comeback written against you · 72 prompts in 3 decks — silly, school & friends, big questions · Middle school–adults
Social Language
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National Parks
National Park Animals
10 animals · 6 games: Which Park? · Where Does It Live? · What Does It Have? · How Does It Move? · Baby Match · Clue Detective · Real wildlife photos · Elementary–middle school
Vocabulary
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Picture Dictionary
Browse Every Vocabulary Word
All 534 vocabulary words with real photos · search or filter by category · tap to hear it · no game, no scoring
Vocabulary
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Game Show
Brain Board
3 grade levels · 8 categories each · 6-category boards · 450+ clue bank · Brain Board Final · hints
Language
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Language
WH Story Detectives
WHO WHAT WHERE WHEN WHY HOW • K–2, Grades 3–5 & Middle School • 54 stories
Language
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Word Wheel
Spin & Solve the Word
6 categories · 48 words · picture + meaning + sentence · self-paced
Vocabulary
The Word Is Right!
Synonyms · Antonyms · Homophones · Analogies · Multiple Meanings
Spin the wheel · 3 levels · 1 or 2 players
Game Show
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Think Fast! with Rex
Inferencing · Main Idea · Problem Solving
Select your level · Elementary to High School
Game Show
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Question Climb
Episode 1
WHO WHAT WHERE WHEN WHY HOW · Middle School · Grades 6-8
Game Show
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Question Climb
Episode 2
30 WH questions · Middle School · Grades 6-8
Game Show
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Question Climb
Episode 3
30 WH questions · Middle School · Grades 6-8
Game Show
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Assessment
Grammar Probe
Informal, not norm-referenced • 36 elicited items across 9 structures, tense and agreement through complex syntax • you score it, no microphone • clause count on a short language sample • goal wording and a saved baseline to compare next month
Assessment
Assessment tools · 1
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Assessment
Speech Sound Screener
17 sounds + 19 blends · 5 each position · 2–5 syllable probe · Goals
Screener
Play breaks · 1
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Hatch a Dragon
Choose an Island, Complete Your Turns, Hatch Its Dragon
Type in any targets at all — words, sentences, questions, directions • four islands, each with its own egg, activities and dragon • you run the task out loud and tap Got it, Almost or Try again • Almost buys exactly as much play as Got it • no score, no winner, no timer • 1–4 players work toward one shared dragon • no microphone • Early childhood–middle school
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