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Looking for a No Prep “Grab & Go” activity that has lots of opportunities for targeting core vocabulary, following directions, sequencing, adjectives, verbs, expanding utterances & more?
I have several patients who have a passion for garbage trucks and anything related to them ….. funny but true. So I use the book “Trashy Town” frequently in OMazing Kids speech therapy. Look who arrived to join Mr. Gilley the Trashman…. It’s Rowdy the Garbage Truck Play-Doh set .
Oh my goodness! This was hilarious to use in OMazing Kids speech therapy this week. We laughed so hard as it shot PlayDoh bugs, fish bones & rats out the back. Several kids with very short attention maintained joint attention for over 5 minutes. Lots of spontaneous uses of: in, go, out, more, open, close, up, down, squish, drive, sticky, eww!, look!, bugs, trash, worms, etc. Here’s a short video to give you a peek at the Play-Doh Rowdy the Trash Truck. It’s an older toy but still available on Amazon. Also saw several on eBay.
In case you missed it, I made these free printable symbols to go with it:
Free Printable Symbols: Anytime I get a toy like this I immediately create symbols to go with it and store them in the lid of the storage container so it is a “No Prep – Grab & Go” activity. I use them both as PECS symbols and also as visual supports for language and expanding utterances.
Here is a free printable of the symbols that I made.
https://www.boardmakeronline.com/Activity/13142773
I’m including a PDF version for those who don’t have access to Boardmaker:
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Free printable Trashy Town coloring page:
If you don’t have the book Trashy Town by Andrea Zimmerman and David Clemesha, take a look at this video. It’s always a fave:
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Fun free Garbage Truck song:
http://www.nancymusic.com/SOM/2011/garbage-truck.htm
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A garbage truck music video:
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And garbage truck themed apps:
- Trucks HD – by Duck Duck Moose, https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id522563847?mt=8 (FREE app, includes a garbage truck)
- LITTLE BOY – SCOTT’S GARBAGE TRUCK HD by PLURIAD, https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/little-boy-scotts-garbage/id405900434?mt=8
- Recycling Truck by Good Glue, https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/recycling-truck/id433645198?mt=8 (this app developer also has several other Garbage Truck apps: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/garbage-truck/id420587663?mt=8, https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/garbage-truck-dumpster-pick-up/id477718570?mt=8, https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/garbage-truck-bulky-trash-pick-up/id1085971850?mt=8, etc..)
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Angela Moorad, MS, CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
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Angela Moorad is the founder of OMazing Kids, LLC and is an ASHA certified & licensed pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist and Kids Yoga Teacher with 27 years experience working in a variety of settings (early intervention, schools, teletherapy & a nonprofit pediatric rehab hospital for children with developmental disabilities). She is an app beta tester for educational & therapeutic app developers and loves sharing info about great apps, products, books & toys to use with kids of all abilities.
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