Hours of Therapy Support – On Your Time, At Your Pace
This program is a comprehensive language support experience. Included with your kit is access to hours of therapist-created content, including video tutorials, audio modelling, and printable guides and visuals to support every activity. These resources are designed to give you practical, easy-to-follow ideas to build skills across multiple sessions or over weeks of play—whenever it works for your family or setting. Whether you're a parent, support worker, educator, or therapist, you’ll feel confident knowing that this kit provides ongoing, flexible therapy support in your own environment.
Purpose: To support expressive and receptive language development through open-ended, hands-on creativity—accessible for all children, including those with diverse motor needs.
✨ Program Description
The Make & Say Creative Language Builders is designed for children who learn best through doing—especially those who thrive when communication is paired with meaningful, visual, and sensory experiences.
This program uses open-ended art, construction, and craft activities to support children in building:
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Descriptive language (talking about what they see, do, and feel),
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Action language (verbs and sequencing),
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Receptive language (listening and following instructions),
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And creative expression (communicating through art and imaginative play).
Importantly, the activities are accessible to children with a wide range of fine motor and motor planning abilities. Whether drawing, building, printing, or using alternative hand tools, the focus is on engaging with language in a way that is meaningful, joyful, and achievable.
It’s not about the final product—it’s about the stories we tell, the words we use, and the confidence we build along the way.
🧰 How the Tools Are Used in the Make & Say Creative Language Builders Program
🌟 1. Hands-on Descriptive Language
Children are encouraged to describe colours, textures, shapes, and movements as they explore the materials in the kit.
How the tools support this:
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Dot markers, print tools, and oversized construction pieces make it easy to describe what they’re creating.
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Prompts such as “Tell me what it looks like,” or “What would you call this colour?” help build vocabulary in a natural way.
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Children can build scenes, models, or patterns that lead to discussion—“It’s tall and wobbly!” “This one’s soft and sparkly.”
Goal: Use art as a visual language scaffold to build descriptive vocabulary.
💬 2. Action & Sequence Words in Practice
Craft is full of movement—pour, press, roll, stick, peel, pat. These become real, purposeful opportunities to practise verbs and sequencing words.
How the tools support this:
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Children are guided through playful instructions that emphasise action words: “Squeeze the glue,” “Push the shape onto the card,” “Fold, then stick.”
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You can model temporal words: first, then, next, finally.
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Use real-time narration: “You are painting around the edge. Now you’re adding spots.”
Goal: Strengthen sentence structure and verb usage through hands-on actions.
👂 3. Receptive Language Through Instructions
Each activity is an opportunity to practise listening, processing, and carrying out instructions in a relaxed and motivating setting.
How the tools support this:
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Multi-step directions are built into play: “Choose a colour, then make three prints.”
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Use visuals or gestures alongside verbal instructions to support different learners.
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Children can also practise giving instructions to you or a peer—reversing roles to strengthen expressive and receptive skills together.
Goal: Build comprehension and confidence in following instructions.
🖍 4. Creative Expression Without Pressure
This program values process over perfection, allowing all children—regardless of fine motor ability—to create, communicate, and contribute in their own way.
How the tools support this:
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Materials are selected to be easy to grip, use, and adapt—such as foam dot markers, large construction sets, and 3D scene kits.
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Prompts like “Tell me about your creation” or “What’s happening in your picture?” encourage storytelling through art.
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There’s no ‘right way’—just playful participation and meaningful connection.
Goal: Provide an inclusive creative outlet that supports language development without adding frustration.
