Animated Shorts... How to use them in therapy and teletherapy

Have you ever used animated shorts to guide your therapy or teletherapy? If you haven’t, you should! Luckily there are an abundance of them on YouTube and other video streaming websites. Here are some of our favorites!

Snack Attack

This cute animation details a grandmother’s need for a snack mixed with a little forgetfulness. Our students are always actively engaged with this one. Here’s what we love to target: Articulation: Ample opportunities for /k/, Pronouns, Verbs, Grammar, Pragmatics: Feelings and Problem solving, Story Grammar and retell

The Present

A boy and his dog! Some of our students really relate to The Present as it highlights differences and acceptance. There’s an abundance of targets in this one, but here are some recommendations: Articulation/Phonology: Fronting, Vocabulary: Antonyms, Synonyms, Verbs, Pragmatics: Problem Solving and Feelings, Prepositions, Story Grammar and Retell

Pip

Another dog animation here, but who doesn’t love puppies… especially, puppies going to puppy university! This animation follows Pip as he learns how to be a guide dog. Our students love this animation and it’s full of speech and language! Here’s what we like to work on: Vocabulary: Synonyms, Antonyms and Verbs, Prepositions, Grammar, Pronouns, Wh- Questions, Pragmatics: Problem Solving and Feelings, Story Grammar and Retell

Hey Deer!

Christmas animations always catch and keep our learner’s attention! Hey Deer! does not disappoint. The deer does everything exactly the same, everyday so this animation is really great for prediction. There are fantastic visual clues throughout! We also like to target the following: Articulation: especially /r/, Vocabulary, Wh- questions, Prediction, Mean Length Utterance, Grammar

Coin Operated

Imagination and the love of space are highlighted in this short animation as it features a boy’s desire to go to outer space. This animation is fabulous for many speech and language targets including: Articulation: especially /k/, Vocabulary, Prediction, Pragmatics: Problem Solving and Feelings

Lambs

This is a fun tale on how a mom and dad try to teach their little lamb to “baa.” Imagine the shock they experience when the lamb makes a “moo” instead! There are so many targets in this one. Here are some we use: Opposites, Pragmatics: Problem Solving and Feelings, Vocabulary: Adjectives and Verbs

Animated shorts really are amazing! Want to see how Trilogy Therapy uses them in action? Click our demo page and we’ll show you how we use animated shorts while providing therapy with no barriers!