$2.00 DIY Halloween Following Directions Activity

If you are a thrifty SLP like me, or a frugal parent, then you might be a frequenter of your local Dollar Tree like me. I picked up two bags of these Halloween rings to replenish my treasure box when I realized that they are the perfect manipulatives for many speech activities. They are fun in color and shape and there are lots of them!

So far, I have used them to target:

• Temporal directions- Before you get two bat rings, get three spider rings.
• Inclusion/Exclusion- Give me all of the spiders, except for the orange ones.
• Prepositions- Put a group of spiders between the bats.
• Quantity concepts- Which group has the least amount of skulls?
• Sequence concepts- (Set out a line of rings) Point to the first orange ring and the last purple ring.

These also make the perfect items to slide onto a pencil. (You could also use a string and make a necklace.) This could be great for:

• Reinforcers
• Self monitoring articulation sounds (One color for success, another for fixing an error)
• Following multiple step directions
• Following sequence directions

When all your kiddos have gotten to enjoy your activities you can give them out as prizes!