So I take the client to the treatment room. The aliens are colorful toys, effective for all kinds of language games.


For children who don't speak yet, we start with "die" or " daar" (that) every time we place an alien/ghost in a container. The utterances are easy to adapt; there's something for every grammatical level: die daar, is daar, die is, die kan, die mag. Blauw/rood/... mag daar, in blauwe/rood/..., etc.

But language comprehension can also be practiced: that one goes in the blue box, the yellow ghost/alien goes in the red box. Or practice with inversion: the blue alien goes in the red box. Or without adding the -e: a red box for a green ghost.

To teach that information must be conveyed specifically enough for understanding, two sets can be used. Using a screen between them and telling each other which ghosts or aliens belong in which containers remains a fun and active way to communicate effectively and to listen carefully !

Besides stimulating language comprehension and sentence development, speech can also be effectively supported . Because there are many aliens present, target utterances can often be practiced, turn-taking can be practiced, and a speech sound or movement can often be addressed. Ssssghost! Gggeel, gggggg(r)oon, ggga! Or the curve of the lips: ghost, green, red.

The toy is incredibly versatile . Besides the options mentioned above, children can also sort the aliens and use tweezers to grab them, offering a wide variety of sentences and speech sounds (in practice words or sentences).