CHOMP! Crocodile Dentist is one of my favorite speech therapy games! It’s so simple and easy to adapt to almost any goal! Children take turns pushing down his teeth. You don’t know when it’s going to happen, but pushing down on one random tooth will make him BITE! Kids are on the edge of their seats every time we play, making it a super engaging activity! Scroll down below to see 10 ways I use Crocodile Dentist in my speech room to target goals!

Requesting: I’ll gather a random assortment of objects and line several of them up. I prompt the child to request which object they want to feed to the crocodile. You could use this with requesting with the “more” sign all the way to “I want more” or “I want apple.”
Turn Taking: Target tolerance for turn taking, the concept of turn taking, and phrases like “my turn,” “your turn,” “I go,” “you go,” “Mommy goes.”
Following Directions & Vocabulary Comprehension: Lay out several objects and cue the child to follow your verbal directions (e.g., “Put the carrot in.”).
Speech Sounds with Mini Objects:  The crocodile is the perfect toy for targeting speech sounds. I have a set of mini objects for each sound I target in articulation therapy (see the boxes here). So if the child is working on the /b/ sound, I’ll pull out the box of /b/ objects and they will act as our “food” to feed the crocodile. Each time they produce the target correctly (or put it in a phrase or sentence), they can push down one tooth. You could even put articulation cards in his mouth, too.
Pronouns: Target pronouns (I, me, you, he, she, him, her) by asking whose turn it is to push a tooth.
Describing: Pick a mini object and prompt the child to describe it. Once the object has been adequately described, they can put it into the crocodile’s mouth and press his teeth down until he eats it. Click here to download my super helpful describing anchor chart for only $1!
Inferencing: Secretly put a mini object in the back of the garbage truck and close it. Give the child verbal clues about what the object is (e.g., “It’s yellow. It’s food. You peel it.”). Have them make inferences about what the object could be, then dramatically reveal the object!
Categories: Put mini objects from different semantic categories all over the table. Direct the child to group the objects into categories and discuss while you complete the activity. Then direct them as to which group of objects to feed to the crocodile (e.g., “Put all the foods in his mouth!”).
Negation: Hold out two mini objects. Direct the child which object NOT to get (e.g., “Show me which one is NOT a banana.”). Then feed that object to the crocodile.
Exclamations:  This game gets A LOT of genuine reactions! I like to model exclamations like “Ahhh,” “Oh no,” “Ouch,” “Uh oh,” “Eeeek!”

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Crocodile Dentist Game on Amazon

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