Feed the Woozle

Feed the Woozle

Using games in therapy sessions

Feed the Woozle is a great fun activity that can be used by speech & language therapists, occupational therapists, physical therapist, and special education teachers.  Games can make therapy fun and engaging for the child while the therapist can elicit responses and actions that meet therapy goals. 

Feed the Woozle

Feed the Woozle is a co-operational activity game from Peaceable Kingdom. The game can be played by two to five players playing as a team. The object of the game is to feed the Woozle 12 snacks, carrying the “snacks” on the spoon and depositing them in the Woozle’s mouth, eight-to-ten feet away. For every snack you get in the Woozle’s mouth, collect a Yummy card. Collect 12 Yummy cards before you run out of snacks, and you win! Included in the game: 1 stand-up Woozle, 24 Silly Snack tokens, 12 Yummy cards, 1 die, 1 spoon, and 1 spinner. 

Suggested lesson for Feed the Woozle

“Today we are going to play Feed the Woozle. We need to help the Woozle eat his yummy snacks, so we’re going to carry the snacks over to him using this giant spoon.” 

“The Woozle is over here, with his mouth open. He is about 5 or 6 steps away. Let’s start here and take those steps. Let’s count as we step.”” 

“And to make it fun, we have a spinner that will tell you how to walk from here to there. It can be March, it can be Walk Backwards, it can be Hop like a Bunny. We’ll spin to decide how you do it. So, let’s spin, and it stops on March. Can you show me how you can march?”

“Now, pick up the die and roll it to see how many yummy snack tokens you’ll take over to the Woozle. You rolled a 2. So, let’s get 2 yummy snacks from the box and put them on the spoon.” 

“Now, let’s march over to the Woozle, holding our spoon and trying not to drop any yummy snacks on the floor. And, when you get there, pour the yummy snacks into the Woozle’s mouth.” 

“One snack fell off, but you got 1 snack in, so you get 1 Yummy card. Now, back to the starting line and it’s our friend’s turn to spin the spinner and roll the die.” 

Incorporate articulation cards into the session to improve sound production.  Reinforce placement and production.  To improve vocabulary incorporate wh questions while describing pictures.