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Card Games Built for Speech, OT and Counselling

  • Five decks that target expressive language, articulation, turn-taking, fine motor and emotion vocabulary.
  • Every card shows the word, its meaning, a sentence and translations.
  • Clinics order on a 30-day account. No card needed.
Speech pathologistsOccupational therapistsPsychologists & counsellorsNDIS providers
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What Each Game Targets

Pick the deck for the goal on the plan.

SpeechSounds and Sentences
  • Sound Stack: target sounds and phonological awareness.
  • Tense Twist: irregular past tense in speech.
  • Word Twins: listening and meaning-based word choice.
See the games CounsellingFeelings and Regulation
  • Emotional Build Up: 8 feelings, 80 words.
  • Name the feeling, then the shade of it.
  • Emotion identification work kids ask to repeat.
See Emotional Build Up OTHands and Turns
  • Holding a fan of cards trains bilateral coordination.
  • Dealing and placing builds pinch grip.
  • Snap and Go Fish rehearse turn-taking and impulse control.
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The science

Why Card Games Work

  • Simple card games have a profound impact on the developing brain from ages 4 to 9.
  • Structured play improves cognitive flexibility, impulse control and sustained attention.
  • The prefrontal cortex matures rapidly in these years, so games build executive function, motor pathways and emotional regulation.
01

Executive Functioning

Targets the prefrontal cortex, the brain's control centre.

  • Working memory: remembering which sound family a player asked for two turns ago in Sound Stack.
  • Inhibitory control: holding back a Snap in Word Twins when the pair is not a true match.
  • Cognitive flexibility: switching strategy when the leading emotion changes in Emotional Build Up.
02

Literacy Pathways

Every card carries the word, its meaning, a sentence and translations.

  • Pattern recognition: sorting Sound Stack cards by sound pattern (sh, ck, ee).
  • Retrieval: matching pairs in Word Twins and Tense Twist trains auditory and visual memory.
  • Language for feelings: naming eighty emotion words in Emotional Build Up gives children the vocabulary to regulate.
03

Motor Skills and Coordination

Handling a physical deck builds manual dexterity.

  • Bilateral coordination: holding a fan of cards in one hand while playing with the other.
  • Precision grip: dealing, drawing and placing cards trains finger pinch strength.
  • Sequencing: shuffling, dealing and taking turns rehearses ordered routines.
  • For neurodiverse children with ADHD, autism or dyslexia.
  • A structured, low-stress way to build cognitive skills.
  • No sensory overload or isolation from screens.

Five Decks for the Therapy Room

Expressive language, target sounds, turn-taking, fine motor and emotion identification. One deck each.

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Sound Stack: Vol. 1 : Phonics and target-sound practice Best seller
Ages 4+1-6 players
5.0 (3 reviews) Sound Stack
Phonics. 13 sound patterns, 130 decodable words.
£24.95
Tense Twist: Vol 1 : go/went, eat/ate
Ages 5+2-6 players
Be the first to reviewTense Twist
Irregular past tense. 26 verb pairs.
£24.95
Emotional Build Up! 80 feeling words
Ages 5+2-6 players
Be the first to reviewEmotional Build Up!
8 feelings, 80 words for them.
£24.95
Word Twins: Vol. 1 : 26 homophone pairs
Ages 5+2-6 players
5.0 (1 review) Word Twins
26 homophone pairs. Same sound, different spelling.
£24.95
Collectively Known: Land, Sky & Sea: 25 collective nouns
Ages 5+2-6 players
4.7 (6 reviews) Collectively Known
25 collective nouns, each with an animal fact.
£24.95
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The Ultimate Bundle: All Five Games, 364 Cards
  • All five games in one box.
  • Clinic pricing on multi-set orders, up to 20% off.
  • Invoice on 30-day terms.
Sound StackWord TwinsTense TwistCollectively KnownEmotional Build Up
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  • Send the order form and we email a tax invoice with 30-day terms.
  • Multi-set pricing from three decks.
  • Available to allied health practices, NDIS providers and registered organisations.
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From the clinic

Structured Enough for Therapy, Fun Enough That Kids Don't Notice

  • Speech pathologists use Tense Twist and Sound Stack for expressive language and target sounds.
  • OTs use the decks for turn-taking and fine-motor work.
  • Emotional Build Up! supports emotion identification in counselling.
“My kids stay engaged, make great progress with sounds and emotions, and don't even realise they're working.”Dr Priya Patel, speech pathologist
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