Do you use animated video clips during your sessions? Keep reading to learn how to use animated videos to practice identifying feelings in speech therapy.
Why I Love Animated Video Clips
- Short Videos: Most videos are 4-5 minutes making them ideal for your short lessons. I typically watch the entire video all the way through with my students the first time. Then, we will rewatch the video and I will pause it a certain times to discuss body language and feelings. We will also use this information to make a guess about what the characters might be thinking.
- Exaggerated Facial Expressions: Most animators design the characters to have exaggerated facial expressions, making them perfect to analyze body language to help determine the feelings (i.e., wide eyes, open mouth, hands in the air, etc.).
- Limited to No Spoken Words: These videos often have minimal spoken words, if any at all. This is a great opportunity to allow students to create their own script and determine what the characters are thinking.
- No Cost: You can find so many animated video clips are YouTube making them FREE for you!
- Engaging for Your Students: Students LOVE watching the videos keeping them engaged in your lesson and motivated to participate.
Top 7 Favorite Animated Video Clips for Speech Therapy
With any video posted on YouTube, please preview it prior to watching it with your students. You can also use SafeShare to watch the video without ad or distractions!
My Identifying Feelings/Emotions Unit is the perfect companion when watching your video clips. We use the emotions poster and flash cards to help identify the feelings in the video clips.
I love the real pictures and how thorough this resource is. Any resource that I can buy that doesn’t leave me feeling like I need to supplement it with finding another resource is a win in my books.
– Allie H.
This unit includes:
- High resolution photos to engage your students
- Functional materials that develop skills students will use in the future
- 20 Printable emotions flash cards (includes area on the card to write visual clues for the emotions)
- Printable emotions poster to display in your room
- 30 Digital task cards (Boom Cards)
I hope this post helps you feel confident using animated videos in speech therapy. Save this pin for later!
