Vocal Exploration Tools

The items linked below are ones that we use to playfully elicit flexible vocalization from our students. We find that they are most responsive to vocal exploration when we actually place an object into their hands. Attend one of our PD sessions to learn more! Click each picture to view the product for sale (or DIY) on another website.

Props to go WOO!

Do-It-Yourself Yarn Ball

Make your own yarn ball from yarn and zip ties.

Two hand-held fans with blue handles and bamboo spokes, the fans are decorated with flowing, semi-transparent fabric in shades of blue, purple, pink, and orange.

Rainbow fans. Vocal exploration follows the shape made by the silk.

Colorful silicone slap bracelets, rings, and wands in blue, green, yellow, and pink arranged in rows on a white background.

Ball launchers. Minimal movement required to make the ball pop. Easy hand-over-hand guidance. Comes with undersized balls that may be choking hazard; sub pingpong balls for safety.

Helicopters

Props to go ACHOO!

A person holding a unicorn-shaped toy with rainbow-striped balls coming out of its nose, surrounded by similar rainbow balls, on a white background.
A pink unicorn figurine with a yellow horn, blue eye, pink mane, and rainbow-colored balls around it, with one in its mouth.
A sloth with a smiling face, standing upright, with four greenish balls in front of it and one in its mouth.
Toy dinosaurs playing with soft foam balls and a small orange ball.
Two blue toy shark ball poppers with black foam balls and a hand squeezing one of the poppers.
A shark-shaped toy with a large red nose and two red balls at its base.
A penguin-shaped bocce ball set with four black bocce balls.
A toy llama with a face mask, carrying a green backpack, and four blue balls with snowflake patterns.
A toy figure of a white axolotl with pink frills on its ears, a cartoonish eye, and a teal ball in its mouth.

Props to sound like an animal!

Two owl figurines made of carved and painted wood or resin, with detailed feathers, large yellow eyes, and perched on rocky bases.
A young boy sitting on the floor surrounded by toy sea animals, including whales, sharks, and dolphins, holding a small fish toy and smiling.
Collection of toy wolf figurines in various colors and poses.

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