Have you ever seen a dinosaur splish splash’ around in a swimming pool before? Or how about a dinosaur playing some rockin’ beats on his very own rock and roll drum set? If you answered no to those questions, well, you’ve never seen Ralph the Rex! That particular Twitter account is one that I’ve been keepin’ my eye on for quite some time now because it features something a lot of my students love – dinosaurs!
But it’s not just any dinosaur. Ralph’s got talent!
Ralph the Rex is a Tyrannosaurus rex that’s well-versed in so many different activities! From skateboarding to working out, I often wonder if there’s anything that this talented prehistoric animal CAN’T do? And here’s the best thing of all, he seems to always have a video camera pointed at him as he does (or attempts to do) odd things you’d never picture a dinosaur doing. So with that being said, there’s a massive amount of video footage of the talented Ralph the Rex that can be consumed for hours and hours.
Loads of videos means loads of speech therapy possibilities!
We all know that introducing our students to wide-ranging types of therapy materials is always the way to go. So, how about in addition to the random dinosaur toys and worksheets you’re already using in therapy, you also introduce some Ralph the Rex video clips? They are FREE to watch and let me tell you, the students on your speech therapy caseload, they’ll absolutely get a kick out of watching and talking about all the wild Ralph the Rex antics.
WH questions galore!
Recently, I was able to easily weave a handful of these Ralph the Rex video clips into a session where my student was working on asking and answering WH questions. These videos were a real breath of fresh air because there’s only so many times you can show your students WH question flash cards and/or WH questions apps. Ya know what I mean? Seriously, these videos broke the tedious repetition and routine. Ralph the Rex helped my student to ACTUALLY WANT to continue working on perfecting his understanding of WH questions.
Here’s my favorite video clip!
Give this car washing video clip a watch and ask some of these WH questions to a kiddo:
- “Who is washing the car?” – (Ralph the Rex is washing the car.)
- “Why is he washing the car?” – (Because it has dirt on it.)
- “Where is he washing the car?” – (Outside on his driveway.)
- “How does he wash the car?” – (He scrubs the car with soap and water.)
- “What are some washing tools he uses?” – (A soapy sponge, a hose, a bucket of water.)
- “When do people usually wash their cars?” – (When it’s warm outside and when the car is dirty.)
Short and sweet!
Just like Ralph’s arms, all of his video clips are short and sweet. Each video clip is between 20-30 seconds in length. And that’s great news for us clinicians because our time is VERY limited. So rest assured, you’re going to be able to show 3-5 video clips of Ralph the Rex within your given speech therapy session without having ’em eat up too much time. Hooray for quick video clips, am I right?
In closing . . .
If you want your speech therapy to go from “dino-snore” to “dino-mite,” Ralph the Rex has your back. His video clips are totally where it’s at and I know that you will be able to incorporate them into your speech-language therapy world. Have fun exploring the video clips and let me know how it goes!
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