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Thought Bubble Social Inferences and Problem Solving Scenarios Speech Therapy

(205 customer reviews)

$4.00

Practice making inferences, identifying emotions, and conversational skills!

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Are you looking for engaging problem solving scenarios speech therapy resources? Give these social emotional learning activities for speech therapy a try! Work on making social inferences, problem-solving, identifying emotions, feelings, empathy, what you should think versus say, and conversational skills.

These problem solving scenarios speech therapy activity can be open-ended or structured if used with the supports.

This activity is perfect for kids whose joint attention or reading comprehension skills could negatively affect making correct inferences. This activity is solely about pictures, allowing for the correct assessment of inferencing skills.

Easily target a lot of skills with this thought bubble social inferences activity!

Whether you’re looking to enhance your speech therapy sessions, foster social-emotional learning, or provide a unique tool for understanding emotions and social cues, this thought bubble problem solving scenarios set is a perfect fit. It’s not just about learning what to say but understanding the feelings and thoughts behind the words.

Equip your students with the skills they need to navigate social interactions with confidence and empathy.

✅ WHAT’S INCLUDED (color and black & white)

  • 12 emotions cards to discuss typical body language and facial expressions associated with an emotion
  • 24 picture cards with thought bubbles
  • Pre-made examples for each thought bubble to use for matching
  • 1 page answer key for pre-made thought bubbles to pictures
  • 2 full-page thought bubbles to mount on popsicle sticks and use in role-play

 

A NO PRINT version is included. You can use this resource on your device without printing or assembling! Open in an annotation app or Adobe Reader.

➡️ DIRECTIONS

Cut out the 24 cards and pre-made thought bubbles. Laminate if desired for durability.

Present the picture card and ask:

  • What are they thinking?
  • What are they feeling?

 

Follow-up questions:

  • What might they say?
  • What could you ask them?

 

To play with increased support, present a picture card and a field of pre-made thought bubbles and have the student match the correct thought to the correct person.

Print the big thought bubbles on card stock, then mount them on a popsicle stick. Practice the same concept – only on real people! The clinician or student holds up the thought bubble to their head, and the other player identifies the emotion or thoughts as a result of facial expressions or actions.

Be sure to look at the preview to see what’s included!

 

 

SLPS AND EDUCATORS LIKE YOU SAID…

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐“I love this product! I originally bought it to target social skills- identifying feelings and problem solving; however, I found that I can use this product with a lot of students on my caseload and target a variety of skills. Thank you!”

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐“My students had so much fun creating their own thoughts/ideas to match the images. They loved the creativity and it’s a great way to help with inferencing as well.”

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐“This resource was so much fun and my kids loved it! The loved making up conversations from the pictures and I was able to target so many areas with these. Definitely recommended!”

 

 

⭐ RELATED PRODUCTS ⭐

TEEN Thought Bubble Inferences
Who’s Calling? Inference Activity
What’s Inside the Present? Inference Activity
Who’s Trick or Treating? Inference Activity

 

 

This is a digital product that will be available for download upon purchase. Due to the nature of this product, there are no returns.

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205 reviews for Thought Bubble Social Inferences and Problem Solving Scenarios Speech Therapy

  1. Literacy on the Lake –

    🙂

  2. Grayce Parker –

    I used this to target social skills for a student with Autism, and it was great!

  3. Monica R. –

    These are going to be used for social groups I run for kids with ASD. Thank you!

  4. Beth C. –

    Awesome! Just what I was looking for to help my 4th graders.

  5. Amy Shipley –

    I used this item in my evaluation.

  6. Dawn Rogers –

    Great product! My students love it.

  7. Katie T. –

    Great activity!

  8. Jeni Leigh SLP –

    Love this for my kiddos with inferencing and social skills goals!

  9. Katy S. –

    Thanks

  10. Carole C. –

    This will be great for so many of my kids.

  11. Spedtacular Finds –

    Helpful!

  12. Ashley Lafleur –

    Great group activities! Thank you!

  13. Christina S. –

    Awesome

  14. Amy H. –

    Thanks!

  15. Lorie L. –

    Love the black and white and matching components!

  16. Valerie Mercieca –

    My students enjoy role playing with this activity.

  17. Krista M. –

    These visuals are great and really come in handy with my social group.

  18. SLP 4 LIFE –

    Great resource!

  19. Angela H. –

    Very creative idea, thanks!

  20. cspeech D. –

    Wonderful activity for my social skills groups

  21. Kenneth T. –

    Helpful, practical and Fun! Thanks

  22. Julie V. –

    Great resource. Thanks!

  23. Terri W. –

    thank-you. a great resource!

  24. Amy A. –

    great resource! thank you

  25. SLP for ME –

    Very cute! My students enjoyed these! Thank you for creating!

  26. Cynthia A. –

    Great activity. The thought bubbles could be a little bigger to write in. Thanks!

  27. angela M. –

    Great activity

  28. Kelly M. –

    Great! Thanks!

  29. KB’s SLP Store –

    Can’t wait to use these! Thanks!

  30. Diana M. –

    Great job!

  31. Emma S. –

    Great product. Thanks

  32. Nibra Robinson –

    Awesome resource!

  33. Ms D’s Literacy Lab –

    Thanks so much ! I look forward to using these with
    My upper primary reading students. Thanks !

  34. Anna D. –

    I used this over and over with my pragmatic and language kiddos.

  35. Dawn S. –

    looking forward to using this!

  36. Danielle R. –

    I really like the scenarios.

  37. Nicole R. –

    Love these visuals!

  38. Seval D. –

    thanks

  39. holly L. –

    Great resource! Very helpful!

  40. Leslie G. –

    Very nice graphics! Thanks! 🙂

  41. Brodi K. –

    Great resource for exploring thoughts!

  42. Faith S. –

    Excellent resource….thank you!

  43. Elizabeth R. –

    Great product!

  44. KathM Teach –

    Really encourages kids to write and think creatively.

  45. Mrs Beaz –

    Great for conversations about how others are feeling – perfect for working on empathy with preschoolers!

  46. Khalyn T. –

    I also liked the scenarios you chose.

  47. Christine Graham –

    Great for speech therapy!

  48. Suzanne Carey –

    🙂

  49. Jillian G. –

    Great product-thank you!

  50. Amy G. –

    Nice Resource!

  51. Speech on the Side –

    Great product!

  52. Keys2Speech –

    Great for students who can ID emotions from real pictures. This would be the next level. Loved the product. Thanks!

  53. KENDRA E. –

    Awesome resource! I can’t wait to use this in my classroom!

  54. Alicia Pagan –

    I love this! It’s engaging and perfect for helping my AU kids with what others are thinking. It will also lend itself to things that should be thought instead of said! Can’t wait to incorporate this into morning meeting in the fall. Thank you!

  55. Meghan C. –

    This is definitely something that will help me students with Autism work on this skill 🙂

  56. The Frizzle Life –

    Great resource! Really makes the kiddos think.

  57. Hillary Tunstall –

    Great resource!!

  58. Keeping It Simple In Sped –

    I have a group of student on my caseload this year that receive social skill minutes. Inferencing is always a struggle for them. It effects their relationships with peers, adults, and everyday situations. I’m so excited to use this during our social group!

  59. Donna V. –

    Love this activity. I especially love the big thought bubble to use with real people.

  60. Brandi Moore –

    Creative and shows kids’ creativity

  61. Jessie S. –

    Thanks!

  62. Debora A. –

    Thank you for this material! It’s really good and easy to use!

  63. Molly W. –

    So fun!

  64. Corinna W. –

    My student’s really enjoy this activity. Thank you

  65. Sara C. –

    Fun activity

  66. Kelly P. –

    This product has been so useful for my social groups! Thank you so much, so creative and engaging for my students!

  67. BrainBox Studio –

    Great for students working on using picture clues to infer.

  68. Sheena Vert –

    Great resource!! An interactive way to look at emotions and inferencing. So looking forward to working with it.

  69. Leslie M. –

    Thank you so much for making this resource. I can’t wait to use this with my kiddos.

  70. Marykate V. –

    my students loved filling out the thought bubbles

  71. Shannon B. –

    Good for the younger students.

  72. Karina C. –

    Thank you for this resource! It’s been a great use for social groups!

  73. Jennifer B. –

    Will come in handy with kids I meet with who don’t like to talk.

  74. Allison S. –

    These are great for introducing perspective-taking and identifying non-verbal cues with younger students.

  75. The Speech Whisperer –

    This product is great! It will be perfect for my students! Thanks for offering such a great deal!

  76. Holly W. –

    Thank you!!

  77. Sandra Q. –

    Thank you for the wonderful resource and great deal. Can’t wait to use it with my class.

  78. Susan L. –

    Cool!

  79. Megan H. –

    Great way to get students talking

  80. Alanna J M. –

    Great to encourage higher-level thinking. Very colourful and appealing too.

  81. Bristol E. –

    These are just so much fun! Thanks!

  82. Sondra N. –

    This product is great! It will be perfect for my students!

  83. Shannon G. –

    Great graphics. These will help get my students talking and hopefully hearing different perspectives.

  84. NJSpeechie –

    Loved using these in my social skills groups!

  85. Rebecca F. –

    great!

  86. Alyssa K. –

    This is a great resource to target inferences! I have a lot of clients that will benefit from this resource!

  87. Peg Hutson – SLP Resources –

    Great to use in my classroom. The pictures are appealing to my students. Thank you!

  88. Kimberley M. –

    Thank you! This is so easy to use!

  89. Amanda M. –

    Cute pictures.

  90. EVGENIA STEFANAKI –

    This is my favourite product from your store so far! Great product! Kids love it!

  91. RaeJean N. –

    Loved!!

  92. Robyn K. –

    Excellent!

  93. Lisa C. –

    Nice resource!

  94. Jacqueline B. –

    Great resource for my esl students!

  95. Simply Speech Co. –

    Great resource

  96. Rachel K. –

    Awesome! Thanks!

  97. Debbie G. –

    User friendly- visually appealing

  98. Ryanne S. –

    This is so helpful for my younger students who have social inferencing goals!

  99. Kimberly R. –

    Great resource!

  100. Anita B. –

    Perfect for our stop think say strategies in the social skills groups we have been running!!

  101. Andrea L –

    Thank you!

  102. Stephanie Rendon –

    Great activity

  103. Isabella W. –

    Helpful activity that I’ve used quite a lot!

  104. Samantha V. –

    I’m always looking for new resources like this for getting kids to think of appropriate language. Love it!

  105. Lauren P. –

    Can’t wait to try this out!

  106. Brooke M. –

    This has been a great resource to support my students learning about emotions and some perspective taking. They love this resource.

  107. The Multisensory SLP –

    Awesome resource! Thank you!!

  108. Aniseh M. –

    I use this with my students all the time. Love it 🙂

  109. Pam D. –

    Love this resource!

  110. Jenna A. –

    Awesome resource for my social skills groups!

  111. SPED Sunshine –

    Really engaging way to get some of my students with Autism to start analyzing emotions and body language! Love this!!

  112. Megan Monti –

    A+++ Thank you!!

  113. Robin Martin –

    It is a little small to read easily, but that is my only issue. Great product.

  114. Danica G. –

    I like to use this for inferencing as well as perspective taking with my social skills students.

  115. Deanna L. –

    thank you

  116. Kathryn C. –

    Great resource!

  117. Stacey H. –

    I printed them and put them on a ring- easy to grab and use when needed. I love the pictures and the students are having a good time interpreting nonverbal cues and thought bubble statements. Great product.

  118. Kinder Teachers Helper –

    I love to use these cards with my kindergarteners to start conversations and help build their speaking and listening skills!

  119. SLP Britt –

    Great resource….thanks!

  120. Roxane T. –

    Used in a grade one French Immersion class to support language development. Thank you for creating these!

  121. Alyko Merch –

    nice

  122. Noelle G. –

    great resource

  123. Diana C. –

    Great to support IEP goals! Thanks!

  124. Bauman Speech –

    So excited to use this product with my students! Thank you!!

  125. Eliana Jacoby –

    cute resource!

  126. Rachel Z. –

    Great resource! My clients love using this activity!

  127. Michael P. –

    Great way to teach inferences.

  128. Succeeding on the Spectrum –

    Thanks!

  129. Thulasi Jeyaraman –

    Good for homework tasks too!

  130. Renelle R. –

    Because these are pictures only, I’m able to use them in my french immersion class to practice oral language.

  131. Aaron J. –

    Great Resource!

  132. Jennifer S. –

    Loved this product?

  133. Abby M. –

    My client was able to reference details in the pictures to match them to the appropriate thought bubbles. I can’t wait to use this resource more!

  134. Denise P. –

    Great for use in groups. My students come up with some interesting responses based on their own experiences!

  135. Jamie P. –

    My students thought these were awesome! They loved thinking of their own messages to put in the speech bubbles!

  136. Bel P. –

    Great for small groups! So engaging and fun!

  137. Cathy T. –

    My student enjoyed this activity.

  138. J K. –

    Great resource, thankyou!

  139. Katie W. –

    It is super easy to send the pdf to the parents. My students enjoy that they are still able to play fun games at home and reminds them of being in speech again.

  140. Stacey D. –

    Good quick resource to work on inferences.

  141. Lauren W. –

    Great resource, thank you.

  142. Daisy M. –

    This resource is great. I’ve used it to help my students with social inferencing and to build conversation skills. My students like filling in the bubbles with their own statements. It’s been great so far 🙂

  143. Nellie C. –

    This is a great resource!

  144. Kelly S. –

    I need more resources like this! My higher functioning students with autism struggle with this concept so much! Great product!

  145. Rohan9 R. –

    Very useful!!

  146. Jessie C. –

    The pictures can be difficult to interpret.

  147. Karlan E. –

    These were great to use after learning about inferences.

  148. Everything Speech –

    Great activity to use with students working on reading emotions and using context clues.

  149. Charlotte A –

    Great, simple perspective taking activity

  150. L M –

    Great product to add to a social skills unit. Fun little task cards for practicing perspective takingAble to utilize product in-person and for distance learning .

  151. Ivy League Language –

    Such a great resource! Thank you!

  152. LAUREN W. –

    This resource as been really helpful for addressing a variety of social skills with my clients. It takes some time to prep, but it is well worth it considering you only have to prep one time. Overall I have been very happy with this resource. Thank you for all of the products you create!

  153. Natalie B. –

    Lovely, Thank you!

  154. Alyssa S. –

    So many good tools for teachers and students

  155. Catherine J. –

    Such a great resources and the visuals are so engaging for kids!

  156. Hailey R. –

    I use this product for so many different reasons! We can talk about verbs, pronouns, inferencing, etc. My students love them.

  157. Megan R. –

    I love this product! I originally bought it to target social skills- identifying feelings and problem solving; however, I found that I can use this product with a lot of students on my caseload and target a variety of skills. Thank you!

  158. Rachel G. –

    My students loved using this resource as part of our social thinking group! Many of my students have ASD and struggle with concepts such as the ones included in this resource. This resource broke concepts down in a fun way!

  159. Jennifer T. –

    I have used this product with multiple social skills groups across a variety of elementary grades to discuss feelings, social inferencing, problem solving etc. My students were very engaged in discussing the pictures used.

  160. Nicole Bacigalupo –

    This is a wonderful resource! The visuals are great for my students to infer what someone is thinking or how they are feeling.

  161. Erin C. –

    My students enjoyed using these pictures to guess what others were thinking. I liked that it has some suggested thoughts to choose from, but also has blank options for students to come up with their own thoughts.

  162. erin H. –

    So helpful!

  163. Teresa Stiles –

    I used this for a social skills classroom group and the kids responded well!

  164. Priya S. –

    This resource was so much fun and my kids loved it! The loved making up conversations from the pictures and I was able to target so many areas with these. Definitely recommended!

  165. Jillian S. –

    Great resource to have for in-person as well as virtual learning!

  166. Stephanie H. –

    Very engaging, thanks!

  167. The Communication Curriculum –

    Great clip art for creating resources that target social skills!

  168. Karen T. –

    Great interactive resource with our social thinking lessons!

  169. Annie T. –

    I had been looking for an activity like this for a while and was excited to find this. It’s exactly what I was looking for. A great activity for my students with Autism.

  170. Molly W. –

    Very useful for teaching inferences.

  171. HANNAH R. –

    Awesome resource!

  172. Hannah T. –

    My students had so much fun creating their own thoughts/ideas to match the images. They loved the creativity and it’s a great way to help with inferencing as well.

  173. susan B. –

    great resource thank you

  174. Meera S. –

    Thank you for creating this resource. The kids loved it and had an enjoyable time using it. It was very time saving as well.Love how this resource was being organized. Great at-home practice.

  175. Anya H. –

    I use this in a small group setting with students working on or pragmatic communication

  176. Margo Simmons –

    A helpful resource!

  177. Marie C. –

    Nice resource!

  178. Erin C. –

    My students loved matching the different people with the thought bubbles!

  179. Ashli D. –

    This was very helpful with my students! Thank you so much!

  180. TaLyna S. –

    This is an awesome social language packet. I’ve used it with all my kids from PK to 5th grade. For PK I used the pictures to elicit sentences. Older kids have to state what they were thinking and how do you know they are thinking that. I printed out and laminated the whole pages and the thought bubble answers to use in therapy. It was great to have the choice of the thought bubbles to scaffold the activity. I sent home the pages with six panels and the parents were easily able to understand what was expected. For some kids I sent home the thought bubbles, but others, I only sent home the pictures. Love this!!!

  181. Caroline Hale –

    Very useful for many of my autistic patients that struggle with pragmatics.

  182. Amy G. –

    These were exactly what I needed to work on social inferencing. These students responded well to these visuals and I highly recommend!

  183. Nicole C. –

    I used these during my behavior interventions. They really helped guide the conversations.

  184. Speechie Llama Mama –

    My clients were able to use this and write their own speech scripts easily

  185. Christina M. –

    This resource has nice visuals, and it kept my students engaged.

  186. Mrs Wicks Learning Tricks –

    Works well in my special education class to help with problem solving.

  187. Abigail P. –

    Lots of examples; easy to use. Great resource for upper elementary

  188. machele B. –

    Very interactive resource for using with my speech students!

  189. Michelle Berliner –

    THanks. Great resource to use for social inferences.

  190. Elizabeth C. –

    This is a great resource. Thank you so much, it really helps my students!

  191. Roberta A. –

    These were helpful for several of my students on the autism spectrum. Thank you.

  192. Kristin R. –

    A great resource for targeting inferencing and perspective taking.

  193. Raeli P. –

    Great resource and fun and engaging for my ASD students. Easy to pull out and work from when I’m limited on planning/prep time.

  194. Tanya M. –

    Just what I was looking for! Easy and low prep! Thanks!

  195. Anne Y. –

    I enjoyed the different levels available. I used the material to target inferences and to introduce the idea that thoughts and words may differ.

  196. Carolyn R. –

    This is a great and engaging resource. My students enjoy it!

  197. madison W. –

    I am excited to use this for perspective taking and think-say-feel for my kids on the spectrum

  198. Christy S. –

    My speech-language students and I enjoyed using this in therapy.

  199. Stefanie N. –

    This resource was a huge help. Nice that you have the option to use online or print and go.

  200. Azra S. –

    A great resource that my students really enjoyed!

  201. Kristen R. –

    My students have enjoyed this activity. It is a fun way for them to work on problem solving. 🙂

  202. Jacey G. –

    Used in speech therapy sessions with a variety of students to target perspective taking skills. Great resource to help students visualize what others may be thinking!

  203. Lisa G. –

    This is an excellent resource for targeting perspective, think or say it, generating convseration.

  204. TaLyna Sandine –

    The pictures have enough detail so that the kids really have to look at the pictures to infer the meaning of what is pictured. (grandmother’s face showing that she is being squeezed, not just hugged). It is easy to level, e.g., not showing the thought bubble with answers or giving a choice of thoughts, etc.
    I printed this out, laminated the pages and put into a notebook. This made it so easy to flip to each page. I then used double-sided tape on the ‘bubbles’. (no velcro any more!).

  205. Caitlin –

    I looooooooove this material! It was great for my basic social skills groups and my students had a blast coming up with some silly thoughts for the pictures after our initial lesson..

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