Language isn’t worked on as a single block. It’s worked component by component, and each one calls for different material: building vocabulary is not the same as ordering a sentence, and telling two phonemes apart is not the same as holding a conversation.
This is the catalogue laid out the way a speech and language therapist lays out a session: five components, each with its own material. If you work to objectives, go straight to the component. If you have a format in mind — a box to take home — the language games section may suit you better.
The five components of language
Semantics: vocabulary and meaning
The largest section in the catalogue, with 212 items. Semantic fields, categorisation, definitions, word relationships, absurdities and ambiguity. For clients with a small vocabulary, and for those who have the words but can't retrieve them when they need them. → See semantics
Morphology and syntax: how a sentence is built
Agreement, verb inflection, connectives, word order, subordinate clauses. Includes the morphosyntax book series many clinics use as a session backbone. → See morphology and syntax
Phonetics and phonology: sound before letter
Phonological awareness, rhyme, syllable segmentation, minimal pairs and phoneme articulation. This is oral work: no reading required to start. → See phonetics and phonology
Communication and pragmatics: language in use
Communicative intent, turn-taking, inference, figurative meaning, fitting the context. The most neglected component, and the one that matters most in a client's daily life. → See communication and pragmatics
Narrative discourse: telling a story with a beginning and an end
Temporal sequencing, cause and effect, story structure, retelling. The bridge between the sentence and the text. → See narrative discourse
By component or by game type?
Two ways into the same catalogue. If you arrive with a therapy objective — "I need to work on morphosyntax" — enter by component. If you arrive with a format in mind — "I want a language board game for home" — you'll find language games easier to browse.
Frequently asked questions
What do I need to set up a new clinic?
Most therapists cover semantics and morphosyntax first, as those two appear in almost every intervention, adding phonology if they work with children. Pragmatics and narrative discourse tend to come later, once the caseload has taken shape.
Do you sell to professionals with an invoice?
Yes. Every order includes a VAT invoice, and you can request a quote in advance for clinic or school purchases.
Is the material suitable for classroom use?
Much of it is. If you work from a language support classroom, also look at hearing and language under areas of development.