Hungry Monkey – Early Word Combos

Hungry Monkey – A Playful Language Resource for Early Communicators

Hungry Monkey is a fun and engaging resource designed to support early sentence building, vocabulary growth, and comprehension skills in young language learners. Using a lovable monkey and fruit theme, children will explore concepts like number, size, and categories (e.g. fruit vs not fruit), while practicing key language structures in a playful, low-pressure setting.

Perfect for speech therapy, preschool groups, or home learning, this resource encourages expressive and receptive language development through hands-on games, sentence modelling, sorting tasks, and visual scenes. The included Auslan signs (24 in total) make it ideal for multimodal learners and inclusive communication strategies.

What’s Included

• 24 Auslan signs with illustrations and descriptions
• Sentence-building cards and visual modelling prompts
• Cut-and-paste activities with monkeys and fruit
• Memory and sorting games (e.g. “Is it fruit?”)
• Preposition scenes to practice location-based questions
• The Fruit Tree Game for interactive group play
• Printable props, monkey characters, and fruit sets
• Video support: linked YouTube clip to reinforce fruit vocabulary

Why Educators and Therapists Love It

• Teaches sentence structure using fun and familiar vocabulary
• Targets expressive language, comprehension, and early grammar
• Supports understanding of size, number, and category concepts
• Encourages turn-taking, attention, and listening skills
• Includes visual Auslan signs to support inclusive communication
• Adaptable for individual sessions or small group settings

Whether you’re supporting toddlers, preschoolers, or beginning talkers with language delays, Hungry Monkey is a joyful and practical tool to build confidence and communication—one banana at a time!