Speech Practice Game

Nox's Figure Files

Meet Nox — a friendly alien who takes Earth sayings literally and LOVES when you explain them! 🛸 Nox shows a saying like "It's raining cats and dogs." Tap what it REALLY means — one choice is the silly literal picture (real cats and dogs falling!). Each choice has a 🔊 button so you can hear it. When you pick the real meaning, Nox's notebook flips open to explain it, and you say the saying out loud together — that fills a notebook page. A wrong tap just gets a gentle "look again" — nothing is marked wrong. Fill 10 pages to complete Nox's Field Notes!

How to play

Nox shows a saying and reads it out loud (tap to hear it again).Tap what it really means — one card is the silly literal picture. A wrong tap just says "look again."Nox's notebook explains it — say the saying out loud to fill a notebook page!

Who's playing today?

Works on phone, tablet, or computer · turn sound on to hear each phrase

Clinical review pending — being verified by Julianne Abuda, MA, CCC-SLP.

Please note: This is a free figurative-language practice game for therapist- and parent-guided use, not a diagnostic tool or a replacement for therapy. Nox the alien shows a common English saying ("It's raining cats and dogs.") and the child taps what it REALLY means ("It is pouring down very hard.") from three short meaning cards — one of which is the funny literal picture (real cats and dogs falling). When they pick the real meaning, Nox's notebook flips open to explain the saying, and the child says the saying out loud; an adult (or the child) taps to log each rep. The game never records, listens to, or evaluates your child's speech. A wrong tap is gently coached (never named, never shown as an error, never spoken as a correction) — nothing is marked right or wrong, no card is revealed against the child, and the explanation stays hidden until the saying is decoded. There is NO per-choice feedback anywhere in the game; every saying, sentence, meaning, and explanation spoken is hand-authored, and the app never assembles a string into speech and never speaks a correction. Nox is a curious researcher who is delighted to learn — taking a saying literally is framed as fascinating research, never as being wrong or foolish. Every "I said it — out loud!" celebrates decoding the saying, never the accuracy of the speech.

Every GO Therapy interactive is AI-assisted and reviewed by a licensed speech-language pathologist.