What Happens Next? (Donut Dilemma Companion Cards)

Reading what someone is likely to do next, from a face, a posture, or the situation, comes naturally to some students and is genuinely hard for others. What Happens Next gives that inferencing practice a motivating game format.

Build inferencing and prediction in everyday social settings through cooperative game-based practice.

This companion set adds 50 full-colour cards to the Donut Dilemma game. Students interpret facial expressions, body language, emotions, and intentions to work out what is most likely to happen next, then stack a donut as they play.

Skill targets:

• Determining events
• Inferring emotions
• Inferring thoughts
• Predicting logical conclusions

How to play:

1. Pair the cards with the Donut Dilemma game.
2. A player rolls the die.
3. The die shows a donut type, so the player takes a matching card.
4. The player answers the question on the card.
5. After answering, the player adds a donut to the tower on the wobbly saucer.
6. Play continues cooperatively until the tower is built without toppling.

Who are these companion cards helpful for?

These companion cards are ideal for Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs), special educators, and classroom teachers, and they fit social language intervention. They suit students in grades 1 through 6 who are developing inferencing and prediction, and they work in individual therapy, small group sessions, and classroom activities.

Why Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs), special educators, and teachers love these companion cards:

The cards break inferencing into determining events, inferring emotions and thoughts, and predicting conclusions, so you can target each step rather than a single catch-all skill. The donut-stacking game keeps students engaged across the full deck while they practise higher-level reasoning in a social context.

What Happens Next? (Donut Dilemma Companion Cards) includes:

• 50 content cards

Please note: This is a companion card set for Donut Dilemma: What Would You Do? The game is not included, but can be purchased separately here.