A song cover for What I Want (the chicken nugget song) featuring chicken nuggets and French Fries.

What I Want | "The Chicken Nugget Song"

The perfect song to teach late talkers how to make requests

Empower your late talker to use the core words "I Want" to request their favorite things in this song that little ones often call “the chicken nugget song”.

Toddlers are so motivated to get what they want. Their first words are often those that get their needs met. This song models words and phrases for highly motivating objects and actions, including shoes on, go outside, water, pour, open the door, and bubbles. 

It also models the names of several favorite foods, including veggie straws, cheese sticks, Goldfish™, french fries, and of course, chicken nuggets.

To help little ones to start putting word combinations together to make requests, the phrase “I want ____” is modeled throughout “the chicken nuggets song”.

It’s so much more than just a song about chicken nuggets. It’s “What I Want”!

Encourage Your Child to Express Their Needs with the What I Want Core Word Song!

This song for speech therapy uses AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) to support your child to understand and use this powerful core vocabulary word. The symbols are shown on screen as the lyrics play. An index finger touches the corresponding core word symbol for each word in time with the lyrics to provide aided language stimulation.

If your child is getting started with AAC, this video will support you with learning how to model core vocab with music at home.

First Words: A Guide for Parents of Kids with Speech Delays

If your child has a speech delay, and you are ready to get them talking, then the First Words Guide is the perfect tool to empower you. Discover the key strategies to use in tandem with the music, and learn how to do it all within the activities and routines you are already doing with your child every day. You don't have to have a degree or a certificate to get your little one talking- just a willingness to learn.