Spring Speech Therapy Crafts
Using spring speech therapy crafts is a great way to keep younger students engaged and little hands busy (especially in between turns). Don’t forget that kids love to show off their creations at home, creating a great opportunity for carry-over at home! Whether you are looking for some cute and functional crafts to hang on the speech therapy bulletin board or a fun spring activity, here are some ideas for you! Spring Speech Therapy Crafts: Bird’s Nest Articulation and Language Craft This cute bird’s nest craft is perfect if you are looking for a print & go craft that you can use for both articulation or language targets. (Hello mixed…
Valentine’s Day Speech Therapy Activities
Winter can feel like a long season, so Valentine’s day speech therapy activities are a great way to add a fun theme to therapy toward the end of winter! Here are some ideas for language therapy, social skills, and articulation! Valentine’s Day Speech Therapy Activities: Valentine’s Day Following Directions Worksheets Do your students love to color? It can be a calming activity for many students. If you have students working on auditory comprehension skills/following directions goals, these Valentine’s Day Following Directions Coloring Sheets are for you! They are print-and-go and feature 1-step and 2-step directions including temporal directions. Valentine’s Day Speech Therapy Crafts I love a good craft – great for engaging students…
Compare and Contrast Speech Therapy Activity – Free Download
I made this free compare and contrast speech therapy activity with three levels of scaffolding that I’m giving away in my Teachers Pay Teachers store! And best of all? This is a no-prep activity – just print and go! It includes pairs of pictures to compare and contrast with three levels of scaffolding! (Each level includes the same word pairs.) **There is a free BOOM Cards version too!** This Free Compare and Contrast Speech Therapy Activity Includes: Level 1: Cut and paste pictures with words into a Venn diagram Level 2: Same Venn Diagrams but cut and paste with words only Level 3: Student fills in the Venn diagrams (Each…
When Questions for Speech Therapy – Free WH Question Cards
Do your students benefit from the use of visuals? Then you need these free “When” Questions Speech Therapy Cards! If you practice speech therapy with students on the autism spectrum (or any child with receptive language difficulties), you probably hear over and over again that you need to incorporate visuals to help your students increase comprehension. Teaching When Questions and other WH- Questions is no different! Visuals can be so helpful for students! So how can you incorporate visuals when working on Wh- questions in speech therapy? 1. Incorporating visuals to increase comprehension of the question (This is often skipped over) 2. Offer visual answer choices These 25 When Questions Speech Therapy Cards do both –…
Thanksgiving Speech Therapy Activities
When it comes to Thanksgiving speech therapy activities, I like to focus on themes of being thankful . . . and the FOOD! But in all seriousness, adding themed resources can liven things up right before a holiday. Plus, students with early communication skills can benefit from working on simple vocabulary around the tradition of the Thanksgiving meal – from prepping to eating it! Thanksgiving Speech Therapy Activities: Thanksgiving Craft for Speech Therapy I love a good craft – great for engaging students and getting in multiple trials! Plus, students love to show off a craft at home, which makes them great for carry-over. If you are looking for a…
Halloween Speech Therapy Activities and Crafts
I have some fun (and still educational) Halloween speech therapy activities rounded up for today’s post! I hope you find something useful for your caseload. Halloween Speech Therapy Activities: Halloween Crafts for Speech Therapy I love a good craft! And I love a good game – wait a craft and game in one? Sign me up! Roll-a-Pumpkin is a roll-and-glue activity. Gluing is often easier for students with minor fine motor challenges than a roll-and-draw activity. Whether you use this in a small group or an individual session, you can have students work on requesting a turn, passing the dice, stating the number and piece they rolled, and requesting any materials…
Back-to-School Speech-Language Activities for Elementary Students
Looking for ideas for the new school year? I’ve got some back-to-school Speech-Language activities for you (including a freebie) . . . and most are no-prep or low-prep! (If you looking for back-to-school speech-language activities geared more toward early language skills for students who need lots of visuals, check out this article.) This post contains affiliate links, which means we could receive a commission if you click a link and purchase something that we have recommended. Back-to-School Speech-Language Activities: Back-to-School Craft for Speech Therapy: Articulation and Language I love a good craft – great for engaging students and getting in multiple trials! Plus, students love to show off a craft at home, which makes them…
Using Visuals in Speech Therapy
If you work with students who use AAC, particularly those on the autism spectrum or with multiple disabilities, using visuals is so important to help your students access the world around them. I tend to think of visuals for speech therapy in two categories: 1. Visuals to help the student with comprehension (receptive visual aids) 2. Visuals to help the student to communicate with others (expressive) Creating Visuals for Speech Therapy and the Classroom Because a lot of students (especially those with more profound needs) benefit from personalized visuals, it is great to be able to create them yourself. I use Boardmaker to create my resources. Most speech therapy departments…
Summer Speech Therapy Books
If you are looking for summer books to use in your speech therapy sessions, I’ve rounded up a list of books by summer themes. Some themes I like to use for summer include the beach, ocean animals, camping, pirates, and more! This post contains affiliate links, which means we could receive a commission if you click a link and purchase something that we have recommended. Summer Speech Therapy Books: Ocean-Themed Books: The Deep Blue Sea by Audrey Woods The Pout-Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen Commotion in the Ocean by Giles Andreae The Three Little Fish and the Big Bad Shark by RELATED: Summer Speech-Language Activities for Elementary Students Beach-Themed Books: How…
Summer Speech Language Activities for Elementary Students
It’s almost the end of the school year- whoo hoo! But it can be a VERY busy time of the year with extra IEP meetings and reports to write. I’ve got some summer Speech-Language activities for you . . . and most are no-prep or low-prep! (If you looking for summer speech-language activities geared more toward early language skills for students who need lots of visuals, check out this article.) This post contains affiliate links, which means we could receive a commission if you click a link and purchase something that we have recommended. Summer Speech-Language Activities: Summer Coloring Activities Coloring is a preferred activity for a lot of students…