May Speech Therapy Activities

May can feel like a whirlwind – the school year is wrapping up, there are end-of-year meetings, assessments, IEPs, and your schedule is probably changing daily. Here are some low-stress, high-impact May speech therapy activities that are perfect for this time of year!

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May Speech Therapy Themes

Insects & Bugs (bees, butterflies, ladybugs, ants)
Outdoor Play (bubbles, sidewalk chalk, playground vocabulary)
Flowers & Gardens
Weather (rain, sunshine, rainbows)
Plants & Life Cycles
Spring on the Farm
Picnics
Mother’s Day (“My Favorite Things about My Mom” booklet)
End-of-Year & Graduation
Memorial Day

Pick one theme per week or mix and match based on your students’ goals and interests!

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May Speech Therapy Books and Read-Alouds

🐝 The Very Greedy Bee by Steve Smallman

This one adds a fun twist to your insect theme with great opportunities for inferencing and problem solving.
Targets: social language, sequencing, story retell
Try this: Discuss how the bee’s choices affected the story and practice making predictions.

🌼 Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert

A colorful, simple book that’s great for labeling, colors, categories, and describing.
Targets: adjectives, colors, flower names, basic sentence structure
Try this: Use Spring Category Sorting Mats alongside the book for vocabulary expansion.

☔ When Spring Comes by Kevin Henkes

This one’s full of spring vocabulary and cute illustrations.
Targets: weather, compare/contrast winter vs. spring, seasonal changes
Try this: Compare the winter-themed illustrations in the book to the spring illustrations – what is different? What is the same?

🧺 Picnic Pretend Play

If you have younger students, set up a pretend picnic using play food, a blanket, and maybe some paper ants. It’s a fun way to target:

Requesting: “I want the apple.”
Describing: “The apple is red and round.”
Following Directions: “Put the banana next to the cookie.”

It’s a perfect blend of play-based therapy and targeted goals—plus, no printer needed!

🌸 Spring-Themed WH Questions

May is a great time to revisit WH questions with fresh spring vocabulary. Think flowers, gardening, baby animals, and bugs! Use real photos, picture scenes, or short stories. I love using simple visuals with springtime scenes/book illustrations and asking questions like:

“What do you see in the garden?”
“Where does the bee fly?”
“Why do we water plants?”

👉 This Spring WH Questions Setis one of my go-to resources—simple visuals, seasonal vocabulary, and low-distraction backgrounds.

Mother’s Day Speech Therapy Activity

I love this Mother’s Day Speech Therapy Booklet with visual choices! (Perfect for students on the autism spectrum or who use AAC.) It is a sweet project about the student’s “favorite things about mom” that can be sent home to mom/grandma/auntie. It is perfect as a 1:1 activity or a small group project.

More May Speech Therapy Activities

If you’ve got early language learners – or students that benefit from lots of visual supports, then this Spring Language Activities Set is perfect!

This Visuals-Based Spring Set includes:

Spring WH Question Cards
Roll-a-Chick Craft/Game
Spring Object Function Cards
Spring Interactive Books
Spring Category Sorting
Spring “Favorite Things” Booklet

Or if you are looking for slightly more advanced speech and language activities for elementary students, you might enjoythis Spring Speech Therapy Set!

Includes:

Spring Following Directions Coloring Pages
Spring Compare & Contrast
Bird Nest Craft – for Articulation and Language
Spring Bingo – with WH Questions, Inferences, Following directions, and spring vocab
Spring Short Stories with WH Questions

Keep It Simple

The end of the year doesn’t have to be complicated. Stick with what works, reuse favorite activities, and give yourself permission to keep it simple. Your students will still be learning—and having fun doing it!

Have a favorite May activity? I’d love to hear what’s working in your speech room this month. Leave a comment below!