Speech Therapy Ideas & Speech Therapy Activities

Could it be?  Could hanging laundry actually be fun?  With this speech therapy activity it can be! What you’ll need Picture or word cards cut out in the shape of clothing (e.g., shirts, shorts, mittens) Yarn or string (and a simple way to hang it) Clothespins or large paper clips Small basket or container for [...]

What is it? Interdental lisping is when the tongue protrudes between the front teeth when producing /s/ or /z/, resulting in a “th” sound.  The /s/ becomes a voiceless “th”, as in “think”, and the /z/ becomes a voiced “th”, as in “those”.  Interdental lisping, also be known as “frontal lisping”, is a normal developmental [...]

How can you quickly solve the fronting of /k/?  Tackle the tongue tip!  Getting /k/ in isolation is easily achieved by keeping the child’s tongue tip from making contact with the alveolar ridge or teeth.  Some ideas for doing this include: • Use a tongue depressor to gently hold the tongue tip down while the child [...]

What’s fun, inexpensive, and versatile for therapy activities?  Plastic Easter eggs!  All of the ages I work with (from 3 to 19 years old) enjoy our egg games.  It could be that I make prizes part of the activities or just that it’s something we only do for about one week each year.  Whatever the reason, [...]

Who is Sam? “Ssssam” is my new best friend for working on the “s” sound with children.  He is simply a sock puppet that I made with my sons and recently took to work.  And he was a hit!   What do you do with Sam? I use Sam is different ways depending on the [...]

Time to take it up a notch Yeah!  Your client can successfully use his target sound in words and sentences!  Now what?  It’s time to take it to the next level.  If the child can read, I recommend having him read sound-loaded stories before jumping straight into conversational speech practice. Why reading? The printed words [...]