Speech Therapy Ideas & Speech Therapy Activities

How can you mend a broken heart? Simple! Find the heart halves with words that go together, and “voila”, you’ve saved Valentine’s Day!  Your students can work on synonyms, antonyms, or Valentine words that go together, such as flowers and vase! What you need: Heart shaped papers with word pairs on them, cut in half, [...]

Welcome autumn!  If you’re like me, you’re ready for some cooler weather and fun, fall activities.  I love to use the changing of seasons to introduce new vocabulary, games, and activities into my sessions.  It’s also a great time to reinforce previously learned skills from a different angle.  Try some of these apple activities or [...]

Why are bubbles so great? They’re cheap, fascinating, low-tech, and a wonderful therapy tool – a must have for Speech-language Pathologists working with young children.  The effect bubbles can have on a child is amazing!  By blowing bubbles, you can quickly gain and hold a child’s attention or calm a fussy child.  You can work [...]

A foundation for many goals is an established concept of “same” vs. “different”.  It is nearly impossible to work on concepts such as colors, shapes, or comparatives without the child having first learned “same” and “different”.  If you find yourself working on these, here is an easy way to make some picture cards.   Making [...]

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, [...]