Speech Therapy Ideas & Speech Therapy Activities

This activity was sent in by Becky Pearson from The Dalles, Oregon.  She discovered a great way to turn chocolate candy boxes into a fun and flexible therapy activity.  It’s portable and can easily be used with a group of students with different therapy goals. What you need: A chocolate candy box with a divided [...]

I love getting Christmas cards during the holiday season, but don’t know what to do with them once the holidays have passed.  This year, I’m going to give them a second life in my therapy sessions! To start, select cards that have interesting pictures on the front and cut each card along the fold to [...]

Here is a fun twist on a classic memory game that gets the students up and involved. You can play it with a pocket chart, put the cards up on a board held with magnets, or simply lay the cards out on the table. By choosing different picture or word cards and changing the number [...]

I’ve found that the more “hands on” an activity is, the more my students participate and enjoy the work we are doing.  By putting a speech or language spin on a classic Thanksgiving activity, you can target a wide range of goals – and have some fun too! Getting Started First the students trace their [...]

Want some fun, useful and very inexpensive therapy materials? Pick up a box of Valentine’s cards! They can be turned into customized therapy materials in just a matter of minutes! And did I mention how inexpensive they are? I found boxes of cards with licensed characters on them at the dollar store! Here are some [...]

Here are some great ideas for working on s clusters! They were submitted by Angel Reaux, a graduate student at University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Thank you, Angel! Use I Spy books or puzzles or put pictures of s cluster objects on the wall and play “I Spy” games. Use a puppet spider and have [...]