Speech Therapy Ideas & Speech Therapy Activities

Why work on describing? Describing with details helps a child be specific about the different attributes of an item.  This can help students with comparing and contrasting, using details in their writing, and increasing their vocabularies. Creativity disclaimer First off, I must give credit where credit is due.  This wonderful activity is used by the [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Do you want a concrete way to increase your clients’ results?  A way to help them retain what they have learned?  If so, then consider this… The articles I have read indicate that in the general population about 65% of people are visual learners, compared to only 20-30% who are auditory learners, with the rest [...]

Do you want a way to help your clients expand their vocabularies and improve their describing skills?  If so, work on categorization. Organization When things are organized, you can find what you need quickly and know where things go once you’ve obtained them.  The same is true for linguistic organization.  Understanding how things go together [...]

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 [...]