Speech Therapy Ideas & Speech Therapy Activities

Working on parts of speech may seem like something that should happen in the classroom, not in language therapy.  But consider that metalinguistics, an awareness of the rules of language, is critical for language development.  And it’s not surprising that students with language impairments often have poor metalinguistic skills. I have found that while all [...]

Use Easter and spring sentences to build a basket These sentences make it easier to work with a group of students who are focused on different sounds or skills.  Every sentence contains the /k/, /l/, /s/, and “r” sounds.  The sentences can also be used to identify parts of speech.  There are 25 Easter sentences [...]

How do you make learning parts of speech fun?  Use this printable, portable, and practical game!  Since it only requires the cards included, you can simply print, cut, and play!  Fifty St. Patrick’s Day themed game cards and a parts of speech reference page are included. How to Play Display the cards face down where [...]

“Fix-ups” are a great way to have students identify and correct written errors, which can then carry-over to editing their own writing.  These Valentine’s Day fix-ups focus on capitalization, punctuation, and possessive “s” errors.  You can print copies of this language therapy worksheet for individual work or write the sentences on a board for a [...]

Verb variety is the key to this activity/game.  Students reach into a bag or bowl and pull out a game card.  Then they have to fill in a missing verb to complete the sentence on the card. To play it as a competitive game, have the student or team complete the sentence with as many [...]

Students practice finding and replacing boring verbs with vivid verbs on this worksheet.  First they find the boring verbs in the story, then they rewrite the story replacing the boring verbs with their own vivid verbs. This page can be used together with the vivid verb pre-test and post-test, cards and sorting pages, and identification [...]