Going back to school is always an emotional time for SLPs!
I'm sharing speech therpay activities, games, and resources for hybrid therapy, distance therapy, and in-person therapy are all possible service delivery options.
There are lots of themes you can use all year in your speech therapy sessions, and today I'm going to share all of my favorite back to school themed books, games, songs, and toys for speech therapy!
I created this list of the best preschool speech therapy resources for Back to School to help streamline your therapy planning. These resources will help you create fun and engaging speech and language therapy sessions throughout August and September for your preschoolers.
For your convenience, I chose products that can be used with a variety of students and to target a variety of speech and language goals.
DRILL ACTIVITIES
Speech Therapy Spinners: Include over 120 sheets (way more than just school) and 180 spinners, including school themed friends! Includes themed vocabulary and loads of expressive language, receptive language, articulation and phonology goals!
High Trial Mats: If you need a little bit of structure to get loads of trials - this is it! This speech therapy activity keeps your students engaged and encourages lots of practice. Paired with mini erasers, mini objects, or a dry eraser marker this activity will keep your students practicing and engaged the entire time (honestly, I don’t understand why - but it’s true!). You can write in your own targets or use any of the over 60 goal strips included covering receptive language, expressive language, articulation, phonology and more!
BOOKS
If you are interested in an easy preschool craft to use with these pre-k books, check out these No Prep Book Craft Sheets!
Each of the listed stories has a one page craft sheet that can be used for story retell, to answer questions about the story, to act out the story while you are reading it aloud. The top part of the sheet is the setting of the story and the bottom half has the characters/items in the story.
Your students will love this fine motor activity and it can be used all year round (not just for a school theme!). You can check them out here
HANDS ON ACTIVITIES:
School Mini Object Scene: This is one of the 90 Mini Object Scenes in my Mini Object Scenes. Pair with any small manipulatives (mini erasers, pom poms, play dough) to create scenes.
It includes visuals for wh-questions, spatial concepts, and describing. You can use it to target so many speech and language IEP goals!
Back to School Say and Play: Use this Back to School Speech Therapy activity for drill or structured play to target a huge variety of speech therapy goals, such as expressive language, articulation, pronouns, receptive language, phonology, grammar, cluster reduction, and much more!
This resource is low prep and can be used ALL AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER for your entire preschool and Kindergarten caseload! Your students simply find the cookie and match it to their target sheet (perfect for bringing play into groups!). They say the word and then PLAY!
School Critter Clinic Toy Companion: Use this speech therapy toy companion with the popular speech therapy toy - The Critter Clinic! This School Preschool Activity allows you to target articulation, wh- questions, language processing, pronouns, concepts, and so much more! Use this play based speech therapy activity with your 3 year olds, 4 year olds, and kindergarteners. Even early elementary kids will love this hands on speech therapy activity. Perfect for mixed groups, centers, or individual sessions. Click to check it out!
MOVEMENT ACTIVITY:
School Feed and Move: A feeding game with a twist! You and your student take turns spinning the spinner and doing the action towards the school characters to feed him a themed snack! Don’t drop the snack or you will have to start again! There are loads of therapy ideas included so you will be able to use it with your entire caseload! It also includes other winter characters so you can use it for a long time! I love to pair this game with any Schoo themed book and pretend to feed the School characters!'
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Use this free back to school speech and language therapy activity during the first days and weeks of speech therapy! This is a perfect no prep activity to use in August and Septemberand to send home as a keepsake.
These Year In Preview Sheets are sure to be a hit in your therapy room! Snag it here!
This combination of activities will allow you to use a back to school theme with your entire caseload to target expressive language, receptive language, wh-questions, articulation, and more!!