Making Inferences from Pictures Activity Description: Making inferences can be very hard for some of our clients, so I always like to start with pictures. Explain to the child that an inference is the combination of background knowledge and observations. Show the child a picture and ask what inferences we can make. Help them identify …
Following 3-Step Directions in the Natural Environment Activity Description: Think about some 3-step directions that might commonly be given to a child in a classroom. Then, practice those directions in an isolated setting. You’ll need to help the child remember to listen for all parts of the direction, remember all parts, and then execute all …
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Tracing Pages for Speech Sound Practice Description: There are only so many ways we can have a child practice the same sound over and over again! Yet it takes a lot of repetitions to get it set in their minds! Sometimes it helps to have something for them to do with their hands while …
Speech Sound Carry-Over Challenge Description: Set up a fun activity for the child to do during your session. Pick out a favorite toy or craft. Then, explain the rules of the challenge to the child. You’ll pick one sound (or a class of sounds) to listen for. Sometimes when you hear the child say …
Practicing Sounds in Structured Conversation Activity Description: Choose a sound or sounds to target and ask the child to concentrate on using that sound correctly during structured conversation tasks. Start with easy things like rote tasks (saying the alphabet or the pledge of allegiance) and then work your way up to harder questions like …
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Sound Syllable Spider Activity Description: Draw a happy little spider like the one above. Write vowels on each of his legs and a consonant in the middle (preferably one that the child needs to work on). Have the child pair the consonant with each of the vowels to work on the sound in nonsense …
Reading and Retelling Passages for Speech Sounds Activity Description: For older children who are working on generalizing their speech sounds, have them read a passage while focusing on saying their target sound(s) correctly and then retell what happened in the passage. Bonus points if you use passages like these above that are packed full …
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Why I Come to Speech Activity for Speech Description: Using a workbook like the one above, or making your own, ask the child a series of questions that will lead him toward self-discovery of why he comes to speech therapy. Start with general questions like “what are your interests”, “what are your strengths”, and …
Tree-Picking Activity for Multi-Syllabic Words Description: Use a worksheet like the one above or draw your own tree and put your multi-syllabic word cards on it. Place one small piece of food or a small token on each card. Tell the child that it’s time to go tree picking! For each one she pulls …
Start to Finish Articulation Homework Description: This one is fun! It’s essentially the entire articulation therapy from start to finish in one worksheet/flow chart. You’ll start the child at the isolation level and keep upping the game until he reaches his maximum ability level. So to start, have the child say a sound in …
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