5 Fun Easter Speech Language Activities
Are you looking for some fun Easter speech language activities for your students? Here are a few ideas that I enjoy using around Easter time to infuse some spring and Easter themed vocabulary words and other activities into our speech therapy sessions.
1. Talk about Easter Idioms. Idioms are phrases or expressions that typically have a figurative meaning that is understood by speakers and listeners. They can be tricky for kids and language learners because they do sound like they mean one thing (the literal meaning), when they actual mean another (the figurative meaning).
Try talking about these Easter Idioms to talk about with your students:
She is full of beans.
It went in one ear and out the other.
I have to walk on eggshells around him.
She was grinning from ear to ear.
Please don’t spill the beans.
2. Create your own Easter Egg Hunt. Using the plastic eggs that you can find in any Walmart, Target or Dollar Store, you can create a simple and easy language building activity. The simple act of searching for and finding colored eggs and placing them in baskets creates plenty of opportunities for language. “What color eggs did you find?” “How many eggs did you find?” “Where did you find the eggs?” “Who has the most eggs?”, etc. During the Easter Egg Hunt you can target even more specific speech language goals by placing pictures containing target sounds inside the eggs, plastic letters (for letter identification), Easter vocabulary pictures (for naming), etc.
*Answer questions about the eggs (What color, How many, Where did you find them, etc.)
*Sort the eggs by color
*Put plastic letters inside the eggs for letter identification
*Hide mini articulation pictures inside the eggs to target speech sounds. Print some from this Free Articulation Worksheets Freebie for /S/.
* Tuck some simple Easter Vocabulary word cards inside. I like this free set from Michelle Breaux.
3. Read some Easter Books. Try a few favorites with younger readers.
4. Cook with the kids! Cooking creates many fabulous language learning opportunities – following directions, cooking vocabulary, describing taste, flavor, texture, etc., sharing and cooperating with other cooks and tasters, and so much more! Plus it also encourages children to try new things. I love this set of recipes from the Taste of Home website – 50 Easter Recipes Grandkids Can Help Make
Doesn’t this Bird’s Nest Recipe look like fun?
5. Easter Speech and Language Worksheets: I have listed a few of my favorites from Teachers Pay Teachers. They include both free and paid resources.
Coloring Pages for Easter by Krista Wallden
Easter No Prep Speech and Language by Jen Alcorn
Easter Speech and Language Activity Kit by Kathy Babineau
Build a Bunny Game by Kathy Babineau
Easter Speech and Language Activities Interactive by Stacey Crouse
Easter Speech Therapy Activity – Building Sentences Freebie by Angie S.
Check out some of my Following Directions Activities for some that are perfect for spring and Easter. This Spring Flower Following directions freebie is easy and fun to use for spring and Easter themes.