Back to School Ideas for Speech!

It’s getting to be that time of year.  Whether you are excited or dreading the return to school (I’m a little bit of both), it’s nice to have a few fun and easy-to-use activities in your back-to-school bag of tricks.  Keep reading for some back-to-school speech therapy ideas that you and your students will like.

 

I love this Speech Therapy planner from Busy Bee Speech.  I’ve used this for several years now to keep track of evaluations, birthdays, parent contacts, daily/weekly lesson plans, and much more.  A good planner helps me so much at the beginning of the school year to set up important dates, and themes for the year.

 

This fun ice breaker activity is a great back-to-school idea that gets kids talking and laughing. “Would you rather have blue toes or blue hair?” Kids love these silly questions.  I like how these questions get kids thinking and interacting in the classroom and in speech therapy.

Here’s another fun back-to-school speech therapy idea – Back to School Bingo!  This bingo set has 24 bingo boards and includes picture and riddle calling cards.  Use this in a full classroom or in a smaller getting to know you speech therapy group activity.  Great for back-to-school vocabulary, school supplies, listening skills, and inferencing.

I had these Hand-Lettered Classroom Posters hanging in my speech therapy room last year and plan to use them again this year.  They looked beautiful for our back-to-school night Open House and were inspiring for me and my students.

Still need more Back-to-School Speech therapy ideas?  How about this simple school bus recipe.  Tasty and easy to create.  This free visual recipe has a few simple ingredients – graham, crackers, pretzels, round cookies, and frosting.  Kids cooking together is great for following directions, conversation, and making friends.  Do you want some more simple fall recipes?  Try these

Get organized at the beginning of the year with this back-to-school organization kit for speech therapy.  Contains folder covers, all about me worksheets, sticker charts, and lots of great essentials for getting the year off to a great start in the speech therapy room.

Here’s another back-to-school speech therapy idea that is fun and free!  Kids like determining the literal and figurative meanings of these back-to-school-themed idioms.

 

What do you like to do to get ready for back to school in speech?  Let me know!