Getting to know you activities speech therapy

Enjoy these ideas on what activities you can do on the first day of speech therapy after summer break is over.

It's time to "break the ice" with your older students in speech therapy, so you're on the hunt for something they won't roll their eyes at. Use these easy ideas to help your students build connections with each other and you, while you also integrate opportunities to practice speech and language goals. Perfect for back to school or a new student in a group!

Let me help you with some back-to-school speech therapy ideas to make planning and preparation easier and more fun and...

What activities do you use in your speech therapy classroom? Using board games is a fun way to work on communication skills while having fun. This blog post gives you 10 speech therapy board games that are recommended from an SLP. Your speech therapy students will love all of these games - Bubble Talk, Yeti in my Spaghetti, Jenga, and Guess Who. These games can help students come up with questions, work on vocabulary words, enhance receptive and expressive language and focus on articulation.

Check out these back to school theme therapy ideas for speech therapy: first session essentials, imaginative play toy ideas, low-prep crafts, getting to know you activities, all about me activities, back to school song ideas, vocabulary ideas, boom cards, book companions and more!

All About Me is the perfect theme for the beginning of the school year in speech therapy. But it’s not just for the first weeks of school. Anytime there is a new student in speech therapy, this theme is great to use or reuse. If you have never used themed speech therapy units, this is also a great one to start with. Students enjoy learning about and talking about themselves which is great for speech therapy! Use this thematic unit to address wh- questions, core vocabulary, and so much more!

What always helps build the excitement of back to school is spending some money!! There is a HUGE round up of FREE & paid TPT resources. They are all back to school speech and language activities that you're going to love for the start of the school year!

I wanted to share a few of my favorite back to school resources! I will post them in two categories: FREE and paid. Feel free to leave me your favorites in a co

There are a LOT of to-do's for school-based SLPs that first week back at work. It can become overwhelming with managing your speech therapy caseload. So, if you want to start the school year off ready to know what to tackle first, check out this blog post on how to get your speech therapy caseload organized and ready for therapy!

Set a friendly tone in your classroom with these 30 "Get to Know You" games for kids that are perfect for back to school or when welcoming a new student. These icebreaker activities are great for elementary school community and team building, as well as practicing social skills, #backtoschool #gettoknowyougames #communitybuilding #socialskills #socialemotionallearning #icebreaker