Our "stop" in the Great Smoky Mountains was a fun one. For our previous stops, we pretended to be a park ranger. For this one, the kids pretended to be a black bear searching for food in the mountains! I love speech therapy sessions when the kids can move around! Getting Started To get into… Continue reading Creative Speech Therapy Activities in Great Smoky Mountains
Category: Speech Therapy Themes
Thematic speech therapy is my jam. Need help or ideas for a theme? I’ve got you covered!
Engaging Speech Therapy: Crafting in Big Bend National Park
National Parks can be an interesting theme for speech therapy. This summer I chose 10 parks scattered throughout the country to take my clients to...virtually of course! One of our stops was right here in our home state of Texas-Big Bend National Park. Our "day" in Big Bend this year happened to fall during July… Continue reading Engaging Speech Therapy: Crafting in Big Bend National Park
Engaging Speech Activities Inspired by Florida National Parks
**DISCLAIMER: This blog post does contain affilate links. If you purchase from on the links, it does not cost you extra. I earn a small portion from the sales.** "Where are we going today?" is my favorite question to hear during summer speech therapy. My clients have absolutely loved our pretend vacation. We've already created… Continue reading Engaging Speech Activities Inspired by Florida National Parks
Transform Speech Therapy: Adventures in National Parks
For the past few summers, I have changed up our speech therapy sessions from the usual book themed sessions to VACATIONS! That's right VIRTUAL VACATIONS! After the first summer at Disney, I knew I had to change up some things for the older kids (elementary age) to make it more engaging for them. Many of… Continue reading Transform Speech Therapy: Adventures in National Parks
The SLP’s Guide to Using “Heimlich’s Chew Chew Train” YouTube Video in Speech Therapy
We just finished up 3 weeks of a bug theme in our speech therapy sessions. I don't usually carry out my bug theme that long but COVID-19 and teletherapy happened. Now, I am sitting back, wondering why I have I never done this before?! My speech therapy sessions have had to take on an entirely… Continue reading The SLP’s Guide to Using “Heimlich’s Chew Chew Train” YouTube Video in Speech Therapy
Pirate Themed Crafts for Speech Therapy
If you haven't noticed by now, I freakin' LOVE using crafts in my speech therapy sessions! So guess what? The pirate themed week was no different! I actually had two crafts I could switch between, depending on the goals of my clients. Paper Plate Pirate Craft for Speech Therapy I used this one for my… Continue reading Pirate Themed Crafts for Speech Therapy
Penguin Crafts for Speech Therapy
I like to spend our last session of the week in speech therapy crafting. We've read our book, completed drill work and now it's time for fun! I came up with cute penguin crafts to finish up the week. One of these was inspired by the "Little Penguins" book we read earlier in the week! Articulation Penguin This… Continue reading Penguin Crafts for Speech Therapy
Halloween Apps for Speech Therapy
We all have our favorite apps for everyday speech therapy. Halloween should be no different. I have a few that I really like. I work with mostly toddlers to preschool age right now, so I tend to use "not so scary" apps. Fall Apps for Speech Therapy Starfall Pumpkin It has 2 great activities. … Continue reading Halloween Apps for Speech Therapy
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