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20+ Engaging Middle School Speech Therapy Activities

Middle school speech therapy activities can be engaging AND educational. Read about five activities to engage your secondary students in speech therapy sessions.

Working with middle school students can be a blast! It can also be very challenging. I’ve had some of my most meaningful sessions with middle school students, but also my hardest. Middle school is hard…but working with middle school students in speech therapy sessions doesn’t have to be . 

The great thing about (most) speech and language goals and sessions is that there isn’t a certain curriculum you have to follow. You likely have the opportunity to be flexible and choose the topics you’re going to cover so long as you can tie in their goals. This allows you to engage with students a little more easily than someone like their social studies teacher can (though I had some pretty great ones). 

Continue reading to see five ways to engage middle school speech therapy students and 20+ activities you can use in your speech therapy sessions.

5 Ways to Engage Middle School Speech Therapy Students

1.get to know your students and their interests.

This sounds simple, but taking the time to focus on building rapport with your students can be really helpful for increasing engagement and motivation. By learning about some of their hobbies or interests, you can show them that you have an interest in them , and you can incorporate some of these interests into your session plans. 

I have zero to no interest in video games, but many of my middle school students love them. As they mention certain games, I mentally make notes about their names and try to find ways to incorporate them, or video games in general, into sessions. We have read articles about a video game engineer before and played a video game version of Wordle . 

This also goes for other hobbies or interests: movies, sports, games, music, and more. 

Ask Leading Questions:

It can be hard to even figure out what your students’ interests are, so asking leading questions can be helpful. Instead of asking, “What’s your hobby?,” you can ask Would You Rather…? questions to get some insight into what they like. You may ask, “Would you rather win tickets to a [insert popular local sports team] game or [insert popular band/singer]?,” or “Would you rather join the skateboarding club, Dungeons and Dragons club, or another type of club after school?”

Use AI Systems:

Using ChatGPT or other AI systems can also help create tailored content as well. For example, if you have students who have niche interests, you can use these AI models to create reading passages or questions related to these interests in literally seconds . You could search, “Create a short fiction passage for middle schoolers about the trains in Europe with accompanying comprehension” and voila, you have your content ready for your session! 

2.Provide task/activity options

Providing options can help middle schoolers feel a greater sense of control or ownership in what they are doing. There are many ways to provide simple options to increase engagement during their speech therapy sessions. 

Topic Options:

If your session activity is related to reading comprehension, try to provide multiple options with different topics. For example, find 2-3 different passages, and ask them which one they would like to read. 

Expressive Options:

If you are working on expressive goals, try to provide different options for how they express themselves. If they love drawing, see if they can draw a summary of a story (and then verbally explain what they drew and why 😉). If they like to write poetry, they can try to write a poem using coordinating conjunctions.

Session Options:

If you have two or more different activities you are planning on doing in your session, ask your students which one they would like to do first. 

3.Utilize technology

The vast majority of middle school students love technology. Harnessing that preference while incorporating goals is a great way to build engagement in students.

Wordless videos:

Watching wordless videos and animated shorts are some of our favorite ways to target a variety of skills. Check out some of our top videos we like to use during sessions. We also have wordless video companions inside our Open Community (1-pager) and Premium Community (lengthier packets). 

In addition to watching and discussing wordless videos, they can be expanded on by:

• Researching real-life connections: Catch It is about meerkats; learn about meerkats and the environment they live in. Pip is about guide dogs; read about what they do in real life. 
• Creating your own ending: Come up with an alternative ending or think about what might happen after the video ends. 

There is a lot of great educational content on YouTube, though I recommend screening videos ahead of time. Keep scrolling to see some great educational channels. You can also find sports highlight videos on YouTube. 

Speech-to-Text:

Use Siri or other speech-to-text instruments to look up information on search engines (e.g., Google) can be used for speech sound generalization. Articulation must be fairly accurate in order for the speech-to-text to display accurate results, which can be motivating for students who are having difficulty with generalization. I have used speech-to-text instruments to look up when movies are coming out to theaters, when the next NBA game is, or when a certain current event (e.g., Daylight Savings) is happening. 

4.Play games

Simple games can help increase engagement without taking too much time away from the learning content. For students with articulation goals, they may have to complete X trials before they take their next turn. For language goals that are not always as straightforward, you may take a turn or two in a game after reading or listening to two paragraphs (part of the language target). It may seem simple to you - but it can make a big difference in engagement. 

It can also be fun to up the ante with games. For example, the winner of a quick round of Tic Tac Toe may get to choose the reading passage, or the loser of the card game War round has to answer the next question in the question set.  

5. Encourage self-reflection

Self-reflection can help students think about their engagement and stay engaged over many sessions. Asking a few simple questions at the beginning and/or end of each session can help students better understand why they are spending their time in the session. 

Self-Reflection Questions:

How do you rate today’s session (1-5)?, Why do you rate it that way?, What did you do well today?, What could you improve on next time?, Bonus: goal-specific questions (e.g., What comprehension strategy did you find helpful today?)

These self-reflection sheets ( and all of our other resources ) are accessible inside our Premium Community . 

Bonus: Understand your students might just not be “having it” that day

Middle school can be tough. Sometimes, a student is having a rough day due to circumstances beyond your (and their) control. Think back to your middle school experiences: you probably had some rough days, where no matter what happened , you were not going to be super engaged in anything. This is likely going to happen to your students sometimes! Hopefully, it’s not a trend that continues for many weeks, but understanding that it’s common can be helpful if you feel like your sessions just didn’t go well. Using self-reflection tools (as mentioned above) can also provide some insights into students’ emotions and experiences. 

20+ Favorite Middle School Speech Therapy Activities

Find over 20 engaging middle school activities, with links when applicable. 

Tapping into interests

Articles/Reading Passages: About topics of their interest (e.g., anime, video games)

Facts and Opinions: About topics of their interest (e.g., “Lamar Jackson won the NFL MVP award this year” versus “Patrick Mahomes was robbed of the NFL MVP award this year.”)

Perspective Taking: About current events or special interests (e.g., Pros and cons of starting school at a later time ). 

Speech-to-Text: Search about preferred topics using accurate articulation

AI Systems: Create reading passages or questions about topics of interest

Playing games

Tic Tac Toe

Card games : War, Go Fish, Crazy 8s, etc.

Dominos : students can get creative and build things, or they can play the standard way and take turns

Reading passages 

Note: these are all free but some have paid premium options

K5 Learning  

NewsELA - Lite

Watching YouTube videos

Wordless videos and animated shorts

Nat Geo Kids

Virtual field trips

Sports highlights

Colossal Cranium

Student-friendly explanations about holidays or popular events, e.g., St. Patrick’s Day

Asking conversation questions

Would you rather…? Questions : related to hobbies, current events, special interests. Access some inside our Premium Community . 

Conversation starters: related to hobbies, current events, special interests

We hope you find new and engaging ways to work with your middle school students!

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20 Middle School Articulation Activities

October 25, 2023 //  by  Seda Unlucay

Keeping middle schoolers engaged during speech therapy practice can be quite a challenge. There are fewer targeted resources and heavier caseloads than with elementary students, making it all the more important to take a targeted approach and use your limited time effectively.

This thoughtfully curated collection of school-based speech therapy activities, articulation ideas, games, audio and video-based resources, and high-interest reading passages are designed to make your job easier while providing students with fun and engaging learning opportunities.

1. Practice Speech Sounds with a Football-Themed Game

Students can choose their own articulation words and compete to race them through the LEGO goalposts. The words can be adapted for different levels of difficulty while the kinesthetic aspect of this game encourages better memory and recall of the target vocabulary.

Learn More: Sweet Southern Speech

2. Articulation Students Bundle 

This collection includes various challenging phonemes such as L, S, and R blends. Students will be challenged to define each word, determine its category as a noun, verb, or adjective and use the word in a sentence, providing them with ample articulation practice.

Learn More: Speech Sprouts

3. Speech Therapy Articulation Activity

These 12 endangered animal passages have proven to be a hit with middle school students. The package features reading and listening comprehension questions drawn from real-world scenarios, designed to build language skills as well as articulation activities to practice target speech sounds.

Learn More: The Speech Owl

4. Try a Game to Ease Your Articulation Woes

Yeti in My Spaghetti is a super popular game and this creative twist on articulation is sure to be a hit. Every time students pronounce a word correctly, they can remove a noddle from the bowl without letting the Yeti fall in.

Learn More: Speech is Sweet

5. Make Paper Fortune Tellers for Middle School Speech Students

Fortune tellers are not only quick and easy to make, but they are also a hands-on way to get students involved in their learning. Why not adapt them for mixed articulation practice with words, phrases, and phonemic blends?

Learn More: Speech Blubs

6. Battleship Game to Practice Articulation in Speech Therapy

Battleship is a favorite game among students and this DIY version is easy to put together. Players practice saying any two targeted words as coordinates for their partner to guess. Unlike the original game, this version can be adapted as students progress with their learning goals.

Learn More: Sublime Speech

7. Articulation Placemat for Middle School Students

This simplified board game includes different target sounds, a tick-tack-toe board, a spinner, and a word list for each day. It’s a great way to reinforce in-school learning with fun, home-based practice.

Learn More: Blogspot

8. Word Mats Featuring a Complexity of Sentence Levels 

These challenging articulation worksheets are perfect for middle school speech therapy. They contain one-syllable and multi-syllable words and phrases and feature a wide variety of sentences for students to use the target sounds in a structured context.

Learn More: Twinkl

9. Favorite Articulation Activity for Middle School Grade Levels 

These vibrantly illustrated picture cards challenge students to describe similarities and differences between pairs of objects. They are an easy way to establish a conversational setting and encourage spontaneous speech and improve pronunciation skills. 

10. Try a  Digital Speech Blend FlipBook to Coach Students on Articulation

This online version of a speech flipbook is an interactive and compelling way to teach articulation, treat apraxia and dysarthria and develop phonological awareness. It’s easy to customize the content with your own word list items to reach specific articulation goals.

Learn More: Tactus Therapy

11. Articulation Stories and Daily Articles

This articulation activity bundle is perfect for middle school kids who can handle more sound practice per story. It features a data tracking sheet as well as a fun drawing portion with real photos. The series of concrete and abstract questions will challenge students to share their learning aloud and in words. 

Learn More: Speech Tea

12. Play a Ball Game for Articulation Practice Fun

Beach balls are a great, low-prep tool for adding movement to a speech therapy session and can be used to practice articulation, as well as phonology with target words and sentences. All you need is a sharpie and some space to move!

Learn More: Natalie Snyders

13. Read Articles on Topics of Interest to Students

This free online resource features a wide variety of interesting articles for students to choose from. Even better, the articles can be adapted to different grade levels and include comprehension questions to facilitate lively discussion.

Learn More: Newsela

14. Word Vault Pro App

This comprehensive app features picture flashcards, words, phrases, stories, and audio recordings organized by level of difficulty and concept. You can also add your own custom phrases, audio recordings, and pictures.

Learn More: Home Speech Home PLLC

15. Play a Speech and Language-Based Video Game

Video games can be more than just a source of entertainment for your learners because without knowing it they’ll also pick up on key speech and language skills. Invite them to play video games that are centered around practicing a language or allow them to play a multiplayer game where they’ll need to communicate with their teammates to win!

Learn More: English Club

16. Watch a Wordless Video to Teach Inferencing

Designed by an SLP, this series of engaging videos are a great way to develop articulation skills through retelling, sequencing, describing, and inferencing.

Learn More: Speech is Love

17.  Read and Discuss Middle School Literature 

Using a literature circle is one of the many ways that you can encourage your kids to discuss their favorite books in an exciting way. Simply split them into groups, have them read a specific section of their book before inviting them to discuss this section in their assigned groups.

Learn More: The Literacy Effect

18. Read and Discuss Kid-Friendly Articles from DOGO News

DOGO News features kid-friendly articles covering science, social studies, and current events. Students can read and listen to each article before sharing their thoughts, summarizing, or sequencing in order to get context-based articulation practice.

Learn More: Dogo News

19. Make and Narrarate Videos with Flip Grid

Middle school learners are sure to enjoy making their own videos and enhancing them with text, icons, and voiceovers. Why not have them read or retell a story, explain a tricky concept, or share a joke or riddle?

Learn More: Flip

20. Play a Game of Apples to Apples

Apples to Apples is an excellent game for middle school articulation practice as it emphasizes speech and vocabulary when making creative comparisons. You can adapt the game to target articulation, and fluency or specific parts of speech.

Learn More: Crazy Speech World

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Top Games for Middle School Speech Language Therapy

One question I am asked a lot is, “What are your favorite games and activities to use with middle school students in speech-language therapy?”  Today, I would like to share with you my top 13  favorites!

One thing that I think it is important to note that I’m not an SLP that uses games in every session, even for my elementary students.  For middle school, I prefer to structure my sessions with an introductory activity, then a main activity, followed by a few minutes of games as a reward at the end of the session.

Once or twice a semester, I will have a “game day” that is primarily game-based as an incentive for my students to work hard in our regular sessions if needed as a reward.  You would be surprised how motivated middle school students can be with the promise of playing the right games!

That being said, here are my favorite games for middle school students:

Quick and easy for the last 5 minutes of a session:

• Basketball hoop (students love to keep score!) – similar one here
• Regular playing cards (to play games like war)

Good for targeting articulation, language, fluency, and social skills in structured conversation within the session:

• Rory’s Story Cubes 
• Would You Rather card game
• Bubble Talk
• Loaded Questions, Jr.

What games do you find that your middle school students prefer?

PS:  Looking for therapy activities for middle school students?  Check out these posts HERE and HERE , and check out the middle school section of my TpT store here .

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Let’s be real for a moment.  If you look at the BIG companies that sell us resources to target speech and language skills, you won’t find much geared towards our secondary age students. In fact, recently I compiled a list of speech and language games that are commercially out there to target a variety of speech and language skills and something I was shocked to find was that when the company marked the ages it was appropriate for, it would start with something like “2nd grade and Up”.  Okay, up to what age?  I know that resource wouldn’t engage my 9-year-old, let alone a middle school student!  So how do we keep them engaged?!

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How to Plan the Best Speech Therapy Group Activities

• December 10, 2023

Speech therapy group activities that meet all your students’ needs and make planning easier for you.  I’ve included speech therapy group ideas for preschoolers, middle school speech therapy group activities, and my favorite articulation activities.

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Speech Therapy Group Activities

Planning for group therapy can be a hard task on its own, but when you’re trying to plan for a mixed group, with multiple goals, levels, and strengths, it can quickly become a very daunting task.  Scheduling, planning for, and putting together activities for mixed groups is difficult and can take a lot of time, but I am here to help.

Now I wish I could tell you that I had the solution to every single one of these problems and I never stressed about them again.  But the truth is, I don’t. There is never one way to make every single teacher and therapist happy with the schedule or to always have the perfect therapy group; however, I do have some tricks that I’ve learned along the way that make it so much easier and less stressful. 

To learn more about me and my journey as a school SLP click here .

How to Schedule Groups

I should preface this with a little information about my school setting because I know they are all a little different.  I work full-time in a pretty large elementary school with at least one other full-time SLP.  Not only do we share the caseload, we also share a therapy space.  While I know this may not be ideal for everyone, we have used it to our advantage.  Because our school is so large, we have never been able to split caseloads by grade level (due to school master schedules and large numbers of students in each grade) so we’ve always had some students in every grade, K-5.  Once we started sharing a room, we also started scheduling together so that we can accommodate more students from the same class(es) at the same time.  This prevents teachers from having multiple speech times for their classroom and helps us group students together more effectively.

Here is an example:

Mrs. A and Mrs. B, both third grade ESE inclusion teachers with similar daily schedules and a heavy caseload of speech and/or language students in each of their classes.

This is one way we may schedule their students:

With this schedule, both Mrs. A and B have only one speech time (9:30) that ALL of their students have speech.  Half come Mon/Tues and the other half come Thurs/Fri.  So much easier for the teachers and students to remember with fewer distractions and interruptions.  And we get to group students based on goals with 2 different language-only groups and 2 different speech-only groups.  It makes therapy planning SO much more manageable.

Activities for Mixed Groups

These are a few of my favorite therapy activities for my mixed groups:

• Picture Scenes

Board Games

Online activities, story-telling and retell activities – these can be as simple as using story dice or sequencing pictures to have students make-up their own story.  .

Story Champs is probably one of my all-time favorites and I use it every week in my therapy sessions.  It is structured to be used as a language intervention (perfect for MTSS), but as a therapist, you can adapt to use easily within your therapy sessions.  The Story Champs program comes with a ton of stories, on various levels, to be paired with their pre-made lesson plans.  These plans are organized by individual, small group, or large group sessions.  

You can start at any level within the program based on your students’ ability levels and needs.  I use their free assessment (the CUBED) as a pre/post-test or progress monitoring to see what my students’ need to work on.  There are also add-on lessons to help address vocabulary and complex sentence structure, they’ve really thought of everything.  I highly recommend checking it out! They also include a Spanish version if you are in need of bilingual materials. I have attended a few of their trainings as well and I highly recommend them.

Picture Scenes – perfect to adapt for any articulation or language goal.

• Pick out words to address at the word, phrase, or sentence level for articulation drill
• Work on carryover of articulation skills in describing and story-telling tasks
• Have students make up a story about the picture to address story-retell and grammar goals
• Ask questions about the picture to address wh question and vocabulary goals
• Have students describe the scene to work on vocabulary and grammar goals

Print and laminate the color picture scenes or objects to reuse over and over or display pictures on a tablet/laptop and ask the student to describe what is in the picture or what the object is used for.  I also print the black-and-white scenes and copy them for each student so they can color them during the session and then take it home for extra practice.  This is a great way to address carryover, especially for our younger students.   

Headbanz is a great game to use for carryover because the students will have to either ask questions or describe items which both provide great opportunities to incorporate target sounds in natural conversation. I also enjoy using linking games (such as Pickles to Penguins) for carryover activities.  In these games, students will have to express how 2 or more items are related (or how they go-together) in complete sentences.

I have recently joined and started using UltimateSLP with both my private clients and school students and I am really enjoying it.  There are tons of games that focus on different language and articulation skills that you pull up right on your tablet or laptop.  They’re great for in-person or teletherapy sessions.

I also use apps for story dice, silly sentences, and matching games on my tablet for fun, virtual games with my kiddos.

Speech Therapy Group Activities for Different Ages

Sometimes in our field, we have to plan for so many different age levels, even in a single setting.  So here are some of my favorite activities for preschool through middle school.

Speech Therapy Group Activities for Preschoolers

We all know that preschoolers do not have the longest attention spans and it can be difficult to keep them on task for a significant period of time.  So typical drill, at the therapy table therapy, is probably not going to be the way to go.  So instead, we play! Play therapy will get you the most bang for your buck, especially with these littles. 

Here is an example of using play therapy, following the child’s lead (in this case my son, age 3), and using their interests to lead therapy planning.

Click here to see the example video.

Some more of my favorite activities for littles are listed below:

• Short Books

Speech Therapy Activities for 7-year-olds and Elementary Students

My kids love to color so I developed these color-by-code language sheets that can be used in mixed groups or any therapy session to target a variety of goals.  They come in many different themes and I am creating new ones all the time.  Check out my language AND articulation color-by-code sheets over in my store.

Middle School Speech Therapy Group Activities

For middle schoolers, I would plan a variety of board games (Pickles to Penguins, Apples to Apples, Would You Rather? – junior, appropriate versions of course), card games, short videos to describe and retell, and articles about preferred interests.

Group Activities for Articulation

Even when you’re lucky enough to have a group of articulation goals only, planning for the variety of target sounds and levels can still be challenging.  I have tons of articulation activities over in my store to help you out including worksheets, foldables, color-by-codes, and crafts.

Speech Therapy /r/ Activities

/r/ worksheets

This r, l, and l, r blend worksheet packet has everything you need to work on L and R in all positions of words, l and r blends in words, and target sounds in sentences and answering questions.

/r/ foldables

These articulation activities for r, l, and related blends are the perfect addition to your therapy room to use in sessions and/or to send home for additional practice. They can be used as preschool articulation activities and are the perfect articulation activities for older students as well. No prep articulation activities can be hard to find, but these printable articulation activities are so much fun for the kiddos, they love them!

Speech Therapy /s, z/ Activities

/s/ worksheets , /s/ blends worksheets

Looking for some new speech articulation activities for your speech therapy sessions? These are excellent articulation activities for preschoolers and school-age students.

The no prep articulation activities include worksheets, reinforcers, and sentence level articulation activities for carryover.

/s/ foldables

Speech therapy printables, perfect for preschool speech therapy and school-age speech therapy.

Ready to print foldables for the following sounds:

• Initial and final /s/
• Initial and final /z/
• Initial /s/ blends: /st, sn, sm, sp, sk, sl/
• Final /s/blends: /ts, ps, ks/

Each foldable includes a cover (with visual placement for mouth), syllable practice page, 6 pictures for word, phrase, and/or sentence practice, draw & describe page for carryover in connected speech, word lists for each sound

More Speech Therapy Group Activities and Ideas:

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Speech Therapy Games for Middle School

October 12, 2016 2 min read

Speech therapy games for middle school can be a great way to engage older students in speech therapy!

Middle school students sometimes don’t want to come to speech therapy – at least that has been my experience. Gone are the happy kindergarteners who volunteered to go to speech … and replaced by grumpy students who are more than aware of social dynamics. They would rather disappear into a sea of faces inside a regular classroom than be pulled out for speech therapy. So it’s our task as speech pathologists to get those kids motivated and excited to participate in speech therapy. That’s why we’ve brought you our Top 5 Speech Therapy Games for Middle School !

Now games can be incorporated into speech therapy sessions as the therapy themselves working on language skills or articulation, but games are also great as reinforcers after successful trials. How you implement games in your speech therapy room I will leave up to you and your clinical judgment. But here are the five best speech language games I’ve used with middle schoolers:

Top 5 Speech Therapy Games for Middle School

1. apples to apples.

This game gets students laughing so much! They have to think about related/associated items. Things get silly fast and that’s why it’s been the hands down favorite with middle school students that I’ve worked with.

Taboo is super fun naming game that makes you again think about related or associated names, but it forces you not to say the most closely associated word. To read a more detailed post about ‘Taboo’ and ideas for using it in speech therapy, please click over to this post.

3. Pictionary

Even though many students say they can’t draw, they actually end up surprising themselves. It’s also fun for the students watch adults draw – I know it sounds odd, but my students get a kick out of it.

Spot it requires the player to visually scan stimuli and then name the one identical picture. Kids get engaged and very competitive when they play this game! For more info and ideas for using ‘Spot it’ in speech therapy, check out this post.

5. Scattergories

I love this speech language game because you work on categories and naming vocabulary words, but with the restriction of rolling a letter dice. This game can be used for articulation very easily because of the letter dice. For more information on ‘Scattegories’ and ideas for using it in speech therapy, please check out this post.

Most of these games are vocabulary builders that assist students that they can be more effective when answering questions and with reading comprehension tasks in the classroom because they build their knowledge base. Now go play (and learn)!

Bio : Sarah Wu is a bilingual speech-language pathologist from Chicago, Illinois. She blogs at speechisbeautiful.com

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Complex Following Directions Activities for Speech Therapy

Are you an SLP trying to work on following complex directions in speech therapy with your older students? Teaching 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders the importance of listening closely to spoken instructions has been an area I have consistently focused on in speech and language therapy . This is such an important classroom – and life- skill.

So, how do you make working on this skill area fun- and help your students see how important it really is to stop and listen closely? In this blog post, I’ll provide you with 3 actionable steps to make teaching following complex directions a breeze in speech therapy.

Step 1: Make Following Complex Directions a CHALLENGE

The key is to make it a challenge . My upper elementary students are so competitive , and I needed to use that to my advantage. The trick was making sure the directions included plenty of higher-level concepts and vocabulary , and that the activity itself wasn’t seen as “babyish”.

The answer: a following directions challenge .

These direction challenges could be used in individual therapy sessions, but they were also great in mixed groups. I passed out the bottom half of the papers to each student. My students had pencils ready in hand, waiting for me to tell them the direction.

I would say the direction, and the students would follow them. After completing the task, they’d look around the table- and notice that not everyone had completed the activity in the same way.

For example, I’d stated in the direction that they needed to write their name in the top left corner- but they immediately noticed when one had written their name in the top right corner instead.

I reminded my students: it wasn’t necessarily who could follow the direction the fastest. This complex multistep following directions challenge was more about who listened closely to all of the small, but important, pieces of information included in the task.

My students weren’t just learning to follow directions- they were also learning to focus.

Step 2: Include a variety of complex direction following concepts

There are several concepts and embedded vocabulary that you will want to target for your students that need support with following directions that are perfect for speech therapy . For example, I made sure to include temporal directions (i.e. such as before, after). Time vocabulary can be very tricky for my students. But temporal concepts aren’t the only important concepts you’ll want to address to make your following directions activity “complex”.

Temporal and Sequential Directions for Speech Therapy

Temporal concepts- or time concepts – can be so confusing for my students. These include terms such as before and after. Sequential concepts include understanding the correct order of events for information.

Temporal and sequential concepts are important for our students to understand.

An example of how I target temporal and sequential concepts in speech therapy using this complex following directions activity: “Before you circle the third A, underline the second A.”

A little while later, I’ll give a similar direction, but I’ve changed WHERE I use the word “before” in the sentence: “Point to the third A before you understand the second A.”

The meaning of the sentence can change completely, depending on where the temporal or sequential vocabulary term is used. This is such an important thing to remember when teaching temporal and sequential concepts, and understanding it requires lots of practice and exposure.

Spatial Directions for Speech Therapy

Following spatial directions requires the understanding of spatial concepts (aka location concepts). It is understanding the positioning of an object, and the relationship of that object to something else.

For younger students, we start by teaching spatial concepts like above, below, behind, and in front of. But by 4th grade, we need to make things a little more complex.

I always start by making sure my students understand the difference between right and left . Most of them don’t.

I then throw in some multiple modifiers to make things a little more complex.

Sure, my student knows how to write their name at the top of the page. But things are a little trickier when they have to write their name in the top left corner of the page. My students often fail to hear all of the components in a direction that contains multiple modifiers .

An example of how I incorporate spatial concepts into complex directions (containing other embedded concepts) would be: “First, write the month in the top right corner of the page. Next, circle the last letter.”

Conditional Directions for Speech Therapy

Conditional concepts can be tricky for our speech therapy students to comprehend. What are conditional concepts? They involve the understanding of “if”. Understanding how “if” can change the meaning of a sentence is very important. It allows the student to know what might happen- or what might not happen.

If we get five feet of snow tonight, we’ll get a snow day tomorrow.

It’s not a guarantee- and if you only get two inches of snow, you better make sure to grab your bookbag.

An example of how I incorporate complex conditional directions in speech therapy would be: “If today is Tuesday, circle the K. If not, underline the L.”

Working your way up to compex directions

Your student might not be at the level of complex yet- but they’re past the level of beginner.

You’ll need to provide leveled instruction.

Some of my students need a little more support initially, so I start by giving them written directions as well as spoken directions . I explain, “This direction is going to contain a time vocabulary word- ‘before’. You have to listen closely so that you know the order I want you to follow this direction in.”

We’d do a quick review of the time vocabulary being targeted:

“Clap your hands before you touch your nose.” My student would complete this task.

“Great. Now, Touch your nose BEFORE you clap your hands.”

We reviewed how the placement of the time vocabulary word in the sentence could change the meaning of the sentence.

Following this, we would highlight any target words that were difficult for them to recall and interpret in the direction.

Step 3: Make Your Direction Following Challenge Quick and Easy to Use During Speech Therapy

These complex following directions pages are super easy to store. I keep mine in a binder- but I also keep several extra copies on hand for “grab ‘n go” resources to use in therapy.

These directions activity worksheets are also super easy to modify.

Let’s say you don’t want to provide the written directions. No problem.

To work on following spoken directions only , I simply cut off the bottom of the page. I gave this to my students, then I kept the top part. Simple and easy, and great for data collection in a group. I just wrote their initials next to the direction, then had a quick “check” or “minus” data collection system.

Additional Uses for these Following Direction Challenge Activities

I have used these complex following directions challenges in several ways in speech therapy.

They make an excellent activity to use in individual therapy or small group therapy. It is easy to collect data using these sheets. You can use one as a warm-up, or combine several worksheets for an entire session targeting following complex directions.

These directions sheets also provide an easy way for me to gather data for the present levels section of an IEP when I’m planning to focus on complex directions objectives . I can get a percentage of accuracy, then re-assess several months later.

They also provide easy homework to send home for speech and language carryover practice.

No matter what, you’ll find these complex directions challenges becoming a “must-have” essential in your speech therapy room.

These worksheets offer a simple way to build complex listening skills and confidence with following directions tasks. They give upper elementary students the opportunity to practice following directions with a variety of embedded concepts.

They allow SLPs to have a grab ‘n go option to take students to that next level with following directions.

These following directions worksheets are challenging, fun and effective . My students have had a BLAST, and I’ve been amazed at the progress they have made in therapy.

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50 fun and easy articulation activities for speech therapy.

Articulation cards are a staple in Speech Therapy rooms. Articulation Flash Cards can be used in so many ways with preschoolers and elementary students... buuuttt sometimes they can get boring and repetitive. Check out these articulation card ideas to bring some new and exciting speech therapy activities into your therapy room! You can use these ideas in group therapy or in one-on-one sessions or even send them home for easy articulation homework ideas!

WHAT’S THERE?: Place 5 cards around the room. Ask the child to find and label the card in a particular place. For example, “What is beside the lamp?” -> “ Bee!”

MAKE A ROAD: Place target cards on the floor around the room. Drive cards over the cards. If you have a toy tractor, you can load the cards into the tractor.

FEED THE PUPPET: Feed a puppet the target cards.

FLASHLIGHT HUNT: Pin the cards around a room. Turn the lights off and give the child a flashlight to find the cards.

IS IT A ___?: Ask the child if a card is an item. For example, “Is it a cat?”. You can use the carrier phrases, “No! It’s a ____” or “Yes! It’s a ___.” Have the child complete the blank.

MUSICAL CHAIRS: Place cards on the floor. Play music and when it stops, have the child find a card to sit on.

TAKE PICTURES: Use a camera/phone to take pictures of the cards. Kids find this incredibly motivating!

BOWLING: Put the cards in paper bags. Take turns rolling a ball to knock over the ‘pins’. Say the word when you knock over a bag.

OBSTACLE COURSE: Make an obstacle course out of items that you have. Make sure to go under, over, and between objects! Place cards throughout the obstacle to practice along the way.

‘BUY’ THE CARDS: Play store! Use pretend money and have the child ‘buy’ the cards.

BEAN BAG TOSS: Place cards on the floor. Have the child throw a bean bag on the cards. For more trials, the child can also tell you which card they are aiming at.

BALL POPPER: Stand the cards up using binder clips, or stick them to a wall. Use a ball popper (or bubbles) to aim for the cards.

HOPSCOTCH: Make a hopscotch board out of tape on the floor. Place a card in each square. Say the word when you land on it.

SENSORY BIN: Place the cards in a bin filled with cotton balls, pom poms, and cut up straws - or anything you can think of! Have the child find the items using tongs or tweezers.

JENGA: Place cards between the layers of blocks.

FLY SWATTER: Place the cards around the room. Give the child a fly swatter and have the child ‘swat’ each card. Kids love running between the cards!

TELL SOMEONE: Bring the cards to show the child’s teacher/friend. Ask the student to label each card.

WHAT AM I DRAWING?: Place the cards face up, in front of you and the child. Take turns drawing one of the items. See if you can guess what it is!

HIDE UNDER CUPS: Hide the cards under plastic cups.

SNOWBALL FIGHT: Place the cards upright using binder clips. Use scrunched up paper balls to knock the cards over.

HIDE IN BOOKS: Hide cards in books. You can use Sticky Tack (or hide under flaps!) to stick the cards to the pages. Say the word when you flip to the page the card is on.

HANG AND CATCH: This activity takes a little more prep but it is so fun! Hang string with paper clips from the ceiling. Attach cards and have your students pull the cards off the string.

PLAYDOUGH: Smoosh play dough on the card each time you say the word (make sure your cards are laminated!).

TIC TAC TOE: Print a few copies of your articulation cards and play tic tac toe! Give each player 6 copies of a card.

MAKE A SHAPE: Make different shapes with your cards (square, circle, triangle).

HOPPING: Place the cards around the room on the ground. Hop from one card to another.

SIMPLE DRILL: Pair your card with a drill card and cover each number with a token or a mini object.

ROLL AND SAY: Roll a dice. Say the word the number of times indicated on the dice.

MEMORY: Print two sets of cards and play memory.

GO FISH: Use two sets of cards to play Go Fish.

MEMORY GAME: Place several cards face up on the table. Have the child study the cards. Flip them face down and see how many card the child can remember.

FISHING: Use a magnet and paper clips to create a fishing game.

WHAT’S MISSING: Put 2 or 3 cards on table, face up. Let the child take a quick peek and then close their eyes. Take one card away or turns one card over. Ask the child to guess which one is missing.

MAIL CARDS: Make a mailbox out of a tissue box. “Mail” the cards to family and friends.

EGG CARTON TOSS: Place one card in each section of the carton. Have the child toss a coin into the carton. Say the word on the card where the coin landed.

TELL A STORY: Use several cards to create a story. (This is best for conversation level).

SILLY SENTENCES: Make a silly sentence with each card.

POP IT: Use a Pop it fidget toy and have the child push one section each time they say the word.

USE CLOTHESPINS: Have the child place a clothespin on the card each time they say the word.

COLOR AND CREATE: Use black and white Articulation Cards. Allow the child to color and create their own set that they can use and take home! (My Articulation cards come in black and white and color for this purpose!)

BURY AND FIND: Bury cards under pom poms, cotton balls, or sand. Have the student use a shovel or tongs to find the cards/

BUCKET TOSS: Place cards in buckets. Throw crumbled paper or a ball in to the bucket.

MINI OBJECTS: Lay your cards on the table and cover them with mini objects. Simple but effective!

BUBBLE BLOW: Place cards on the wall using sticky tack or Painter’s Tape. Blow bubbles onto the cards. Say the word when the bubble lands on it.

MICROPHONE/TELEPHONE: Say your words into a telephone or toy microphone. You could also use paper towel rolls.

HOLE PUCH: Print Black and White Cards and hole punch the cards each time you say the word.

MAGNET WAND: Use a magnet wand and magnetic chips. Place a chip on each card the you say the word. Use the wand to pick up all the chips when you are done!

BLOCKS & CARDS: Place a block ad then lay a card on top. Continue until the tower tumbles. See how high you can build the tower before it falls!

SPOON RACE: Place the card on a spoon and see how fast you can make it across the room. Say the word when you place the card on the spoon.

FEED ANIMALS: Use toy animals and have them ‘eat’ the cards. Kids think this is hilarious!

I hope you find these articulation therapy ideas helpful. I know I am always looking for ways to mix it up and keep my students engaged.

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My Favorite Games to Play in Speech Therapy with Older Students

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I work with a large population of middle/high school students and believe me, they love games just as much as the little kids do–maybe even more! I don’t make a habit of using games on a daily basis, but sometimes it can be challenging to motivate and engage an older student, and using games in therapy definitely helps get the job done. I make sure the game has a PURPOSE and focuses on the GOALS we are targeting. SLPs are so great at making a challenging task appear fun by disguising it in a game format! There are so many great games that target so many language goals so I know I am providing my students with a meaningful experience when we use games in our sessions!   Sometimes we play by the game rules , but most of the time, I customize the game to the needs of my students and usually go “off script!” And here’s a way to get your older students to take the lead—give them the game and ask them to figure out the rules —you can give them the game rules booklet to read on their own or just give them the game WITHOUT ANY RULES and see what they come up with! You might be surprised by how creative they get with their own game rules and ideas for playing. I love board games for another reason— they are low-tech and focus on conversation, turn-taking, executive functioning, and all things language!

So here are my favorite go-to games that I use in my therapy room with my “big kids.”

#1. BUBBLE TALK

This board game asks players to match hilarious captions with funny pictures.  Each player draws seven random caption cards. The judge for that round draws a picture card and players must quickly try to match the funniest caption they have to the picture. The player who makes the judge laugh the most wins that round. 

* OPTIONAL IDEA: I give speech bubble sticky notes to my students to write what they think the person (or animal) in the scene might be thinking. It’s a great way to work on inferential thinking skills as well as humourous language!

#2. SMART MOUTH

I love this game for working on categorizing, vocabulary building, and parts of speech.  The dealer rolls the die to determine the category for the game. There are 6 categories including adjectives, natural objects, man-made objects, verbs, famous people, and free play.  The dealer reveals two letter tiles and everyone tries to come up with valid words that fit into that category! Players get 60 seconds to come up with as many words as possible!  My kids get so competitive—this game keeps them engaged and teaches quick thinking as well.   I’ve also customized this game to my student’s needs and focused on one or just a couple of categories.   Once all tiles are gone, the player with the most tiles wins!

 #3 FUNGLISH

I love this game simply for the 120 adjective tiles that are included.  (I have used them separately for building descriptive sentences.)  The goal of the game is to describe a word on the separate word cards provided.  Once you have decided which adjectives best describes your word, the other players must guess what the original word was.  This is a great game for focusing on attributes, categorization, and descriptors.   The kids will never realize how much learning is going on while they play!

#4. SCRIBBLISH

Not only do my students like this game, but this was a favorite of my son when he was younger. He always requested it on “family game night.” I love so many of the Cranium games!  This one requires a little creativity, but not a lot of artistic skill.  In fact, the less artistic, the funnier the outcomes.  The whole point of the game is to try and scribble something that resembles the ridiculous phrase on the card you start with (i.e. “I’m secretly a mermaid,” or “Look, I invented a Time Machine” ). Then you pass your drawing, and get someone else’s drawing and write a phrase for that (whatever it looks like, you just describe it).    As SLP’s we basically already use this strategy when we teach our students new words.  Drawing a word, phrase, sentence or idea helps them to recall, retain and understand—this game just takes it to another level by presenting phrases that naturally result in very funny outcomes.

#5. PICWITS!

This game is perfect for addressing inferencing skills!   For this game, players try to match their picture cards with the judge’s caption card. Each player holds six cards with photos on them.  One player draws a card with a caption that may say something like “I can’t believe I ate the whole thing.”  The other players will then select which of their six photos best fits that caption, or that they think the person holding the caption might choose.  The player with the caption then selects their favorite, and the person who submitted that photo gets a point for winning that round.   Picwits is a great way to make discussing inferences fun, interactive, and a bit competitive too—-and I have a lot of students who seem very motivated by some friendly competition!

#6. BATTLESHIP

This one is an oldie but goodie and I consider it the ultimate in barrier games!!!   And with so many boys on my caseload, it’s a big hit in my speech room!  Battleship is great for addressing critical thinking skills, organization, reasoning, logic, and strategy.  It’s also great for working on maintaining attention and turn-taking.  As you can see, the number of target areas that you can address for this game are pretty endless!  This game would also be great for sneaking in some articulation practice as students would be required to practice their sound, word, phrase, sentence in between turns.  If you have a small group of 1-2 students, this game is ideal, but you can certainly form teams if there are larger numbers of students in a group.  If you haven’t’ played this game growing up, the rules are simple.  You must figure out the location of the opponent’s battleships by calling out coordinates on the grid.  In turn, the other player is trying to figure out where your ships are hidden as well.  The game can become lengthy so you may find yourself needing to pick up where you left off in your next session!

#7. APPLES TO APPLES

There are so many ways you can play this game. In the traditional directions, the judge picks a green apple card from the top of the stack, reads the word aloud, and places it face-up on the table. Players choose the red apple card from their hand that is best described by the word on the green apple card played by the judge. Players place these red apple cards face down on the table. The judge mixes the red apple cards so no one knows who played which card and then turns over each red apple card, reads it aloud, and selects the one he or she thinks is best described by the word on the green apple card. The player of the selected red apple card is awarded the green apple card played by the judge.

OPTIONAL IDEAS: I use the fantastic words on the green game cards to address vocabulary and sentence building, synonyms, antonyms. I use the red and green cards in combination by having students match green cards (these are mainly adjectives) that describe red cards (nouns). We also search for green cards that are opposite in meaning and discuss why. There are so many great variations, these are just a few. I always throw in a whiteboard and some cool dice when I play card games like this. They earn rolls for correct answers and/or good effort. Dice are a huge motivator with older students!

#8. Make-Your-Own File Folder Game

Sometimes you just have to start from scratch to gain your older student’s attention and interest. This file folder game has a lacrosse theme. My student loves lacrosse so he enjoyed designing this board and the rules, with some assistance. He picked his favorite teams and planned the layout. He was proud of his finished product, which made it so much easier for me to work on his language goals as he navigated the game board. Not only did we address specific language goals related to vocabulary and comprehension using his creation, but he (unknowingly) was also working on his executive functioning—by planning out the design, organizing the layout, maintaining attention, and perseverance.

#9. Cariboo

This game is a HOT commodity! If you are lucky enough to have a copy, you know how much your younger students love playing all the speech games (many can be found on Teacher Pay Teachers. But did you know the BIG KIDS love Cariboo too! And if you would like to know how you can address vocabulary building for older students with this game, check out this product in my TpT store! According to Beck et al. (Bringing Words to Life) “…students become interested and enthusiastic about words when instruction is rich and lively…” I think this game fits the bill when it comes to making learning new words fun and interesting!

Use this as your go-to vocabulary activity. Each month teach your students 15 new meaningful words that are directly related to timely and seasonal themes. You’ll only need to change the cards out once per month and can review them over and over all month long to be sure your students achieve mastery and are gaining a deeper understanding of the words. The game includes several strategy cards for learning new vocabulary as well as data collection sheets and student response sheets for sentence writing. I hope you enjoy Cariboo as much as my older students—remember, when it comes to fun and learning, they are just little kids in bigger bodies so through in a game into your therapy sessions every once in a while and it will go a long way!

July 20, 2013 at 11:32 am

All of these games sound great! Thanks for including the pictures of the adjective cards in Funglish. Now I have to get them!

July 21, 2013 at 11:36 pm

Thanks Kelly–I thought it would be a good idea to show everyone what the content of the games looked like—those adjective cards are great!

July 21, 2013 at 10:14 pm

I’m so glad you linked up with an ‘older list!’ I need to stock up on some of these!

Thanks for linking up!

Jenna Speech Room News

July 21, 2013 at 11:34 pm

You’re welcome Jenna! It was a fun list to create. There really are so many great games out there and creative ways to use them in therapy! Looking forward to your next linky party!

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Speech Tube: Nonverbal Social Skills

11/07/2014 by Jenna 2 Comments

One of my most unique speech therapy activities for middle schoolers is Speech Tube. This fall I added another set: Speech Tube Social: Nonverbal Cues.

The Speech Tube is back! I’m starting a Social set of activities. The first highlighted skill is identifying body language and nonverbal communication.  My student’s were not happy to be coming to the speech office. One week I pulled out my iPhone and let them watch a popular You Tube clip. After 3 minutes of laughing and watching clips, I was able to get them to work for the next 30 minutes on our speech and language goals. Since then, I’ve been finding ways to spark their interest with clips!

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11/07/2014 at 9:15 am

I just bought both of your Speech Tube sets! I am super excited to start using them. 🙂

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10 Engaging Speech Therapy R Activities

Nov 21, 2015 | 1 comment

Treating the /r/ phoneme can be tricky, tiresome, and annoying for the clinician and student! I haven’t met an SLP at the elementary, middle, or high school level that doesn’t need more speech therapy R activities for their caseload. Today, I will share ten engaging R sound speech therapy activities to help you get those high trials in therapy.

Before practicing R at the syllable, word, sentence, or conversational level, you want to ensure you have established a solid /r/ production. It benefits no one to continue drilling /r/ when it isn’t an accurate production. If you need more resources to establish the /r/ phoneme, keep reading because I share some great tools!

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Feeling Defeated about Teaching the R Sound?

The best advice I got from a veteran SLP when I asked how to teach a child to say /r/ was, “Just grab a pair of gloves, a tongue depressor, and hope for the best!”

In his office video clip, Dwight Schrute sums up most SLPs’ feelings about the /r/ phoneme!  He says, “R is one of the most menacing of sounds!  That’s why they call it murder and not muck duck!”  Those are my thoughts exactly, Dwight.

R Speech Therapy Techniques and Resources

If you are looking for manuals and guides for how to teach R to your student, Pam Marshalla has two excellent books. The first book is called Successful R Therapy: Fixing the Hardest Sound in the World . You will learn tips for how to help your student use their jaw, lips, and tongue together to produce r. Pam Marshalla also has The Marshalla Guide: A Topical Anthology of Speech Movement Techniques for Motor Speech Disorders & Articulation Deficits, which is a fantastic resource for a spectrum of speech sound disorders. Not only does she include techniques for remediating the /r/ phoneme, but Pam also shares various techniques for many speech sound disorders. If you serve a caseload with various speech sound disorders, this may be a better fit for your needs, whereas the Successful R Therapy book is excellent for SLPs who treat R often with students. 

Here is a post by SLP Natalie Snyders about getting a good /r/. Some excellent ideas from Playing With Words 365 about teaching the /r/ phoneme.

The Peachie Speechie has some great videos for how to teach r that you can use in therapy with your students.

Speech Therapy R Activities

Not having engaging speech therapy R sound activities for your sessions can make the day drag along! That’s why I am sharing a round-up of ten engaging prevocalic and vocalic r sound activities to help you keep students motivated to practice. If you need tips for encouraging R carryover into conversation, check out this blog post . 

• For word, carrier phrase, and sentence level R sound practice, check out the prevocalic and vocalic r activities flipbooks. You can get high trials while working on the vocalic r that your students are stimulable for using correctly. 

2. Figuratively speeching has an excellent articulation placemat set that is great for sending home for additional practice. It provides activities for the whole week on one sheet with letters included to send home!

3. Whether you are doing teletherapy, in-person therapy, or need to build a speech home program, using the digital speech folders for R will help you customize syllable, word, sentence, and carryover activities in one spot! Once your student’s digital speech folder is set up, you can easily share the Google Slide presentation with the family or pull it up on your computer for ready-to-go therapy.

R Sentences Activities and R Activity Worksheets

4. Erik Raj has these super fun Mini homework sheets for articulation. These mini R articulation worksheets have great silly R sentence questions that students can read and discuss. One way to incorporate more R sentence level practice is to have your student ask a friend, teacher, and parent the silly question outside the speech therapy session.

5. To up your student’s motivation to practice R sentences, use the No Prep Articulation Sentence Challenge Sheets . Students will be excited to see if they can beat their last challenge score! Make sure your students go slow enough to achieve correct productions. Play 3 rounds to see if they can get more trials or correct productions.

R Words Sound Loaded Carrier Phrases

6. Need resources for R words sound loaded carrier phrases? Use the sentence strip visuals to practice R with similar carrier phrases such as “I want a ____.” or with sound-loaded R phrases for initial r, r-blends, and vocalic r.

• Miss V’s Speech World has an incredible 52 Weekly /r/ homework worksheets product that helps you get sound-loaded R practice in your session and a one-page R worksheet to send home for weekly practice. 

Speech Therapy R Activities for Carryover

8. To get those high trials when reading passages, you will have fiction and non-fiction passages ready using the R articulation carryover activities set . No more stressing about taking data because the R sound is counted for you to take data easily! Find sound-loaded articles on Wonderopolis.org , NewsELA , or Readworks.org .

• Work on sequencing skills and explaining how to do something with sound-loaded R YouTube videos. You don’t have to spend time searching for videos because they have been organized as QR codes in the R Articulation carryover activities set . The best thing about these how-to YouTube videos is that they are mixed group friendly!

Here are a few how-to videos that have the R sound embedded in it:

• How to Make Rice Crispie Treats
• How to Care for a Rabbit
• How to Do Your Laundry
• How to Drive a Car

• One common core standard in classrooms is to work on comparing and contrasting. Comparing and contrasting occur when discussing characters in stories, scientific methods, and figurines in history. So, why not provide more opportunities for students to practice comparing and contrasting and practicing their r sound? Compare and contrast similar R nouns by attributes. If you don’t have time to think of word pairs, there are R flashcards in this set to help you save time . 

Some good R articulation words to compare and contrast are as follows:

• truck/train
• dinosaur/giraffe
• turtle/alligator
• grapes/strawberries
• rabbit/raccoon
• breakfast/dinner

You can even make a list with your students, fill out with a Venn diagram and then use it to practice carryover. Save it for future sessions as a warm-up.

What R Speech Therapy Activities Do You Use With Your Students?

Sometimes speech therapy for r can get a little boring for the clinician and the student. When in a planning rut, it’s nice to find activities that will liven up the sessions. So, if you have a fun r speech therapy activity, share it in the comments!

My free articulation carryover activities guide will help you with any of these resources shared. In the guide, I include visual supports, data tracking for progress, conversation ideas, and a homework sheet.

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51+ Best Speech Therapy Games Teletherapy {Online Websites + Activities}

I’m excited to bring to you my complete blog post on speech therapy games for teletherapy.

Teletherapy sessions can be a little more tricky when it comes to lesson planning your speech therapy sessions since you need everything to be digitally friendly. 

Interactive Games for Speech Therapy Games Teletherapy

If you’re in need of teletherapy ideas this school year you’ve come to the right place full of free games that can be played online.

Below is a list of some of my favorite games to work on a child’s goals while still having some fun. 

Older Students 

Do you have high school students or middle school students on your caseload? 

Then you’ll want to check out the following websites for teletherapy activities for older children. 

• Kahoot – Kahoot is a perfect website for high school students or older students and a great way to review material with a class or as a family. It is an interactive quiz game that can be used for educational purposes. Kahoot offers many different types of games, including vocabulary and grammar exercises.
• Quizlet – Quizlet is a website that has a variety of resources for all grade levels, including interactive flashcards and vocabulary games. Quizlet also offers a great way to study for exams with its “learn” mode. This mode helps you memorize information from a provided list of terms, definitions, and examples.
• Jeopardy Labs – Who doesn’t love the game Jeopardy? Jeopardy Labs is a great online resource for speech therapy activities. The website includes interactive games and vocabulary games that are perfect for teletherapy sessions and helping children develop their language skills.

Speech Sounds

Are you looking for free articulation games for speech therapy that are online and easy to use?

If you answered yes to any of the above then we’ve got you covered! 

• Interactive Articulation Flash Cards by Speech Therapy Store – I’m currently on a mission to create a massive list of interactive flash cards for each speech sound including specific target words to practice in each word position. 

• Digital Articulation Word Lists by Speech Therapy Store – In addition to the interactive flash cards for teletherapy articulation I’ve also included digital word lists so you can simply read through the entire list right from your computer.

*BONUS – Be sure to grab our free download at the end of each blog post to get a printable list of 20 words that you can use for different articulation activities.

Students love using the Boom Learning website because their website is full of digital games perfect to use during distance learning.

• 917+ Speech Therapy Boom Cards by Speech Therapy Store – I’ve compiled a complete list of over 917+ speech therapy related boom cards working on everything from articulation to social skills, to language skills.

Using PBS Kids digital games are a great way to keep your young children engaged in their speech therapy activities.

• Some SLP favorites include: “ Curious George Pop the Bubble “, “ Meatball Launcher “, and “ Daniel Tiger Bath Time Helper “.
• Do you have students who love to build things? Be sure to check out this list of games: “ Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood: Sandcastle “, “ Hero Elementary Treehouse Trouble “, “ Hamster Run “, “ Ready Jet Go, Builder “, “ Animal Home Builder “.
• All of these games are perfect for children who are in the early intervention stage or those who have autism spectrum disorder. They are also great for helping to build vocabulary skills , storytelling , feelings , and life skills, such as empathy, respect for others, labeling feelings, as well as others!

Memory Games

I love using memory games with my younger students because the game is simple to play and can give you multiple practice exposures for whatever skill your students are working on. 

• Match the Memory Digital Game Board – If you’re on the hunt for memory games then this online memory game is a great way to help your child work on their short-term memory abilities.
• Memory Games for Kids by Happy Clicks – are perfect for younger students who need a simple board to play memory. Bonus some of their boards include real-life photos of objects.

In-Person Sessions

Here are a few ideas that would also work perfectly for in-person therapy and also come with print activities.

• Free Interactive Nature Themed Bundle – You can use these digitally interactive with fillable forms and checkboxes or you can print them.

• Free Back to School Homework Lesson Plans – Here is a set of homework lesson plans that are digitally interactive with fillable forms and checkboxes or you can also print them or email them to your client’s parents.

• Free Interactive Technology Themed Bundle – Grab this digitally interactive technology themed bundle with fillable forms and checkboxes or you can print them.

Tic Tac Toe

Who doesn’t love classic board games, such as Tic-Tac-Toe? 

This game board is perfect because you can use it as reinforcement for any skill, is quick to set up and clean up, and bonus most kids already know how to play.

• Come play Tic Tac Toe with this online digital version!

Educational Games

I love using educational games to work on a child’s language services. And bonus the kids love it too!

• Educational Games by Education.com – This is perfect if you’re looking for online resources that focus on educational games, we highly recommend checking out Educational Games. This website has a variety of online activities and games that work on different academic skills, including math, science, grammar, etc.
• Baamboozle – This online website is fantastic since it offers pre-made games and activities created by other SLPs that you may utilize or develop your own free games. Simply search the games using the search bar.

Some of our favorite online speech therapy activities on Baamboozle include games with target words: “ Speech Articulation S Sounds ” by lindseycav, “ Articulation of Two or More Syllables Words in GIF ” by Susan Tourdot, and the “ /ch/ Initial Articulation ” by MG.

• Room Recess – Room Recess is an educational website that offers educational games and activities for children. The site is free, easy to use, and provides educational online resources for kids of all ages.

Room Recess has a large library of educational games for early learners from preschool through middle school including a math tab, reading tab, word tab, lab tab, extras tab, and themes tab.

Reinforcement Games

If you’re struggling to find a digital game on a specific skill then your best solution might be to use a game online simply as reinforcement.

• 21 Best Reinforcement Games for Teletherapy by Speech Therapy Store – This list is one of my favorite lists. It includes online digital games, such as Mr. Potato Head, Connect Four, and Battleship just to name a few.

• ABCya! – This online website is perfect for younger children who are in need of some fun reinforcement games to play while practicing their skills. Here are some of our favorite online speech therapy activities on ABCya!: “ Make a Cupcake “, “ Make an Ice Cream “, “ Make a Cookie “, “ Make a Pizza “, “ Make a Gingerbread House “, “ Make a Robot “, and “ Let me Grow “.

Communication Skills

Below are online resources to work on communication skills and body language. 

• PBS Kids – All of these games are perfect for children who are in the early intervention stage or those who have autism spectrum disorders. They are also great for helping to build vocabulary skills , storytelling , feelings , and life skills, such as empathy, respect for others, labeling feelings, as well as others!
• Brain Pop Jr. Feeling and Emotions Activity – Come and watch this short video to learn all about emotions. Plus it even comes with a lesson plan and you can also create your own quiz.
• Faces & Feelings by Book Trust – If you’re working with younger students this might be a great resource to work on looking at a child’s facial expression and then identifying their feelings given multiple choice options. 

Early Intervention

One way to get your younger children or preschool children engaged in therapy is to use their favorite characters. 

So, I’ve gone ahead and found a couple of online games with some favorite characters.

• Sesame Street Games – This website offers a variety of educational games for children ages two to five. The games are designed to help with skills such as letter recognition, counting, vocabulary, and more.

Here is a list of fan favorites: “ Cooking with Cookie “, “ Ready Set Grow “, “ Brush Those Teeth “, “ Dress up Time! “, and “ Cookie Monster’s Foodie Truck “.

There are several possibilities for targeting requesting, commenting, and extending utterances.

• Owlie Boo – This website is really easy for parents and therapists to use. It offers several excellent games for toddlers and reinforcement games, which are also great for practice.
• Highlight Kids – This website is jam-packed with secret pictures, making it ideal for vocabulary practice or as a fun reinforcement game.

Pink Cat Games

Pink Cat Studio has games with different themes to help keep your students engaged in the lesson. Here are a couple of our favorite games below.

• “ Build a Monster “
• “ Smarty Pants Animal Race “
• “ Quiz Wheel Game “

Fun Brain has many online activities and games that work on vocabulary, reading comprehension, memory skill development, and more.

• Some of our favorite things on Fun Brain are “ Reading “, “ Games “, Grammar Gorillas , Plural Girls to work on plurals , and Simon Sees .

Google Slides

Google slides are another great option when looking for lesson plans that are digitally friendly and can work for any teletherapy lesson.

• Digital Fun Friday | Classroom Party Games Freebie by Tales from Grade 2 – Enjoy this set of fun would you rather google slides to work on your child or student’s expressive language goals.
• Articulation Game Dots and Boxes for Google Slides Free Teletherapy Activity by Stacy Crouse – Do you have a student working on the /s/ sound in the initial, medial, or final position? Then you’ll want to grab this fun interactive dots and boxes game.
• CH and SH Roll-a-Story for Articulation Carryover | No Prep | Google Slides by KC Speechie – Have your students work on their CH and SH articulation sounds all while creating a fun story.

SEE ALSO: 21 Best Reinforcement Games for Speech Therapy / Teletherapy

Toy theater.

Toy Theater has several free interactive games that you can use with your students. Here are a few of our favorites.

• If you’re looking for multiplayer be sure to check out the Goose Game and Snakes and Ladders game at Toy Theater.
• Some of our favorite online speech therapy activities on Toy Theater include “ Stack ” and the “ Classroom Timer “.

Open-Ended Games

Open-ended games are perfect for working on additional features of your child’s or student’s goals. 

You can use reinforcement games to allow you to work on almost any goal that your student is working on.

• Cognishine – This is a great website focused on speech therapy that comes with beautiful photos and videos. Check out the free activities section.
• 31 Best Wordless Videos – Using wordless videos are perfect for open-ended lessons because you can use them for so many different skills, such as problem-solving, sequencing, story retelling, answering wh-questions, or making predictions/inferences.

Articulation Games

Come check out my favorite articulation games that can be used online. 

• 11 Free Articulation Games for Speech Therapy Online by Speech Therapy Store – These games can be used with a different sound each time you play!

Powerpoint Games

Powerpoint games are another great option. Many of these games come with mini objects that the students can move around on the screen.

• Color and Say Valentines No Print Speech Teletherapy PowerPoint Game by Simply Speaking SLT – Have your students practice their particular phoneme in any position.
• Free Back to School 100 Trials No Print Hidden Image for Articulation and Speech by Simply Speaking SLT – Use this fun activity as a great reinforcement for any activity you want to work on with your student.
• Free S Articulation Spinners | No Print | /s/ In All Positions by Simply Speaking SLT – Use these super fun paperless spinners to have your students work on their initial, medial, and final /s/ sound.

Happy Clicks

This website is great for early intervention, life skills, or early elementary students. 

• Happy Clicks – Have simple games like coloring pages, puzzles, drag and drop, or move and swipe games.

SEE ALSO: 279+ Free Speech Therapy Digital Materials

Card games can be a fun and simple way to reinforce whatever skills your child or student is working on. Here are a couple of digital versions of card games.

• Solitaire – Play this simple game with one student as a form of reinforcement.
• Go Fish – Play a round of Go Fish with up to 3 other players playing against you online.
• War – Or play a game like war against the computer for a simple reinforcement card game.

Reading Comprehension

Working on reading comprehension can help make significant improvements in other areas that a child is working on, such as vocabulary or inferencing. 

Here are a few places to find tall tales in a digital format to help keep your child or student engaged in your lesson.

• Book Trust – If you want your child or student to listen to a free book then be sure to check out this website where your child or student can watch and listen to the interactive children’s books and then play a game, such as the Jigsaw Puzzles , Coloring Pages , or Faces and Feelings .
• ReadWorks – This website is full of reading comprehension articles. Some articles come with a vocabulary activity or a question set to work through. You can even assign articles to your students digitally.
• Storyline Online – Have your students listen to a book read by a famous actor. Actors include such people as Oprah Winfrey, Chris Pine, Rosario Dawson, Viola Davis, Terry Crews, Connie Britton, John Lithgow, Jennifer Garner, Betty White, and dozens more. In addition, these stories come with free teacher activity guides.

SEE ALSO: 917+ Best free Boom Cards for Speech Therapy

Brain break.

What student doesn’t need a brain break throughout their school day? Here are a couple of my favorite ways to give my students a brain break.

• 21 Best Reinforcement Games for Teletherapy by Speech Therapy Store – Here is a list of my favorite teletherapy games to give my students sometimes a much needed brain break.

Interactive Whiteboard

Using interactive whiteboards is one of those powerful tools because you can practically use them to work on any skill your student is working on.

• How to Use Jamboard by Speech Therapy Store – A simple and easy to use whiteboard tool by Google that you can use to create fillable lessons.

• Simple Online Whiteboard by Whiteboard Fox – Use this whiteboard to work on any skill your student is working on.

Online Speech Therapy Games

Want even more? Then be sure to check out this additional list of online games perfect for your next speech therapy session.

• A Collection of Interactive Online Games by Speech Therapy Store – In case you haven’t seen it yet I also have a list of over 41 online speech therapy games to help you get started in teletherapy games.

Technology Questions and Support – Speech Therapy Games Teletherapy

Do you get overwhelmed or confused about how to use technology to help support your teletherapy sessions? 

If so, I have answered some of the most common questions I get about using technology within your teletherapy sessions.

Screen Sharing

If you need help with how to screen share from Zoom or Google Meet then be sure to watch the short youtube video below on how to use Kami as an interactive screen sharing.

Remote Access or Mouse Control

Giving your student remote access or mouse control can be a little different depending on what teletherapy platform you’re using. 

Google Meets Giving Remote Control:

Annotation Tools

My favorite websites to use for annotation are Kami and Adobe.

When you use a free website, such as Kami to provide your therapy services it doesn’t matter which video chat service you use because it is similar to google docs in that two people can work on the same document or in this case lesson plans at the same time. 

You simply just need to give the student access to the same lesson or document.

Watch this quick youtube video showing you exactly how to do that. 

*You don’t have to pay for anything you can simply use a free account. 

Make any PDF interactive using these ideas for how to use Adobe Reader (free) to make a static PDF interactive.

Game Pieces

Dice Roller – If you’re in need of a virtual dice be sure to check out this dice roller that lets you choose how many dice you want to roll and then does a random roll for you.

Wheel of Names Spinner – Simply type your student’s name in the box on the right-hand and then use the spinner to pick a person in the group. Or you can use the spinner by putting numbers in the spaces and then when a child spins that is the number of spaces they can move.

Data Collection

If you’re a classroom teacher or Speech Pathologist in need of data tracking forms while working on your student’s goals for speech therapy then be sure to check out my IEP goal data tracking for progress monitoring forms .

Or if you simply want a list of data sheets to choose from then be sure to check out my list of 35 free speech therapy data sheets roundup .

Digital Data Collection – Google Form

Plus I have a complete data tracking google form that you can use digitally! Watch the video below to learn how!

Google Classroom

When I was still working in the schools as a school-based SLP I loved using google classroom to help keep my virtual speech therapy session organized. 

And the best part?

I could come back the following year and have complete lesson plans put together and organized, which was super helpful.

Watch this quick video on how to add an interactive PDF to your Google Classroom.

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