Games. Students love 'em. Speech-language pathologists tolerate 'em. 😂 If I'm being honest, games aren't among my favorite speech therapy activities. But I'll admit that they can be pretty useful as a quick way to break up drill work in therapy sessions. When working on specific speech sounds, it's easy to turn almost any simple game into a therapy activity. Have a student practice a few target words, take a turn, and repeat. But using games in language therapy is trickier.

More than a decade later, picture scenes are still one of my favorite tools for in-person and virtual speech therapy. Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) find them versatile and engaging for students of all ages. Whether you're targeting receptive or expressive language skills, working with mixed groups, or looking for low-prep speech therapy activities, picture scenes are a great resource for addressing just about all communication skills.

I00% dog person here, folks. National Dog Day is August 26th, and I've got your speech therapy sessions more than covered for a dog theme! Full disclosure– I probably won't be your go-to for National Cat Day ideas (is that a thing?), but check out these doggone good finds from around the web to engage your students with this great theme at the end of August... or any time! Why use dog-themed activities in speech therapy? A dog-themed speech therapy unit is a fun, engaging wa

Ever find yourself bouncing between activities to try to keep articulation practice both effective and engaging? We (speech-language pathologists everywhere) feel that. Planning for groups (in-person and teletherapy) to ensure students get enough repetitions of their speech sounds is so much easier when you have reliable tools you can reach for again and again. That’s where articulation boom cards come in. These digital activities are a great way to target specific speech sou

School's (almost) out for the summer! Like many SLPs, that means you're busy tying up loose ends in speech therapy. This may include figuring out if and how you're going to send your students on their merry way with some summer homework. But since time is of the essence, 'easy' is the name of the game! You need homework that your students will actually complete, but that won't take you a lot of time, hard work, or mental energy to put together. You have several options for sp