Easter Activities for Speech Therapy and Teletherapy
- Stacy Crouse
- Mar 12
- 4 min read
I’ll be the first to admit that sensory bins filled with Easter grass and plastic eggs are nothing short of pure magic in speech therapy. They’re a classic Easter tradition in many therapy rooms and such a fun way to get students excited while targeting speech and language goals.
But if you are a speech language pathologist working in a teletherapy setting or simply didn’t have time to grab (or the space to store) all the things, you might need a different approach to your Easter speech therapy activities.
The good news? There are tons of engaging, secular Easter speech therapy activities that work beautifully in digital formats. You can still celebrate the holiday and keep students motivated, without chasing runaway eggs or replacing the ones that mysteriously disappear every year.
So whether you’re seeing students virtually or incorporating technology into your in-person speech therapy sessions, these fun activities are excellent ways to bring Easter into speech therapy while easily targeting speech sounds and language skills.
Easter Activities for Speech Therapy
Download and go faster than a kid can break open a plastic Easter egg and eat the candy. 😜 These no-prep speech therapy activities will target numerous goals for your speech therapy caseload.
This colorful Easter egg hunt scene gives you and your students plenty to talk about and displays perfectly on a computer, iPad, or smartboard. The speech therapy activity includes prompts for many language goals (such as spatial concepts and descriptive words) as well as articulation practice for easter and spring-themed words.
This guessing game gives you the flexibility to target tons of speech therapy goals with small groups! Each student chooses an Easter egg, then asks the other player questions about the pattern of the egg (such as 'Does your egg have polka dots?') to determine which egg they chose.
The included digital version (in Google Slides) comes in quite handy for teletherapy... or days you don't have time to fiddle with the printer!
Use this digital PDF to hit numerous goals with one resource. It includes activities for multiple language targets and even a section for speech practice, too. The file can be opened on your computer or tablet and has fillable text boxes and clickable buttons (and checkboxes) right there on the pages. The ultimate resource for a range of goals with an elementary caseload!
Articulation students will love to complete these dot-to-dot pictures. Just find the page corresponding to the particular sound (or cluster) each student is working on, and have the student produce the target words as they draw the picture. Students can produce the targets as single words or incorporate them into phrases or sentences. Students can even take a page or two home for extra practice.
Online Easter Activities & Games
There are also many websites you can use for rewards or even as standalone therapy activities around Eastertime.
While a traditional egg hunt is always a favorite, this digital version (by ABCYa) works too! Students click on faint Easter Eggs that appear on a picture.
You'll find a variety of Easter games on happy-easter.net, including memory, spot-the-difference pictures, puzzles, and word searches.
Primary Games has tons of Easter-themed activities, including puzzles and digital Easter egg decorating.
I can rarely resist a good personality quiz, and this one (from buzzfeed.com) guesses the student's age after they rate various Easter candies.
Kahoot has created this roundup of Easter-themed question games, so check it out!
Digital coloring is always a great way to fill a few minutes at the end of the session, and thecolor.com has many Easter picture options for students to choose from.
Easter Reading Passages, Articles, & Books
Glow Word Books has this fill-in-the-blank activity about dyeing Easter eggs. It pairs great with these word lists for articulation students!
Semana Santa is celebrated in many Latin American countries in the week leading up to Easter and ending on Easter Sunday. This ReadWorks article could be used with older children and includes a vocabulary activity and a set of comprehension questions.
Peeps can be a polarizing topic, and I love this Newsela article on the interesting flavors of this traditional Easter candy. I'm sure it will lead to lots of discussions as students share their opinions and experiences!
Of course, there are a variety of great books about Easter that you can use in speech therapy with younger students. Here are a few titles that you can look for wherever you access digital versions of books (your local library, YouTube, websites, online stores, etc.):
Happy Easter, Mouse! by Laura Numeroff
How to Catch the Easter Bunny by Adam Wallace
The Easter Egg by Jan Brett
Happy Easter, Little Critter by Mercer Mayer
Happy Easter, Pout-Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen
Easter Videos
This video from Homeschool Pop provides Easter facts. It uses real photos and a little humor to share some interesting information!
USA Today gives 5 Easter traditions from around the world. It also has real photos, but no voiceover, so you can read the text on the screen to your students (pausing the video at any time to talk more about what's being shown).
For older students, Simon's Cat videos on YouTube are always great for targeting multiple speech therapy goals. Here's a quick Easter-themed one to use!
Let these activities make life as an SLPeep 🐣 (get it?) easy this Easter holiday. It's the perfect time to use seasonal activities in speech therapy, since you can work on speech sounds and language skills in a fun way. With links to videos, games, websites, and more, there’s something for everybunny on your speech therapy caseload to enjoy!
Get lots more ideas for spring themes to use in speech therapy sessions.
NOTE: Some of the above links in this post go to websites for which I have no affiliation. The links are provided for your convenience only. This post does not signify endorsement of any of the above websites or resources (other than those I have created on TpT and/or Boom Learning), and I have no responsibility or liability for any of the other content or information shared in this post.
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