Leprechauns aren't the only ones with treasures this St. Patrick's Dayâ SLPs can score some Irish-inspired speech therapy activities, too! In fact, it takes no luck at all to quickly download (or click over to) these engaging St. Patrick's Day activities for any speech therapy (even teletherapy!) session.
St. Patrick's Day Boom⢠Cards for Speech Therapy
St. Patrick's Day is nothing short of magical with a flashlight Boom Cards activity to do in speech therapy! Students search sound-loaded scenes (that are full of theme-relevant vocabulary) to find the listed items, so you can use the activity for articulation and language goals!
For students with language goals, choose from any of the 9 activities in this one St. Patrick's Day Boom Card deck to target everything from reading comprehension to vocabulary to basic concepts. As you'd imagine, that many activities means you'll get so much use out of this Boom Card deck in your speech therapy sessions.
If your students love a challenge, this fast-paced Boom Card deck uses St. Patrick's Day vocabulary in a game-like activity. It's a great way to elicit tons of language, even with older students.
St. Patrick's Day PDF Activities for Speech Therapy
PDFs are another great way to incorporate the St. Patrick's Day theme into your speech therapy sessions. You can use them digitally on a computer, smartboard, or tabletâ no internet needed!
This digital PDF includes multiple activities for language and articulation goals. Talk about a mixed group MVP! It includes fillable text boxes, clickable checkboxes and answer buttons, and a whole lot of bright, colorful graphics.
For students who love to laugh in speech therapy, a fill-in-the-blanks story about St. Patrick's Day will not disappoint. Create your own hilarious version using the PDF that you can print or autofill digitally!
St. Patrick's Day Website Activities for Speech Therapy
Get even more laughs from your students with these St. Patrick's Day jokes for kids from Glow Word Books.
In this simple St. Patrick's Day activity from ABCYa, students search for faint, hidden shamrocks. And older students might enjoy this St. Patrick's Day word search.
Digitally color (or print and traditionally color) St. Patrick's Day pictures using any of these free coloring pages from thecolor.com.
Test your students' St. Patrick's Day knowledge with this 5-question quiz from National Geographic.
St. Patrick's Day (Digital) Stickers for Speech Therapy
Oh, how SLPs love a versatile and motivating activity! Digital stickers are just that for teletherapy sessions and themed digital stickers take the fun level up even more. With a set of 10 St. Patrick's Day digital stickers and 5 minutes, I created 3 unique language activities in a free digital sticker book.
St. Patrick's Day Books to Use in Speech Therapy
Using literacy-based therapy? Search the following book titles/authors wherever you access digital versions of books (your local library, YouTube, websites, online stores, etc.).
Jack and the Leprechaun by Ivan Robertson
Pete the Cat The Great Leprechaun Chase by James Dean
How To Catch A Leprechaun by Adam Wallace
Happy St. Patrick's Day, Curious George by H.A. Ray
This is Ireland by Miroslav Sasek
St. Patrick's Day Videos to Use in Speech Therapy
Check out these fun videos to make the St. Patrick's Day theme come alive in your speech therapy room.
This video from PBS gives a 1.5-minute overview of St. Patrick's Day.
Find out why we celebrate St. Patrick's Day in this 3-minute video from CaliFamTV.
I love a time-lapse video, and this video from PrimoMedia shows the Chicago River being dyed green.đ˛
Learn about the country of Ireland with this 3.5-minute video from National Geographic.
May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind be always at your back. And may these St. Patrick's Day activities bring joy, laughter, and learning to your speech therapy sessions now, and for every March to come đ
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