BUg Speech, Language, & Feeding Therapy
Ideas, Activities, freebies & more for Spring Day therapy for April
Hey, hey, it’s almost MAY! For us Red Rose Speechies we shift from spring flowers to all things bugs! Now you might be thinking, eww, but just know that they can go one of two ways in your therapy room. Either your kids think they’re the cutest little things ever, or they’re immediately like “NOPE, that’s gross!” We like to lean into both—making bugs cute, colorful, and fun for our hesitant kiddos, while still leaving a little room for the silly, “eww!” moments for the ones who love it. Either way, bugs are such a fun, engaging theme that kids get into fast—which means more opportunities for meaningful speech, language, and even feeding goals. 🐞
Be sure to scroll all the way to the bottom—there’s a BIG freebie waiting for you to help streamline your spring planning and make targeting your speech, language, and feeding goals even easier this season! 🐞🐛
Speech Activities
Hole-y Bugs: One-page 100 trial worksheet for every speech sound, including blends. Each worksheet includes a speech sound in all positions (initial, medial, and final) with opportunities for 100 trials. All you need is the one-page printable and a hole punch. Try with markers, crayons, or dot markers to mix it up.
Bug I Spy- A fun and engaging way to maximize articulation practice, instructing students to repeat target words up to ten times each time they spot the corresponding picture in the scene.
Bug Spin and Say:These BUG "Spin and Say" worksheets cover every phoneme and blend in one lucky, no-prep download. Just grab a paperclip and pencil for a quick game that makes getting high articulation reps a breeze.
Bug Dot and Say:This huge BUG bundle gives you over 190 pages of "Dot and Say" fun covering every phoneme and blend. Just grab some dot markers or crayons for an easy, no-prep BUG activity that works perfectly for groups or homework.
Bug Roll and Say: Helps students practice all articulation sounds (like P, R, S, K, etc.) through an engaging activity involving dice and cutting/pasting. It includes both color sheets for repeated use and black-and-white, no-prep worksheets that are perfect for individual, small group, or homework assignments.
Bug Cage Cut and Say: This catch a bug articulation activity targets all speech sounds in the initial and final positions, including blends. These no-prep worksheets allow students to practice sounds while coloring, cutting, and gluing!
Bumblebee Color By Code:Perfect for mixed articulation groups and language goals this winter, featuring worksheets for a wide range of sound positions (including blends) and ten different language concepts.
Language Activities
Bug Following Directions- This ready to go BUG themed following directions printable set offers targeted activities for one-step, two-step, positional, and temporal concepts, and includes suggested targets but can also be used for open-ended language goals.
Bug WH Questions- This WH Questions packet includes a question list, question cards for What, Where, When, Why, and Who questions related to winter topics, a WH question worksheet, and a WH question picture scene. These activities are designed to expand on a student’s WH question skills with new winter vocabulary and concepts.
Bug Dough Mats: This bug play dough activity includes four open-ended mats for hands-on speech and language practice. It also includes three target sheets for skills like articulation, vocabulary, phonological awareness, WH questions, following directions, and yes/no questions.
Bumblebee Color By Code:Perfect for mixed articulation groups and language goals, featuring worksheets for a wide range of sound positions (including blends) and ten different language concepts.
Fluency Activities
Bug Themed Stuttering Activities -This Stuttering Therapy Activity Packet uses a bug theme to help school-aged and older students practice fluency shaping and modification strategies through varied activities, including leveled sentences, conversation starters, picture descriptions, a barrier game, and a game board.
Feeding Activities
Bug Feeding Activities -Try our Bug themed feeding therapy resource featuring activities like the “new foods” game, bite size charts, feeding spinner, and feeding board game. Kids can explore foods using exploring new foods with my senses, track progress with the like it, love it, want to try it again food trials chart, and stay motivated- all designed to encourage brave bites and positive sensory exploration in a fun, low-pressure way.
Freebies
If you’re loving all of these activities, we have put together a BUG FREEBIE to share these activities with you! The freebie includes a variety of the activities to try them out and see what you like. It’s free and we hope it inspires you to include themed activities in your sessions! Find your freebie below!
Monthly SLP Therapy materials
The best way to gain access to all of these activities and more is to try out the monthly therapy materials subscription below. You’ll gain access to ALL of our themed therapy materials for each month of the year to target speech, language, feeding, fluency, and more.
You’ll find the huge BUG FREEBIE below! Check it out and join the monthly subscription model to have full access to all of the activities and more!
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