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April 9, 2017·No Comments

Another week of therapy ideas! See the pictures down below for some quick ideas that you can use in your therapy room.

NOTE: The links below are Amazon Affiliate links for your convenience, but I may receive compensation if you click through and purchase one of the books. *

The two books included in the Earth Day Theme are Earth Day Every Day and Why Should I Recycle.

More Ideas

SLP Now Story Cards
Use the vocabulary cards in the membership to sort “trash” (e.g., plastic, paper, compost). A great way to work on categories!

 

Need ideas for celebrating and recognizing Earth Day in your speech therapy room? I've got you covered with several suggestions inside this blog post! Be sure to click through to get a few fun - and many free! - ideas!
We read Why Should I Recycle and Earth Day Every Day.

 

Need ideas for celebrating and recognizing Earth Day in your speech therapy room? I've got you covered with several suggestions inside this blog post! Be sure to click through to get a few fun - and many free! - ideas!
Love using Google Images for photo examples!

 

Need ideas for celebrating and recognizing Earth Day in your speech therapy room? I've got you covered with several suggestions inside this blog post! Be sure to click through to get a few fun - and many free! - ideas!
A lot of students did not understand what a compost was, so we also did a hands-on activity.

 

Need ideas for celebrating and recognizing Earth Day in your speech therapy room? I've got you covered with several suggestions inside this blog post! Be sure to click through to get a few fun - and many free! - ideas!
We crushed chocolate animal crackers to make dirt.

 

Need ideas for celebrating and recognizing Earth Day in your speech therapy room? I've got you covered with several suggestions inside this blog post! Be sure to click through to get a few fun - and many free! - ideas!
We ended up with our own compost. We talked about and/or drew the different kinds of food that we could put in the compost as well as the process of composting. Lots of language involved in the activity and discussion!

 

Need ideas for celebrating and recognizing Earth Day in your speech therapy room? I've got you covered with several suggestions inside this blog post! Be sure to click through to get a few fun - and many free! - ideas!
Students love being able to take their own pictures. We used the pictures the fill in graphic organizers. Also great for targeted grammar, articulation, and vocabulary practice.

 

Need ideas for celebrating and recognizing Earth Day in your speech therapy room? I've got you covered with several suggestions inside this blog post! Be sure to click through to get a few fun - and many free! - ideas!
We used Notability and the SLP Now Narrative organizer to target story retell.

 

Need ideas for celebrating and recognizing Earth Day in your speech therapy room? I've got you covered with several suggestions inside this blog post! Be sure to click through to get a few fun - and many free! - ideas!
Love that you can zoom in to help students focus on specific story grammar elements!

 

Need ideas for celebrating and recognizing Earth Day in your speech therapy room? I've got you covered with several suggestions inside this blog post! Be sure to click through to get a few fun - and many free! - ideas!
Another quick craft for lots of articulation repetitions!

 

More Ideas

EarthDay.Org
Check out EarthDay.org for some free activities.

Teachers Pay Teachers
There are also some great activities on TPT!

Earth Day Challenge (Peachie Speechie)

BINGO Game (Jason’s Online Classroom)

Fact vs. Opinion Sort (Amanda Zanchelli)

 

P.S. I know you have some awesome therapy ideas! Share them with us by commenting below or tagging me on Instagram (@slpnow). You could win a prize and/or be featured in this post or on Facebook/Instagram (with your permission, of course)!

Feeling bored in therapy? Check out this post for a round-up on therapy ideas around a EARTH DAY theme!

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