Are you trying to find some fun and engaging speech therapy activities that are Thanksgiving themed? Sorting through all the resources that are available can be a daunting task, so I’ve listed out a few of them down below for you! Whether you need materials for your articulation kids, your language kids, or both, there is something to cover them all!
The best part is that these activities are all extremely low prep, so you don’t have to worry about spending a lot of time putting them together. 🙂 I hope these activities are just as enjoyable for your kids as they are for mine!
thankful for… notecards
This Thanksgiving activity covers many bases! One of my favorite ways to use this is to give my kids a card telling them why I am thankful for them. These are great to give to admin and teachers as well. You can even have your kids color and fill them out during their sessions for their teachers and parents.
Dotting Activities
Dotting worksheets have become a staple in my sessions, especially with my preschoolers and kindergarteners. I love that I am able to use them to work on any goal that I need while completing them. They are great to grab and take into a push in session, too!
Language worksheets
If you do mixed language groups, these Thanksgiving language worksheets will work great for you. They come in various levels of difficulty and cover 10 language goals! Each goal comes in similar worksheet layouts, which makes them perfect for your mixed groups.
Articulation Activities
Whether you are working with individual or mixed groups, these articulation worksheets will be a hit with your kids!
1, Use these articulation decipher code worksheets with your kids that enjoy crack the code type assignments. Each page includes 12 words that need to be deciphered before being said a certain number of times.
2. This set of Thanksgiving articulation worksheets are great to use if you see kids multiple times throughout the week. It includes 3 different layouts for all speech sounds, including blank create your own worksheets, if needed.
Puzzles
A tried-and-true activity in my sessions is puzzles! Whether you have kids working on articulation or language, these will definitely keep them engaged! They come in both color and black & white options so you can choose which ones you’d prefer to print! If you do the black & white puzzles, you can always have your kids color the picture after gluing the pieces. I’d recommend using glue sticks if you choose that option.
THANKSGIVING Workbook
If you are looking for an all-in-one type of activity, consider this Thanksgiving workbook! It targets various language and articulation goals, including pronouns, following directions, temporal concepts, and more. This resource is great to use with multiple groups and your kids that have multiple goals!
Preposition interactive book
If you have some kids working on prepositions, try out this turkey preposition book! It includes moveable pieces to help solidify the prepositions along with sentence strips, vocabulary cards, a smash mat, and two coloring pages all based around prepositions!
