Summer Themes Speech Therapy Lesson Plan Ideas

For the first time, I am providing summer extended school year services for a few of my students. I compiled a collection of summer theme resources to help support my lesson planning. These materials are perfect for continued distance learning or for future in-person speech therapy. The goals I am targeting focus on articulation/phonology, describing vocabulary, basic sentence structures, following directions and WH questions for early elementary students. Check out the themes below for some ideas.

THEME:  CAMPING

Books

• A Camping Spree with Mr. Magee by Chris Van Dusen (For in person therapy, check out my interactive notebook book companion.)
• Don't Feed the Bear by Kathleen Doherty (This No Prep Book Companion can be shared on screen and paired with an app with mark-up/annotate tools.) 
• Up the Creek by Nicholas Oldland

Boom Cards™️

• Camping Language
• Camping Articulation
• Articulation /s/ Blends Choose a Theme
• Interactive Boom Book Piper Goes Camping

No Prep Worksheets
(These are static PDFs that lend well to screen share paired with a digital spinner like this free one. I also use mark-up/annotate features on screen to make it interactive.)

• Camping Language
• Camping Articulation

Additional Resources/Ideas

• Find a camping background doing an image search and add it to your teletherapy platform, if able. It provides a therapy session in itself. Even better, search for a camping picture scene with various elements.
• Do a quick search for free camping speech therapy resources on TPT.
• There are also many activities you could do for in-person therapy, like toilet paper roll craft binoculars, making s'mores, pitching a tent/fort, having a pretend campfire, fishing using a magnet and paper clip to catch target words, or using a flashlight to shine on targets.

THEME:  BUGS

Books

• Fireflies by Julie Brinckloe
• Please Please the Bees by Gerald Kelley (Boom Cards™️Story Check Deck)

Boom Cards™️

• Bug Language
• Bug Articulation
• Articulation /s/ Blends Choose a Theme
• Interactive Boom Book Piper Catches Bugs

No Prep Worksheets
(These are static PDFs that lend well to screen share paired with a digital spinner like this free one. I also use mark-up/annotate features on screen to make it interactive.)

• Spider Language
• Spider Articulation

Additional Resources/Ideas

• This packet has open-ended printable games and ideas for a bug theme. 
• Check out the National Geographic Kids insect site to get kids talking!
• Bug crafts are always a fun in-person therapy idea, too.

THEME:  BEACH/OCEAN  

Books

• Down to the Sea with Mr. Magee by Chris Van Dusen (For in person therapy, check out my interactive notebook book companion.)
• Nugget and Fang by Tammi Sauer (Check out this One Page Language Book Plan.)
• If You Ever Want to Bring a Piano to the Beach, Don't! by Elise Parsley

Boom Cards™️

• Ocean Describing Attributes, Has/Have, Is/Are
• Articulation /s/ Blends Choose a Theme
• Interactive Boom Book Piper Goes to the Beach

No Prep Worksheets
(These are static PDFs that lend well to screen share paired with a digital spinner like this free one. I also use mark-up/annotate features on screen to make it interactive.)

• Shark Language
• Shark Articulation
• Multi-Syllabic Words (Share on-screen or use the printable interactive activities in-person.)

Additional Resources/Ideas

• This packet has summer barrier activities for in-person therapy. 
• Search for live beach cams for on-screen sharing.
• Follow directions to draw a sandcastle.

THEME: PICNIC/ICE CREAM

Books

• Carla's Sandwich by Debbie Herman (Boom Cards™️Story Check Deck)

Boom Cards™️

• Interactive Boom Book Piper Gets Ice Cream

Additional Resources/Ideas

• Try taking a Ben & Jerry's Virtual Tour.
• In-person ideas include making ice cream and having a pretend picnic.

I am looking forward to my summer-time themes. Thanks for reading. I hope some of these ideas help to support your summer lesson plans!