June is the perfect time to bring the excitement of summer into your speech therapy sessions. Use fun themes like the beach, warm weather, and summer travel to keep students engaged. These activities will help make therapy enjoyable as the school year ends, with plenty of opportunities to practice language skills while preparing for summer. Continue reading to utilize the June speech therapy lesson plans.
June in speech therapy is all about the beach, travel, and other fun summer activities. There are some fun ocean-themed resources to make your June speech therapy lesson plans easier in the summer.
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Table of Contents
Week 1: Western
Adding Westen aspects to June speech therapy lesson plans can make the summer fun!
BOOKS
Armadillo Rodeo: Bo spots a shiny, red armadillo and follows him on a fun adventure! This is a beautifully illustrated story about the rodeo.
Cowgirl Kate and Coco: A cowgirl and her stubborn horse ride on the range, argue, and create chaos!
ARTICULATION
Western Match & Say: These no-prep speech therapy activities are great for mixed group therapy during a Western-themed unit and cover a wide range of articulation and language goals.
LANGUAGE
Western Match & Say: This activity can be used year-round to improve student language and articulation skills.
Week 2: Travel/Vacations
Kids are about to head home for the summer and take advantage of their summer travels. Add fun read-alouds and activities to speech therapy plans to excite them.
BOOKS
The Relatives Came: When the relatives arrive in their crowded car, they dish out hugs, lots of laughs, and tons of love!
Down to the Sea with Mr. Magee: Mr. Magee and his dog head out on a boat and come across a whale! How will they ever get home for lunch?
ARTICULATION
Summer Match & Say: Kids will match and say the words on their cards. The worksheets help them use several different words for language and articulation skills.
LANGUAGE
Summer Writing Prompts: These summer writing prompts come with creative topics that will engage your students all summer and keep up their writing skills over the summer.
Read & Review: Summer Book Companions: Grab these book companion resources to use the read-alouds to the best of your ability. The kids get to read fun stories and practice speech skills simultaneously.
Summer Match & Say: Have these on hand to practice speech skills all summer.
Week 3: Flag Day/ Father’s Day/ Summer
Celebrate some summer holidays with cute read-alouds and June speech therapy lesson plans that will make them smile.
BOOKS
America: A Patriotic Primer: Make your way through the alphabet with this fun book about patriotism.
Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson was trying to create something to cool refrigerators but made the world-famous Super Soaker instead!
Fireflies!: Catching fireflies is fun, but the young boy who catches them realizes he will have to set them free when it’s time to go to bed.
ARTICULATION
Summer Quick-Play: These summer speech therapy activities are quick to grab & go, with 18 words on every game. Use them in groups or with partners.
Articulation 100 Trials (Summer): The summer-themed printables help students track their articulation trials during June speech therapy sessions.
LANGUAGE
Father’s Day Lap Book and Banner: This craftivity and room decoration is perfect for displaying, and students will be proud to give it to their dad, uncle, or grandfather in their lives!
Summer Narrative Notes: Use the 1-page cheat sheet book companions in individual therapy sessions, virtually, small-group instruction, or whole-class activities.
Week 4: Beach
Many families head to the beach in the summer, so add a beach theme to your June speech therapy lesson plans to get them ready.
BOOKS
Sharing a Shell: Hermit crab found a shiny new shell and doesn’t want to share! This is a great book for working on the SH sound and discussing sharing!
The Sand Castle Contest: Matthew is great at building sandcastles! He’s so good that the judges think it’s a real house, and he has to convince them it’s made of sand.
Harry By the Sea: Harry goes on a trip to the ocean with his family and gets mistaken for a sea monster when some seaweed lands on him!
Turkey’s Sandtastic Beach Day: When Turkey visits the beach for the first time, he’s determined to hit the sand no matter what it takes.
ARTICULATION
Summer Dice & Dot: Your students will love dotting sand buckets and sun coins with these Dice and Dot Summer speech therapy activities!
LANGUAGE
Summer Dice & Dot: Keep the dice and dot activities on hand all summer! They’re great for articulation and language skills.
Summer Narrative Notes: These notes are perfect when you don’t need a complete book companion.
Week 5: Ocean
The ocean is full of amazing creatures and lots of fun! Use books and activities around the ocean to help them practice their speech skills.
BOOKS
A House for Hermit Crab: Hermit crabs grow out of their shells and have to find new ones as everyone changes! Use this story to illustrate the change in life.
The Pout-Pout Fish and the Big-Big Dark: The Pout-Pout Fish is nervous about the dark, but his friends help him through it.
ARTICULATION
Clownfish Popper Companion: This fun resource is a companion with the clownfish popper toy and is a great way to work on articulation and language goals in speech therapy.
LANGUAGE
Clownfish Popper Companion: The popper toy is terrific for working on language skills and articulation.
Read & Review: Summer Book Companions: These include a 1-page main lesson plan addressing background knowledge, theme, setting, plot, vocabulary, WH and recall questions, inferencing, social/emotional, grammar, character analysis, point of view, and phonological awareness.
Summer Narrative Notes: These are a quick fix for last-minute plans or when you don’t need a long activity! They’re quick and easy to prep.
Check out these podcast episodes to help you decide which summer-themed books are best for your speech therapy sessions:
PODCAST: Our Favorite Summer Books for Using in Speech Therapy
PODCAST: This or That: Using The Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Shell and Sharing a Shell in Speech Therapy
PODCAST: Our Favorite Beach-Themed Books for Speech Therapy
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