• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Sweet Southern Speech

Engaging ideas and activities for busy Speech Therapists!

  • Home
  • About
    • Meet Ashley
    • Privacy Policy
  • Blog
    • Newest
    • Literacy-Based Speech Therapy
      • All
      • Book Lists
      • Language Bookmarks
      • Articulation Bookmarks
    • Monthly Therapy Plans
      • January
      • February
      • March
      • April
      • May
      • June
      • July
      • August
      • September
      • October
      • November
    • Crafts
    • Organization
    • Play-Based Speech Therapy
    • Seasonal
      • Valentine’s Day
      • Easter
      • Halloween
      • Christmas
  • Free Library
  • Shop
    • ALL
    • Articulation Cards
    • Articulation Trials
    • Ball Popper Companions
    • Boom Cards
    • Dice & Dot
    • Google Apps
    • Organization
    • Freebies

March 27, 2019

April Speech Therapy Lesson Plans

I’m SO ready for SPRING, y’all! The nice weather here in Texas allows me to take my speech therapy sessions outside. This time of year is filled with referrals and paperwork, so this change of pace is much needed for both my students and myself! It also allows me to offer special outdoor activities for my students. Any fellow SLPs also taking their kiddos outside? Drop a comment and let me know. ☀️ Be sure to grab your FREE copy of these April speech therapy lesson plans at the bottom of this post!

My hope in creating these monthly themed planners has always been help out my fellow SLPs with planning, especially during the busiest times of the year. I hope that these lesson plans help you stay organized during this busy month as you power through your reports! Download all the free Spring Language Bookmarks to use with these books, then read on for my tips for April.

This post contains Amazon affiliate links if you wish to add these book recommendations to your personal library. This is at no cost to you and helps support this blog!

FREE April Speech Therapy Calendar to plan themed therapy activities

WEEK 1: Springtime

BOOKS: Fletcher and the Springtime Blossoms, Bear Wants More, When Spring Comes When Spring Comes is a timely read aloud and an excellent opportunity to compare/contrast winter vs. spring. It’s also perfect for Expanding Expression Tool (EET) writing!

ARTICULATION: Dice and Dot Spring

LANGUAGE: Spring Book Companions, Dice and Dot Spring

Fletcher and the Springtime Blossoms

 WEEK 2: Weather

BOOKS: Worm Weather, Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring, Move Over, Rover

ARTICULATION: Match and Say Spring, Quick-Play Spring, Rainbow Craft

LANGUAGE: Match and Say Spring, Rainbow Craft The Rainbow Craft continues to be a go-to activity since it targets both articulation and language, and also brightens up my room as colorful decor!

Picture of Spring Articulation Game

 

 

 

 

 

 

WEEK 3: Earth Day

BOOKS: My Friend Earth, The Earth Book, Recycle! Earth Day is such a great opportunity to let your kids be creative and resourceful! I bring in food containers that I’ve saved like egg cartons, butter tubs, bottles and caps, etc. (students love bringing in these items too!). After reading Recycle!, we discuss how reusing things is another way that we can help the Earth. We look at the different items that everyone brought in and talk about if they can be recycled or reused for a different purpose. This activity is great for targeting problem/solution and inference!

ARTICULATION: 100 Articulation Trials (Earth Day page), 50 Earth Articulation Trials (Earth Day page)

LANGUAGE: Earth Day Lap Book This creative activity is great for reinforcing all the concepts we’ve covered throughout the week!

Student holding Earth Day lap book

WEEK 4: Bugs

BOOKS: Bee: A Peek-Through Picture Book,The Very Quiet Cricket, Hank’s Big Day: The Story of a Bug I am obsessed with the book Bee: A Peek-Through Picture Book! It is such an engaging book that allows me to integrate science AND tier 3 words into my sessions!

ARTICULATION: 100 Articulation Trials (snails page)

LANGUAGE: Dice and Dot Bugs (coming soon!)

100 Articulation Trials

⬇️Let me know if the comments which activity was your students’ favorite! ⬇️

Enter your name and email below and I’ll send you these April speech therapy lesson plans for free! The calendar has several spots for you to add your own therapy plans, a to-do list, and room at the top for you to write down any screenings or meetings you need to remember for the month.

If you want to see next month’s calendar for May, check it out HERE. Editable templates are also available in my TpT store.

Speech Therapy Binder: Themed Lesson Plans

YOU MAY ALSO LIKE

  • 6 Thanksgiving Books For Speech Therapy

    Thanksgiving themed books are fun in my Speech room. Here are some suggestions for my…

  • Fall picture books for speech and language therapy
    Using Fall Books In Speech Therapy

    Fall books to use in Speech Therapy What books do you pull out for the…

  • Celebrating Read Across America in Speech Therapy

    Read Across America is always a great time to incorporate new books. Here are a…

  • Christmas Activities In Speech Therapy

    Christmas is a hectic time of year. Here's what I have planned for my speech…

Filed Under: April

Previous Post: « R Book List Articulation Therapy
Next Post: Easter Craft Freebie For Speech Therapy »

Primary Sidebar

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest

Search

Categories

Subscribe via Email

Footer

Latest on Instagram

ashleyrossislp

Believer • Wife • Mom
SLP • Blogger • TpT creator
Thanks for following me...I’m following Jesus.
🔻click below for all the links

Sweet Southern Speech
I’m pretty sure this would be my experience if I I’m pretty sure this would be my experience if I were to go skiing 😆 Adding this book to the winter book companions tomorrow!!
What do you think of my first #bookshelfie 😍 Ma What do you think of my first #bookshelfie 😍 Many of my favorite winter books all on display that no one in this house but me appreciates 😆❄️ Do you have any of these? I’m sure I’m missing a few- probably need another shelf 🤣🤩 #kidsbookstagram #winterbooks #kidsbookshelfie #sundayshelfie #literacybasedspeech #slpeeps
The cutest activities don’t make up for the work The cutest activities don’t make up for the work we need to do helping students connect to characters and strengthen their ability to make inferences.
Sometimes it’s the strategies you use BEFORE you Sometimes it’s the strategies you use BEFORE you open the book that make the biggest impact. You can download these free evidence-based pre-reading strategies on my blog 📚 🤩
Load More... Follow on Instagram

Copyright © 2021 · Website Design By Jumping Jax Designs