December in speech therapy is all about Santa, Reindeer, and other fun Christmas and holiday activities. I’ve put together some fun-themed resources to make your speech therapy activities easier during December with your students. Make sure you get the free download to print the December therapy plans at the bottom of this post.
Check out these Christmas podcast episodes to help in deciding which Christmas-themed books are best for your speech therapy sessions:
PODCAST: Our Favorite Christmas Books for Using in Speech Therapy
PODCAST: This or That: Using How to Catch an Elf and Mooseltoe in Speech Therapy
PODCAST: Deep Dive: Using Olive the Other Reindeer in Speech Therapy
Week 1: Santa and Elves
BOOKS: Santa Bruce, The 12 Sleighs of Christmas, How Santa Got His Job
ARTICULATION: Santa Popper Companion, 50 Christmas & Winter Articulation Trials, Digital Build-A-Santa
LANGUAGE: Santa Popper Companion, Read and Review- Christmas, Digital Build-A-Santa, Christmas and Hanukkah Narrative Notes
Week 2: Gingerbread and Reindeer
BOOKS: Olive, the Other Reindeer, The Gingerbread Girl
ARTICULATION: Reindeer Popper Companion, 100 Articulation & Apraxia Trials, Dice & Dot Christmas, Reindeer Articulation
LANGUAGE: Categories Sorting Activity- Christmas, Dice & Dot Christmas, Christmas and Hanukkah Narrative Notes
Week 3: Christmas
BOOKS: I Got the Christmas Spirit, Mooseltoe, Bear Stays Up for Christmas, Pete the Cat Saves Christmas
ARTICULATION: Build-A-Face Santa, Read & Review- Christmas
LANGUAGE: Build-A-Face- Santa, Read & Review- Christmas
Week 4: Christmas Trees
BOOKS: Pick a Pine Tree, Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree
ARTICULATION: Match & Say Christmas
LANGUAGE: Christmas Tree Activities, Match & Say Christmas
Week 5: New Year/ Winter
BOOKS: The Mitten, Wolf in the Snow
ARTICULATION: 50 Articulation Trials- Snow, Winter Dice and Dot
LANGUAGE: Winter Narrative Notes, New Year’s Goal Writing, Winter Dice and Dot
Enter your name and email below and I’ll send you these December 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.
You can check out the calendar for January HERE. Editable templates are also available in my TpT store.
