April in speech therapy is all about weather, bugs, Easter, Earth Day and other spring activities! I’ve put together some fun spring-themed resources to make your speech therapy activities easier during April with your students. Just rearrange for Easter as needed each year. Make sure you get the free download to print the April therapy plans at the bottom of this post.
Check out these podcast episodes to help in deciding which books are best for your speech therapy sessions.
PODCAST: Our Favorite Spring Picture Books for Speech Therapy
PODCAST: Deep Dive into Using Bear Finds Eggs in Speech Therapy
Week 1: Easter Eggs
BOOKS: Click, Clack, Peep!, Pete the Cat: The Big Easter Adventure, Bear Finds Eggs
ARTICULATION: Easter Dice & Dot, Easter Egg Craft
LANGUAGE: Easter Dice & Dot, No Prep Language- Easter and Spring, Spring Narrative Notes
Week 2: Bugs
BOOKS: The Honeybee, The Very Quiet Cricket, Hank’s Big Day: The Story of a Bug, The Very Impatient Caterpillar
ARTICULATION: Bugs Dice & Dot
LANGUAGE: Bugs Dice & Dot, Spring Narrative Notes, Bug Narrative Notes
Week 3: Bugs and Birds
BOOKS: This is the Nest That Robin Built, Snail Crossing
ARTICULATION: Spring Dice & Dot, Articulation 100 Trials (snails)
LANGUAGE: Bug Narrative Notes, Spring Dice & Dot
Week 4: Earth Day
BOOKS: Recycle!, Harlem Grown, Hey, Little Ant
ARTICULATION: Earth Day Match & Say, Articulation 50 Trials (Earth), Read & Review- Spring Books Companion
LANGUAGE: Earth Day Match & Say, Earth Day Lap Book, Read & Review: Spring Book Companion, Spring Narrative Notes
Week 5: Weather
BOOKS: Splat the Cat: The Rain is a Pain, Move Over, Rover, Bruce’s Big Storm
ARTICULATION: Spring Match & Say, Quick-Play Spring
LANGUAGE: Spring Match & Say, Rainbow Craft, Weather Narrative Notes
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.