With March comes the excitement of spring and plenty of fun themes for speech therapy. Use the March Speech Therapy Lesson Plans below to add seasonal favorites like St. Patrick’s Day, gardens, and springtime animals. Use the creative ideas to work the themes into your daily plans.
Themes like basketball, bunnies, and carrots will keep your sessions engaging and effective! These spring-inspired activities will make your speech therapy lesson planning easier during March!
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Table of Contents
Week 1: Welcome Spring
Welcome spring into the room with these fun books and language activities. They are perfect for March Speech Therapy Lesson Plans.
BOOKS
Goodbye Winter Hello Spring: Say goodbye to winter and welcome spring with this enjoyable read-aloud. You’ll get to see all of the adorable things spring offers.
Fletcher and the Springtime Blossoms: Fletcher is so excited to see the spring blossoms on the trees, and he can’t wait for warmer weather.
When Spring Comes: What happens when spring comes? This book outlines all of the fun things that are to come.
ARTICULATION
Spring Dice & Dot: Kids roll the dice and dot the words on their pages, building their articulation skills as they meet their goals.
Read & Review Spring Book Companions: Instead of searching your brain for how to use books in speech therapy, use these pre-planned resources to teach!
LANGUAGE
These activities are not only great for articulation but for language as well!
Read & Review Spring Book Companions
Week 2: Spring
Spring has tons of fun themes, including cute animals. Kids will enjoy these memorable stories as they improve their skills.
BOOKS
Spring Stinks: Bruce is a grumpy bear who isn’t thrilled about spring coming. Learn why he doesn’t want winter to go.
Spring is Here: A Bear and Mole Story: As winter ends, learn about bears and moles! The mole is trying to wake the bear up but is unsuccessful!
Bear Wants More: Bear wakes up hungry and can’t seem to fill his stomach. He searches for more to eat and can’t seem to find enough.
ARTICULATION
Read & Review Spring Book Companions: Use the book companions to teach language and articulation skills to your students. These pre-made plans will relieve stress for you.
LANGUAGE
The spring narrative notes and book companions lay everything out for you for the month of March!
Read & Review: Spring Book Companions
Week 3: St. Patrick’s Day & Basketball
Who doesn’t love a leprechaun activity? Use that theme and some fun basketball printables to practice language and articulation.
BOOKS
Pete The Cat and the Great Leprechaun Chase: Pete the Cat is trying to catch a leprechaun and is pulling out all the stops!
How to Catch a Leprechaun: This is a funny story about how to catch a leprechaun. It’s excellent paired with a craft or letting the kids make their trap.
How to Trap a Leprechaun: Learn how to catch a pesky leprechaun with this witty story!
The Boy Who Never Gave Up: Encourage kids with a story about continuing to try even when it’s complicated. This boy is trying to master the game of basketball.
ARTICULATION
St. Patrick’s Day Dice & Dot: Kids will roll the dice and dot the words as they practice saying them. The St. Patrick’s Day theme will make it exciting this month.
St. Patrick’s Day Match & Say: Use this activity to help kids match the words they are working on with their goals. They can work on these independently or with a partner.
Basketball Articulation 50 Trials: Keep track of articulation goals with a fun basketball theme!
LANGUAGE
Use the St. Patrick’s Day activities to work not only on articulation but language skills as well.
Read & Review: Spring Book Companions
Week 4: Garden
As kids grow their brains, show them how gardens grow and work on vocabulary during March Speech Therapy Lesson Plans.
BOOKS
Up In The Garden Down in the Dirt: Use this book to discuss growing things in the garden. You’ll see bugs and roots, as well as unique plants.
The Night Gardener: Overnight, a tree is shaped into an owl. A bunch of topiaries start popping up around the city, each more beautiful than the last!
ARTICULATION
Read & Review: Spring Book Companions: These spring companions are so much fun and allow you to read fun stories and practice speech skills simultaneously.
Spring Dice & Dot: Dice and dot the words kids are working on using a fun spring theme.
Articulation 50 Trials Spring: Practice articulation with flowers and all things spring on these printables!
LANGUAGE
Grab the activities to practice all of your speech skills.
Week 5: Carrots and Bunnies
Bunnies are popping up everywhere, so learn about them, celebrate spring, and enjoy fun activities this month.
BOOKS
Too Many Carrots: What would you do with too many carrots? The character in this book has a problem and can’t figure out how to solve it.
Tops and Bottoms: In this story, the hare tricks the rich and lazy bear into giving him what he wants. Use this story to teach morals and lessons.
ARTICULATION
Bunny Build-A-Face: Roll the dice, say the word, and create an adorable bunny face!
Bunny Popper Companion: Grab a bunny popper and shoot it at words. Articulate the words on the cards that are hit.
Read & Review: Spring Book Companions: The spring book companions are a fantastic addition to March Speech Therapy Lesson Plans. They are easy to put together and fun to use.
LANGUAGE
Use these fun activities to work on language and articulation skills during March.
- Bunny Build-A-Face
- Bunny Popper Companion
- Read & Review: Spring Book Companions
- Spring Narrative Notes
Check out these podcast episodes to help in deciding which spring-themed books are best for your speech therapy sessions.
PODCAST: Our Favorite Spring Picture Books for Speech Therapy
PODCAST: Deep Dive: Using Fletcher and The Springtime Blossoms in Speech Therapy
PODCAST: This or That: Using How to Catch a Leprechaun and How to Trap a Leprechaun in Speech Therapy
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