It’s October, which in speech therapy is all about fall and changing leaves, fire safety, spiders, bats, and all things Halloween! I’ve put together some fun fall, alternatives to Halloween, and Halloween- themed resources to make your speech therapy activities easier during October with your students. Make sure you get the free download to print the October 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 in October:
PODCAST: Our Favorite Fall Books for Using in Speech Therapy
PODCAST: This or That: Using Leaf Man and The Leaf Thief
PODCAST: Our Favorite Alternative to Halloween Books for Using in Speech Therapy
PODCAST: Our Favorite Halloween Books for Using in Speech Therapy
PODCAST: This or That: Using Little Blue Truck’s Halloween and Room on the Broom in Speech Therapy
PODCAST: Deep Dive: Using Bone Soup in Speech Therapy
Week 1: Leaves
BOOKS: Fletcher and the Falling Leaves, The Leaf Thief
ARTICULATION: Leaves Dice & Dot, Leaf Craft
LANGUAGE: Leaves Dice & Dot, Leaf Craft, Read & Review: Fall Book Companions, Fall Narrative Notes
Week 2: Fire Safety
BOOKS: Visit the Firehouse, Big Frank’s Fire Truck, Pete the Cat: Firefighter Pete
ARTICULATION: 100 Articulation Trials (fire trucks)
LANGUAGE: Fire Safety Lap Book
Week 3: Bats and Spiders
BOOKS: Stellaluna, Aaaarrgghh! Spider!, Spiders, Sylvie
ARTICULATION: 100 Articulation Trials (Spiders and Bats), 50 Articulation Trials (Spiders and Bats)
LANGUAGE: Read & Review: Halloween Book Companions
Week 4: Halloween
BOOKS: Room on the Broom, The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything, Bone Soup
ARTICULATION: Halloween Dice & Dot, Halloween Match & Say
LANGUAGE: Halloween Dice & Dot, Halloween Match & Say, Categories- Halloween, Halloween WH Questions, Read & Review: Halloween Book Companions, Halloween Narrative Notes
Week 5: Halloween
BOOKS: The Hallo-Wiener, Stumpkin, Turkey Trick or Treat
ARTICULATION: Halloween Dice & Dot, Build-A-Face Halloween
LANGUAGE: Halloween Dice & Dot, Build-A-Face Halloween, Categories- Halloween, Halloween WH Questions, Read & Review: Halloween Book Companions, Halloween Narrative Notes
Enter your name and email below and I’ll send you these October 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 next calendar for November HERE. Editable templates are also available in my TpT store.
