With Summer around the corner, this is the perfect time to share some summer-themed activities for you to use with your preschool and school-aged students.

Some schools will soon be ending for the summer, and some of you will continue to work during Extended School Year. You can also start using summer-themed telepractice activities for your end-of-year speech therapy sessions. If you are looking for activities to share with your families for carryover, you can learn more about sharing Boom Cards™ in my Boom Cards™ Simplified blog post. If you need more help with using or creating your own Boom Cards™, check out my Boom Basics Workshop.

Please know that I do not endorse any of these websites below (with the exception of www.telepracticetools.com) nor do I receive any commissions if you choose to use or subscribe to any of these sites. While many of these are FREE materials readily available to everyone on the worldwide web, you may need to create an account to access some activities if you do not already have one (e.g., Boom Learning℠).

Before we get to the list, here are a couple quick tips:

1. If you need stimulus items to accompany any of the general reinforcers, I like to use www.homespeechhome.com or their mobile World Vault app.
2. Use CTRL+F (Windows) or COMMAND+F (Mac) to quickly search for your desired grade level in this post. Enter your grade level or goal area, and all of the activities that match your search on this page will be highlighted. Enjoy!

Preschool and Kindergarten

I created summer themed lesson plans for preschool and early intervention that can also be used with your Kindergarten kids. 

You can get your Summer Themed Lesson Plans here.

This bundle includes 14 summer themed lesson plans that follow the following format:

1. Read a book
2. Watch a video
3. Activity to elicit language
4. Parent/e-helper coaching

The 12 themes included in this download are summer, ice cream, beach (2), camping (2), forest animals, picnic, traveling (2), airplane travel, Fourth of July, sports, and baseball. These lesson plans include a combination of:

• A list of recommended websites and physical materials for providers and families
• Coloring worksheet alternatives for those who may not have recommended toys
• Four Boom Card™ decks
• Suggested prompts to use to elicit language

The coloring worksheets can be sent to parents or e-helpers to print for use during your teletherapy sessions.

Keep reading for Summer themed activities for school age children…

Elementary

We also offer Summer Themed Lesson Plans for Elementary students in grades K-5th. These lesson plans cover three levels:

1. Level 1: K-1st grade
2. Level 2: 2nd-3rd grade
3. Level 3: 4th-5th grade

Each lesson plan includes:

• Recommended e-books
• Boom Cards™
• Vocabulary lists

Here are some free themed summer activities for elementary students.

Abcya: These FREE activities can be used to target articulation, language, and fluency goals. For preschool children who are working on expanding their utterances or vocabulary, they can use activities such as Make an Ice Cream Sundae to request the “red cherries” or say “Can I have red cherries?” For older elementary students working on articulation, they can read the word lists and then form their own sentences using target words in an activity such as Memorial Day Word Search.

1. Dress for the Weather (Preschool-1st grade)
2. Make an Ice Cream Sundae (Preschool-Kindergarten)
3. Wonders Around the World (2nd-6th grade and up)
4. Memorial Day Word Search (3rd-6th grade and up)
5. Memorial Day Crossword Puzzle (3rd-6th grade and up)
6. Independence Day Word Search (3rd-6th grade and up)
7. Independence Day Crossword Puzzle (3rd-6th grade and up)
8. Make a Treehouse (K-6th grade) 
9. Take a Trip: Food Groups (1st-5th grade)

Hidden Pictures: These FREE activities can be used to play “I Spy” to work on vocabulary and describing. “I spy a yellow fruit.” You can also have fun finding the target items that the children describe, “It is on the hood of the car.”

1. Paddle Boat (K-3rd grade)
2. Playground Dragon (K-3rd grade)
3. Car Wash Fun (K-5th grade)
4. Walking the Dogs (K-5th grade)
5. Camping (K-5th grade)

Pink Cat Games: PinkCatGames.com has a variety of themed activities that are perfect for speech therapy teletherapy sessions. You can address articulation, language, fluency, or use the games for general reinforcement activities. It is great for preschool through middle school. Just be sure the select age-appropriate games. The annual subscription is only $39.99, and allows you access to ALL of their games. You can also create your own. View our YouTube Tutorial below.

For more Telepractice Tutorials, visit our YouTube channel.

Super Teacher Worksheets: These can be used for your students working on articulation, language, and fluency.

1. Word Search: Summer (K-3rd grade)
2. Another View (2nd-3rd grade)

Mad Libs: Students can create their own stories using target words to address articulation and fluency.

1. Father’s Day Mad Libs
2. Fourth of July Mad Libs
3. Summer Mad Libs
4. Travel Mad Libs

ReadWorks.org: These reading passages can be used to address articulation, language, and fluency goals. There are questions included with each passage.

1. Why Do We Have Summer? (1st grade)
2. Summer Vacation (3rd grade) 

Middle and High School

Abcya: These FREE activities can be used to target articulation, language, and fluency goals. For preschool children who are working on expanding their utterances or vocabulary, they can use activities such as Make an Ice Cream Sundae to request the “red cherries” or say “Can I have red cherries?” For older elementary students working on articulation, they can read the word lists and then form their own sentences using target words in an activity such as Memorial Day Word Search.

1. Wonders Around the World (2nd-6th grade and up)
2. Memorial Day Word Search (3rd-6th grade and up)
3. Memorial Day Crossword Puzzle (3rd-6th grade and up)
4. Independence Day Word Search (3rd-6th grade and up)
5. Independence Day Crossword Puzzle (3rd-6th grade and up)
6. Make a Treehouse (K-6th grade) 

Mad Libs: Students can create their own stories using target words to address articulation and fluency. You can search by category, such as Father’s Day Mad Libs, Fourth of July Mad Libs, Summer Mad Libs, and Travel Mad Libs. We’ve provided some of our favorites below:

1. A Water Balloon Battle
2. Dear Dad
3. Fireworks Display
4. Fun Facts About Summer
5. Happy Father’s Day
6. Road Trip
7. Summer Trip
8. The Longest Day of the Year

Boom Card Decks

This list includes a combination of free and paid activities. These summer-themed decks and more can be found in our Telepractice Tools store on Boom Learning℠. 

Articulation

1. NEW! Summer Articulation: /f/ Tic-Tac-Toe
2. NEW! Summer Articulation: /k/ Tic-Tac-Toe
3. NEW! Summer Articulation: /g/ Tic-Tac-Toe
4. Summer Articulation: /r/ Four-in-a-Row
5. Summer Articulation: /l/ Four-in-a-Row
6. Summer Articulation: /s/ Four-in-a-Row
7. Summer Articulation: /z/ Four-in-a-Row
8. Summer Articulation: /th/ Tic-tac-toe
9. Summer Articulation: /ch/ Tic-tac-toe
10. Summer Articulation: /sh/ Tic-tac-toe
11. Summer Articulation Tic-Tac-Toe Bundle: /th/, /sh/, /ch/
12. Summer Articulation Four-in-a-Row: /r/, /s/, /z/, /l/
13. ULTIMATE SUMMER ARTICULATION BUNDLE: R, S, Z, L, TH, SH, CH

Vocabulary

1. Summer Themed Spatial Concepts: Receptive Language (Preschool)
2. Summer Themed Spatial Concepts: Expressive Language (Preschool)
3. Summer Vocabulary Tic-Tac-Toe (3rd-5th)

General reinforcers

1. FREE Summer Tic-Tac-Toe (All grades)
2. Summer Themed Would you Rather

I hope this list helps you quickly plan your telepractice activities for the end of the school year and into the summer. If you have any suggestions for what you’ll be using for your summer carryover activities, I’d love to hear it in the comments below. If you haven’t already, please subscribe for updates and special offers.

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