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I wanted to share three of my favorite low prep Valentine’s Day speech activities for mixed groups! When February hits, you are tired–tired of planning and finding ways to engage your students. Am I right? One way I keep up engagement in my sessions is by switching things up occasionally. Today I am going to share Valentine’s Day speech activities using crafts to cover lots of skills. And, I have a free speech therapy Valentine’s Day craft that is low-prep and super versatile for goals!
Learn about more Valentine’s Day speech therapy activities that will complement your crafts!
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For years I have been using this low prep speech therapy Valentine’s Day free craft with my mixed groups. The Love You To Pieces can be used with any goal by writing speech or language targets on the heart. You can also use the articulation or language pictures to glue on the heart. I will often pair these types of crafts with my articulation activities flipbooks and sound-loaded carrier phrases from my visual sentence strips.
If you need a preschool & Kindergartn Valentine;’s Day speech therapy lesson plan, use this language lesson plan guide to take the stress of planning for your preschool and kindergarten caseload. These are designed for whole-class lessons and can be used in small groups. It makes planning for your K-2 groups easier!
Brittany said, “Loved the google slides, as always, to use on the smart board. my students loved the bingo, as well as the subject (pronoun)+ verb worksheets! I used my own Valentine’s day books with this packet, like The Day it Rained Hearts and Love Monster with my students from 12:1 K-2 class.”
Valentine’s day speech activities using crafts can be worth the time to prep if you use them strategically in your sessions. Here are some ways you can use Valentine’s Day crafts for speech therapy to get the most bang for your buck:
I am a BIG fan of using paper plate crafts in therapy because it is so cost-effective, and I usually have all the supplies on hand. Here are two Valentine’s Day paper plate crafts:
You can write or glue your students’ speech or language targets on the back of the plate. Furthermore, students can practice following directions with prepositions and basic concepts while they create their Love Monsters. You can also use this craft to work on story retelling after reading the book, Love Monster by Rachel Bright. You can use my Any Craft Companion Set to have pictures for speech and language targets.
Paper plates
String
Colored Hearts from construction paper
This craft pairs well with a friendship-themed book or a Valentine’s Day book that talks about making something for a friend. The Day it Rained Hearts by Felicia Bond or Big Friends by Linda Sarah pairs well with this activity. You can also make a Day it Rained Hearts sensory bin for a future lesson plan.
We have a book cheat sheet, book companion and other visual supports fo the book, The Day it Rained Hearts in the Themed Therapy SLP membership.
You can have students write their speech sound targets, tier II vocabulary words, verb tenses, or love/friendship idioms on the hearts. When working on the concept of compliments or encouraging friends, you can have your students make a wreath for a friend. Have them label and discuss adjectives that describe their friends. Have them write compliments on the hearts of the peers they have in mind.
Need a LOW prep Valentine’s Day speech activity that will keep hands busy and minds engaged while practicing their articulation and language goals? Use this free Valentine’s day speech therapy craft that will keep little hands busy and minds engaged with their goals? Have students make this FREE Love Bug Craft with dot markers or paint, and use black markers to create a craft while you practice.
You can pull out your speech sound materials or sentence strips while working on a specific sound or pattern.
Another way to adapt this craft is to have students name items in a category or describe a noun by attributes. However many ideas they can name is how many dots they can put on their love bug. You can also do this when drawing the bug’s legs.
If you have mixed groups and want to do one Valentine’s articulation and language craft make this 3D Valentine’s Day craft. It comes with speech sound and language skill templates with speech homework included.
For additional Valentine’s day speech activities using crafts, make on of these in February:
