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SLPs either love or hate articulation and language crafts. They can be a LOT to prep and make a mess. But I would like to argue that easy, simple winter speech and language activities using low-prep crafts can be just the activity you need to help increase engagement with a theme or working on functional communication. When planning co-teaching lessons, I will use a simple themed craft one to two times a month to help reinforce a concept from the book we used. Often, my students dig doing it, and we have opportunities to talk about the craft after it’s completed. Today, I wanted to share some winter speech and language activities using crafts that don’t take a long time to prep and can pair well with your winter theme unit.
When thinking about ideas for winter crafts that you can use for therapy, it’s always best to have the craft supplies ready to go. Investing in a small stash can last you for many months, or even the whole year. Your staff prep room may also have most of the supplies, so it won’t be much of a cost from your wallet. Here is a list of craft materials you want to have handy (Amazon affiliate links included):
– String or yarn (Found at Dollar Tree)
–Construction paper (Check your staff room)
–Colored pencils or markers
–Tissue paper squares (you can find some at Dollar Tree too, just not as many colors)
–Paint and Q-tips
If you LOVE doing a snowman theme in January-February, you can do a snowman craft to pair with any book. This free snowman craft template comes with different targets, so that you can use it with any mixed group. Do ONE craft with everyone, but have the targets tailored to your students speech or language goals.
Similarly, make a fun snowman paper plate craft. This can be great for a whole class lesson to work on functional communication. Or, you can do it with your elementary students and glue or write their speech targets on the back. I often print pages from the Any Craft Companion Resource. The trick is to select four pages and then print four to a page, so that they print on one page.
For students needing visual supports to help them with following directions, sequencing, or learning new vocabulary, use this free step-by-step winter craft resource to make a snowman paper plate craft.
Want more winter-themed paper plate ideas!? You can make a hibernating bear, a snow swirl, or a winter tree. These crafts would pair well with a hibernation theme or any snow-related book! In the Themed Therapy SLP membership, you are provided step-by-step visual supports for these crafts as well as a lesson plan for using these crafts. If you want more paper plate speech therapy craft ideas, you can get lots of inspo with these crafts. They are packed with ideas for how to adapt and use for a variety of goals in therapy. I think paper plates are my MOST favorite craft supply.
Make this winter season EASY on you and ENGAGING for your students by having winter speech and language activities to use with your Pre-K-5th grade caseload by joining the Themed Therapy SLP membership.
With a mix of digital, printable, book companions, cheat sheets, links to YouTube videos and more, on the monthly plan you get your choice of 3 themes a month.
Learn more about the membership and let us take lesson planning off your plate today!
Do you need ideas for winter crafts for speech therapy that has very little prep? Your OT therapists will love you for doing these winter clothing tissue papercrafts. Use your leftover tissue paper from holiday gifts and cut it into squares. Use the link above in the craft material recommendations to get tissue paper squares in various colors. Have students make requests for tissue paper and target CORE words for “more,” “again,” “help,” “I,” “turn,” and “all done.” These winter clothing crafts would pair perfectly with The Jacket I Wear in the Snow by Shirley Neitzel or The Mitten by Jan Brett. If you need a winter clothing template and CORE boards to pair with the craft, hit the images below for the winter language lesson plan guides. You can also do this craft with paint and Q-tips. In case you didn’t know, I have an entire blog post filled with lesson plan ideas for the book, “The Mitten.”
Make these winter popsicle stick puppets and work on basic concepts and naming winter clothing items. These winter speech and language activity printables come with a parent newsletter from the winter push-in language lesson plan guides.
Pair this winter articulation craft 3D snowman using any fun snowman book! You can get high trials with this winter articulation activity and send it home as speech therapy homework. Kids will have a fun time coloring their snowman pieces, and then can practice their articulation words once their snowman craft is complete!
Do you have a fun and easy speech therapy winter craft you use for articulating or language goals? I am always looking for engaging crafts that can be used during co-teaching sessions. I found some easy prep winter crafts for preschoolers from The Primary Parade, which you may like too!
Share your favorite winter speech and language craft in the comments below!
Looking for more winter speech and language activities? Here are some blog posts that may help you plan engaging winter speech therapy lessons:
