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Using Christmas articulation games and activities in December is fun if your students celebrate the holiday. Because your speech therapy caseload has LOTS of sounds you target, I am making it easier for you with a free Christmas articulation word list that you can use with any Christmas articulation activity or game. Plus, I will share some fun Christmas articulation games!
One of the ways you can plan for multiple groups and different articulation and phonology goals is by having cheat sheets. Having a Christmas articulation word list near you makes getting those 100+ trials easier with whatever articulation activity you are doing. Make sure to download this Christmas articulation word list free download to use with crafts, games, or picture scenes. If you have students with R, S, S-blends, and L, this list will be super helpful! We know implementing themed therapy can be challenging for all the goals you serve, and that’s why we provide themed word lists for every member of the membership.
Click here to get your free Christmas articulation word list and BINGO gams.
Here is a speech therapy word list of Christmas R words that you can use to reference during activities. You can also print the free Christmas articulation word list and send to families for practice, or keep it in a binder for reference when doing an open-ended game or activity.
I have a craft even my SLPs who are team NO glue will like. When you do a speech therapy craft, it must be functional, easy to prep, and used in therapy. Because it isn’t worth the effort of printing, cutting, and then gluing with your students if it didn’t get you high engagement, lots of trials, and can be used as articulation homework. These 3D Christmas Tree articulation crafts will hit all those boxes. You can have students color the trees one session while practicing words. Then, in the next session, assemble the 3D Christmas tree craft while practicing. You can keep the trees in your room as a warm-up drill practice or send them home for kids to put on their mantels or hang from their Christmas tree all month long to practice.
The best Christmas speech therapy activities you can do that allow you to get in articulation drill practice with Christmas words include easy games, crafts, pretend play or picture scenes. I will share some of my favorites to make running mixed groups a breeze in December.
Play Christmas BINGO using my free Christmas vocabulary BINGO printables in the Christmas articulation word list. I also include a free Christmas articulation game mat printable that can be used for any speech or language goal. You roll a die to see how many Christmas items to cover. The first person to cover all their items wins. Print a sheet for every student in the group use it with magnetic chips or tokens. These Christmas articulation games pair well with these articulation flashcard sets!
Make Christmas chain crafts and have your students write their Christmas articulation words on each chain. Then, glue them together to create a Christmas chain countdown. You can keep them in your speech room and have students practice a chain every session until winter break, or send them as articulation homework to have families practice one chain daily. It’s super easy to adapt for younger and older students with pictures or writing words. I use the articulation word lists from my flipbooks to use generic words.
Print out this free Christmas speech therapy reinforcer elf game and pair it with your Christmas articulation word list. Attach binder clips to the elves and try to knock them down with cotton balls. Before each turn, have students practice a Christmas word 5-10x, and then they can try to knock down an elf.
Pair your Christmas articulation words with these free 100-trial Christmas articulation game mats from Ashley Rossi with Sweet Southern Speech. They are no-prep, festive for Christmas and will help you get 100+ trials in your sessions.
Pair these 100-trial Christmas game mats with my 23 speech sound articulation and phonology flashcards. We also have games and play-based activities to use with the flashcards.
Speech Sprouts has fun, hands-on ideas to help you get high trials using your Christmas articulation word list. You can play Stack-em and knock-em down Santa cups. Before you take a turn, students practice their speech words. Or make playdough Christmas trees, and students can put beads in the tree every time they practice their speech words.
Planning for preschool and elementary speech therapy caseloads can be time-consuming! So, let me help you with more Christmas articulation activities and ideas that can be used for language groups, too. What Christmas articulation activities do you plan with your caseload? Share an idea in the comments!
