The Fall Speech Therapy Resource You’ll Actually Use With Your Whole Caseload
A Fall Speech Therapy Idea with No Drama
I know….the beginning of the school year is BUSY.
You’re figuring out your caseload, meeting new students, reviewing IEPs, trying to remember who is working on what, dealing with schedule changes, and you still have to plan actual therapy sessions.
And then September turns into October…and now it’s time for fall-themed speech therapy activities.
I love a cute seasonal activity as much as the next SLP, but there’s one thing I don’t want to do…spend 30 minutes prepping a cute craft that gives me about 5 minutes of actual speech practice.
That’s exactly why I made this resource.
You Need a Fall Speech Activity That Works for Your ENTIRE Caseload
The Fall Back-to-School September October Speech Therapy Activities Headband Craft was made with the reality of school-based speech therapy in mind.
You have articulation kids.
You have phonological processes.
You have language students.
You have mixed groups.
You have students who need hundreds of repetitions.
And you have approximately zero extra time to create six different activities for six different groups.
Make September, October, and November speech and language activities exciting and hands-on with these fall and back to school themed speech therapy crafts! Your students will love creating pumpkin, apple, scarecrow, turkey, squirrel, and back to school/bus themed speech therapy hats, headbands, and crowns while practicing their articulation and language goals...and you’ll love how easy and engaging it is for your entire caseload!
This resource includes 6 different summer themed speech therapy crafts to choose from — perfect for mixed groups, no-prep sessions, and high-trial articulation practice. Just print, go, and craft!
After targeting articulation or language goals with the included worksheets, students can transform their work into fun headband crafts or speech room bulletin board décor. It’s the perfect way to turn practice into proud displays of progress!
Options Included:
back to school bus
apple
pumpkin
squirrel
scarecrow
Thanksgiving turkey
🗣️ Speech Sound Goals Included:
All positions: p, b, m, n, t, d, k, g, s, z, f, v, l, sh, ch, th, j
Medial & final NG
Initial y, h, w
Initial & medial R
All vocalic R (separated + mixed)
L, R, S clusters, final S clusters
Minimal pairs: FCD, fronting, gliding, stopping
3-element clusters
Multisyllabic words
Syllable shapes (CV, VC, CVC, CVCV, CVCVC)
🧠 Language Goals Included:
Pronouns
Regular & irregular past tense verbs
Spatial concepts
Object function
Categories
Regular & irregular plurals
Emotions
Idioms
➕ Blank template to customize your own targets!
💡 Why SLPs Love This Resource:
✅ No-prep, print-and-go convenience
✅ Perfect for mixed articulation and language groups
✅ Engaging fall and back to schoo themed crafts students are excited to finish
✅ Great for speech therapy centers, bulletin boards, and home practice
Make fall and back to school speech therapy fun, productive, and creative with this speech therapy craft bundle for articulation and language goals!
This resource solves that problem.
It includes 6 different fall and back-to-school crafts:
🚌 Back-to-school bus
🍎 Apple
🎃 Pumpkin
🐿️ Squirrel
🌾 Scarecrow
🦃 Thanksgiving turkey
Students work on their speech or language targets, then turn their work into a headband, crown, or speech room display.
So yes, they get the fun craft.
But you get actual therapy.
And This Is NOT Just an Articulation Craft
This is probably my favorite part.
The articulation pages cover a HUGE range of speech sound targets, so you can use the same resource with students working on completely different sounds.
You’ll find targets for:
P, B, M, N, T, D, K, G
S, Z, F, V, L
SH, CH, TH, J
NG
Y, H, W
Initial and medial R
Vocalic R
L, R and S clusters
Final S clusters
3-element clusters
Multisyllabic words
Multiple syllable shapes
Minimal pairs for FCD, fronting, gliding and stopping
That means you can pull this out during a mixed articulation group and everyone can work on their own target without you needing three different activities sitting on your table.
And if you work with younger students who are still working at the word or syllable level?
There are targets for that, too.
Language Goals Are Included Too!
Because we all know that one group might have an articulation student, a language student, and someone working on both.
The language activities target:
Pronouns
Regular and irregular past tense
Spatial concepts
Object functions
Categories
Regular and irregular plurals
Emotions
Idioms
There is even a blank template so you can customize targets for students who don't fit neatly into the included categories.
That makes this much more useful than a typical seasonal craft.
You Can Actually Get HIGH Trials With It!
This is another reason I love using crafts in speech therapy when they are designed correctly.
A craft doesn't have to mean, "Say your word 5 times and then color." Although it certainly can…
But, with this resource, you can use the included practice pages to get in a LOT of repetitions before students even start assembling their craft. Use the check boxes on the side to let kids see how many more trials until they’re done!
And I’m not kidding when I say the kids BEG me to make these. Sometimes they ask me if they can make a second crown. And they always want me to send a pic to parents (although we all know that’s not always possible).
This Is A Craft That Is ACTUALLY No-Prep
This is big…
Not "no-prep" where you download it and then realize you need to gather 47 other matials.
You need scissors, glue, some crayons or markers, and maybe some construction paper to make the band (or use your computer paper and the print out for the bands included).
That's what I want from a seasonal speech therapy resource. You can print the pages you need, grab your materials, and you're ready. No elaborate setup or spending tons of planning time to make it happen.
Perfect for Those September, October, and November Speech Therapy
You know how this goes…
The kids are back at school, but you're still getting into a routine. You have new groups. Your schedule is changing. You're trying to establish rapport. And you need something that’s fun and quick but also lets you get some quality therapy done.
This is where I would use this resource.
Pull out the back-to-school bus early in August or early September. Move into the apple, squirrel, and scarecrow activities in September and October. Use the pumpkin as you get closer to Halloween. Then finish up with the turkey for November.
One resource can carry you through a big chunk of the fall!
And Don't Forget the Speech Room Bulletin Board!
Here's another little bonus. The finished crafts can become a headband OR speech room décor or bulletin board displays. I love anything that lets students see something they created while also making my speech room look like I actually have my life together. And we all know students LOVE seeing their work displayed. So, if you don’t feel like going the crown route, just cute and staple to make you speech room fall ready!
If You're Going to Buy One Fall Speech Resource...
I'd make it one that you're going to use over and over. Not something that works for one specific sound, or takes an hour to prep, or doesn’t work for mixed groups.
You want something that can handle your actual caseload.
That's why this resource includes articulation, phonological processes, language goals, multiple levels of practice, six seasonal themes, and a blank template for your own targets.
One download. A ton of different ways to use it.
And at $5, this is one of those resources that can save you far more time than it costs.
Ready to make fall speech therapy easier?
Grab the Fall Back-to-School Speech Therapy Activities Headband Craft and have your fall sessions planned with one simple print-and-go resource.
Your students will love the fun craft.
You will love the no-prep therapy.
