This post may contain affiliate links, meaning we get a commission at no cost to you if you decide to make a purchase. As an Amazon Associate, we earn a small commission on qualifying purchases.
Spring has finally sprung! And you know we are ready with a full week of spring activity ideas to help you plan your speech and language sessions. We have some pretty blooming awesome activities like tulip fork painting, making rain in a jar, and of course, a can’t miss language game freebie. Keep reading to spring into a themed week of fun!
Week of Spring Activity Ideas
- Make It Monday
- Take A Trip Tuesday
- Water Wednesday
- Thinking Thursday
- Foodie Friday
- Scavenger Hunt Saturday
- Sensory Sunday
Make It Monday
For our craft this week, we created beautiful tulip fields with forks! All you need is some white paper, a green crayon, paint colors of choice, and forks. I put a blob of red, yellow, and blue paint on a brown grocery bag so my son could easily dab his fork into the paint. He made several pictures with many different colored tulips!
This was such an easy, but engaging activity. I loved how he could really make his tulip garden look however he wanted. He even mixed the colors toward the end to create purple and orange. His pictures made the best spring fridge decorations too!
So let your little at home or students at home fill their spring gardens with a fun spin on painting. Great way to encourage independence, but also color identification and describing. Plus you will have some gorgeous pictures to cover your bulletin boards!
Take A Trip Tuesday
To really get into a spring-y mood, we took a trip to the local hardware store to grab everything we needed to plant a flower! My boys enjoyed picking out which flower seeds to plant, finding a planter, and exploring the store’s gardening center.
Once we were home, we planted our seeds in the soil, watered them, and gave them prime real estate on the kitchen’s sink window sill. This was a great spring activity idea to target sequencing and direction following. Plus we can’t wait to see our flowers sprout!
Also Read: 3 Spring-Themed Speech & Language Activities
Water Wednesday
For our spring water activity, we did an easy science experiment that just about anybody can do! You will definitely want to make your own rain cloud to celebrate the first day of spring. All you need is a clear jar or glass, shaving cream, blue food coloring, an eyedropper, and water.
Here are the directions to create your very own rain cloud:
- Mix some blue food coloring into a bit of water.
- Fill a glass or clear jar with water.
- Cover the top with shaving cream.
- Use an eye dropper to release small “rain drops” of blue food coloring on top of the cloud.
- Watch the rain fall inside.
This is a great activity for any spring or weather themed unit, but also targets direction following, inferencing, sequencing, vocabulary, turn-taking, and more! As the weather continues to get warmer, I even hope to create some rain clouds during a whole group speech and language lesson.
Also Check Out: 5 Tips For Planning A Productive Large Speech & Language Group
Thinking Thursday
Our book this week is a fan favorite: Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring. This story includes lots of descriptive language when transitioning from the cold and ice of winter to the light and brightness of spring. With beautiful illustrations, you can target a variety of language skills such as WH questions, adjective + noun phrases, comparing and contrasting, sequencing, and more!
After you read or listen to the story above, be sure to get your students up and moving with our FREEBIE Spring Puddle Jumping Language Activities. Print out either the categorization puddle cards or direction following cards then place around the room. Have your students jump to each puddle and complete the written task. So much fun and so very spring-y!
This fun spring activity is guaranteed to become a quick favorite this season. Be sure to click the image below or right here to instantly download your FREEBIE Spring Puddle Jumping Language Activities now!
Foodie Friday
Mmmm we have a yummy and ridiculously easy spring themed recipe for you this week! Keep reading to see how Mandy and her girls made cloud jello.
First, grab some berry blue jello, clear cups, and whipped cream. Make berry blue jello according to the directions on the box. Once jello has set, split evenly among several of the cups. Lastly, add some whipped cream to the top. It is that easy! Enjoy!
Scavenger Hunt Saturday
We have another vocabulary scavenger hunt for this week! Target spring vocabulary words include: Flower, Rainbow, Butterfly, Watering Can, Sun, Bee, Rain Boots, Wheelbarrow, Umbrella, Caterpillar, Rain, Tree, Kite, and Snail.
Print and laminate the vocabulary cards to hide around the classroom or place into a sensory bin. Use the sentence strip visual to create 4-5 word utterances. Use the find and color or find and cover pages for additional activity. Pair the hidden spring picture scene with any of the above ideas for a fully comprehensive vocabulary activity for your next spring speech and language session!
Print the no-prep black and white coloring page to send as homework or use during a session to review the spring vocabulary concepts. Lastly, use the pretend magnifying glasses to make your students feel like they are the ultimate spring detectives! Great way to target spatial prepositions too!
Want More? Click Here: The Only Transportation Themed Activity You Will Ever Need!
Sensory Sunday
Our last spring inspired activity is an easy weather sorting bin to help target categorizing, describing, fine motor skills, and more. It is no secret we love sensory bins so we are super excited to share this spring themed bin with you. Check it out below!
Also Read: 9 Amazing Benefits of Sensory Bins
Grab a variety of different yellow, blue, and white pom-poms to represent spring weather: sunny, rainy, and cloudy. I chose several sizes and texture of pom poms as well. Then have your students use tongs or scoops to sort each type of weather into labeled cups. After they took a few turns, I let them just play in the bin for a bit of sensory fun! So easy and made for a great spring language session!
So there you have it! A whole week of themed ideas to keep your students or own children occupied and ready for spring! See something you like? Let us know by dropping us a comment below or sharing with us on our Instagram! We would love to see what is sprouting in your speech rooms this spring. 😉
Talking Mama Bears
Kate & Mandy
