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Happy Hanukkah! My family loves hearing all about Mandy and her family’s Hanukkah traditions! So to keep the discussion and learning going, Mandy has created several easy, no prep activities jammed packed with holiday vocabulary to share with all of you. We have rounded up the 5 best Hanukkah speech & language activities to help you celebrate this season.
Hanukkah Menorah Speech Articulation Craft
First up, we have an engaging and effective Hanukkah Menorah Speech Articulation Craft for your students. All you need are the corresponding target sound pictures plus the menorah background page. Then grab scissors, glue, and crayons!
The craft craft includes the following speech sounds in every position and mixed: /p/, /b/, /m/, /n/, /w/, /h/, /t/, /d/, /k/, /g/, /s/, /z/, /f/, /v/, /sh/, /ch/, /th/, /j/, /l/, /r/, /air/, /ar/, /ear/, /er/, /ire/, /or/, /sw/, /sm/, /sp/, /sn/, /st/, /sl/, /sk/, /bl/, /kl/, /fl/, /gl/, /pl/, /sl/, /br/, /kr/, /dr/, /fr/, /gr/, /pr/, /tr/. And there are 12 target sounds per page!
Color the menorah background first. Find the correct page of target words you need and have students color. Cut out the candles and paste them on the menorah. Practice each target word throughout the entire craft. A colored copy of the menorah and candles are provided for reinforcers in therapy sessions.
Your students will have multiple opportunities to practice their target sound plus have a beautiful Hanukkah themed picture to take home for additional carry-over practice!
Also Read: No Prep Winter Speech Therapy Activities (With Bonus Language Ideas!)
Hanukkah Vocabulary Scavenger Hunt Activity
Next up, we have a low prep Hanukkah activity to get your kids moving and your sessions grooving! Print this Hanukkah Vocabulary Scavenger Hunt to target the following holiday words: Menorah, Star of David, Gelt, Present, Latkes, Kiddush Cup, Challah Bread, Torah, Candle, Dreidel, Sufganiyot, Oil Jug, Israel Flag, Maccabee.
Print and laminate the vocabulary cards to hide around the speech room, classroom, or place into a sensory bin. Use the provided sentence strip visual to create 4-5 word utterances. All images come in both black and white as well as full color.
Have students check off words as they find them on the Vocabulary Checklist, cover each concept on the Find & Cover page, or color the Hanukkah images on the Color & Find page.
Lastly, use the no-prep black and white coloring page to send as homework or use during a session to review the Hanukkah vocabulary concepts. Use the pretend magnifying glasses or a real one to search for the vocabulary words within a fun, colorful hidden picture scene. Great way to target spatial prepositions and direction following too!
With multiple ways to use this resource, this vocabulary scavenger hunt will easily become your go-to Hanukkah speech and language activity!
Hanukkah No Prep Direction Following With Qualitative & Quantitative Concepts
Print this Hanukkah No Prep Direction Following with Qualitative and Quantitative Concepts activity to target basic (colors, actions, etc.), spatial (on, above, under, between, next to, etc.), sequential (first, second, third), temporal (before, after), conditional (if, then), qualitative (big, small, short, tall), quantitative (more, less, all, none, some, few, etc.) directions plus basic concepts.
There are over 100 directions in the 36 different pages including one, two, and three steps directions. Great for mixed groups with varied levels of need and for take home practice.
The following are concepts included:
- 1-2 Step Basic Directions
- 1-2 Step Spatial Directions
- 2-3 Step Sequential Directions
- Temporal Directions
- Conditional Directions
- Big, Medium, Small
- Short, Tall
- Same, Different
- Simple Directions with 24 Basic Concepts
- Less, More
- Least, Most
- One, Some, All, A Couple, A Few
- All, None
- Negation
We love these print and go worksheets for not only direction following, but for the vocabulary and images used in each. Our students love discussing all of the words and pictures throughout the pages increasing their expressive and receptive language skills with this fun Hanukkah direction following activity.
Read More: Direction Following Strategies & Practice Ideas
Hanukkah Dreidel Game
One of Mandy’s family traditions is playing the dreidel game with golden chocolate coins called gelt. My boys loved playing this game at home too! This was a super easy and fun way to experience the excitement of this holiday and include all ages.
During your speech and language sessions, use plastic coins if food items are not allowed. Have students take turns spinning the dreidel then counting out their winnings. But watch out! Sometimes a student may roll a “Nun” meaning not to take any earnings!
This is a great Hanukkah activity to practice all, none, number identification, rote counting, turn-taking, and more!
Hanukkah Speech Therapy Scavenger Hunt
We LOVE this next Hanukkah activity for so many reasons! Check out this Hanukkah Speech Therapy Scavenger Hunt Activity.
First, our students really enjoy hunting for Hanukkah themed vocabulary words throughout the speech room or within a sensory bin. Ideal for those high energy groups!
Second, we like the fact that our students don’t realize they are even working when they match the cards to their target sounds. After they find a vocabulary word, they can match it to the corresponding speech sound on their coloring page. Practice each target word while coloring.
Lastly, this Hanukkah speech AND language activity is really just that! A perfect combo for those mixed speech and language sessions.
Wanting some more fun holiday themed ideas and activities? Check out our other blog posts all about different holiday ideas and inspiration. Read our Targeting Holiday Vocabulary Around The World post and Fun Holiday Themed Summer Week post next!
We hope you have enjoyed our 5 favorite speech and language Hanukkah activities! Planning on trying one out? Be sure to share on Instagram! We would love to see your holiday sessions in action!
Happy Hanukkah!
Talking Mama Bears
Kate & Mandy
