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When you think of summer, what comes to mind? For us, it is a cool, crisp glass of lemonade! Since the summer months are in full swing, we have perfect speech and language therapy activities with a lemon twist! Check out these comprehensive lemonade articulation ideas along with some sweet language companion activities for your next summer speech and language therapy session.
And don’t miss the free summer vocabulary cards to pair with any summer themed activity! You will have endless language opportunities with one quick and easy instant download! Keep reading to grab yours today along with all of these awesome lemonade inspired speech and language ideas.
Lemonade Articulation Therapy Ideas
First up, we have several comprehensive articulation activities all with a lemonade theme! So get zesty and take your summer therapy sessions to the next squeeze!
Lemonade Speech Therapy Articulation Craft
We have a super easy and very comprehensive Lemonade Speech Therapy Articulation Craft to make your summer lesson planning a breeze! All you will need is some scissors, a glue stick, and color utensils of your choice. Once you have your materials, simply print the background and page of targeted speech sounds. Students can color, cut, and glue their craft together while you get all the trials and data points you could ask for!
In this lemonade speech craft, there is a page containing 12 target sounds on lemon slices and ice cubes. Just choose and print your student’s target sound to complete the craft. Super ideal for mixed goal therapy groups!
Every craft includes the following speech sounds: /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/.
All sounds have a mixed positions page, but the following sounds are included in the initial, medial, and final positions as well: /p/, /b/, /m/, /n/, /w/, /h/, /t/, /d/, /k/, /g/, /s/, /z/, /f/, /v/, /sh/, /ch/, /th/, /j/, /l/.
Not only will your students get lots of practice during the session, these crafts are perfect to take home for additional review. Or if you need a little summer office decor, hang your students’ completed pictures up for a super cute lemon twist themed bulletin board!
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Lemonade Speech Therapy Articulation Scavenger Hunt
Check out this Lemonade Speech Therapy Articulation Scavenger Hunt. This resource contains all target sounds in every position possible as well as lemonade themed vocabulary to work on expressive and receptive vocabulary too! What could be better? 🍋
The following vocabulary concepts are included: Lemon, Ice Cubes, Sugar, Pitcher, Lemonade, Money, Spoon, Slice, Lemonade Stand, Strawberry, Knife, Wedge, Juicer, Cup, Straw, Lemon Tree.
Print the needed target sound page and grab markers, crayons, or a paint dotter. Hide the vocabulary cards around the room or in a sensory bin. Have students find the vocabulary concept then practice the target word paired on the sound page. Once all the concepts are found, have students color their pictures for additional practice!
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Lemonade Stand Speech Therapy Articulation Craft
We have just one more speech therapy craft to target articulation with a fun lemonade theme. Check out our Lemonade Stand Speech Therapy Articulation Craft to target not only the above mentioned speech sounds, but also review a variety of lemonade stand themed vocabulary.
Students will love assembling their very own lemonade stand while practicing their target sounds throughout the activity. Again, the completed project is perfect to send home for additional speech homework or to decorate the speech office walls. Your choice!
Lemonade Language Therapy Ideas
Needing some language therapy ideas with a fun summer theme? We have just the squeeze! We guarantee your kids won’t even know they are working with these next language therapy ideas!
“It Began With Lemonade”
No speech and language therapy session is complete without a cute story. And we have just the picture book to go along with all of these lemonade themed therapy activities. Check out It Began With Lemonade by Gideon Sterer.
While a young girl gets her lemonade ready and finds the perfect selling spot, you will be able to target WH questions, sequencing, and vocabulary identification throughout the story. Don’t miss this perfect summer picture book to pair with your lemonade themed speech and language activities.
Lemonade Stand Vocabulary Scavenger Hunt
Download this Lemonade Stand Vocabulary Scavenger Hunt to target vocabulary while getting your students up and moving. Simply print the vocabulary cards in full color or black and white along with one of the four included activities.
Here is what is included:
- Lemonade Stand Vocabulary Cards
- Lemonade Stand Vocabulary Checklist
- Lemonade Stand Find & Color Page
- Lemonade Stand Find & Cover Page
- Lemonade Stand Hidden Picture Scene
- Visual Sentence Strip
- Paper Magnifying Glass
Target the following vocabulary concepts with this versatile resource: Lemon, Ice Cubes, Sugar, Pitcher, Lemonade, Money, Spoon, Slice, Lemonade Stand, Strawberry, Knife, Wedge, Juicer, Cup, Straw, Lemon Tree.
We love this lemonade inspired vocabulary hunt because our students love this vocabulary scavenger hunt! 😉 But we love it even more because real discussions happen when introducing the novel vocabulary in addition to sentence expansion, direction following, and WH question comprehension. You truly target so many skills with one activity making this the perfect summer speech & language therapy resource!
Once engaged in the activity, students often share their lemonade stand experiences or start brainstorming their own small business plan! Such a fun way to work on language during the summer months.
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Lemonade Sensory Bin
If you are feeling brave and wanting a super hands on activity, we have a mega fun and easy sensory bin idea that is even taste tester friendly. Grab a few ladles, lemon slices, ice, water, cups, straws, and tub. Students can explore the textures as well as figuring out how to make the perfect glass of lemonade.
Sensory bins are great for so many reasons, but how fun is this lemonade themed one?! Students will be unknowingly working on turn-taking, fine motor skills, and direction following while exploring all of the sensory bin materials. And if it is especially hot out, everybody will love a little cool down! This sensory bin is definitely the perfect summer speech & language therapy activity!
Want even more reasons to love sensory bins? Check out our blog post: 9 Amazing Benefits of Sensory Bins.
Perfect Summer Lemonade Recipe
Anytime we can cook or make a simple treat during our speech and language sessions, we take it! Have students measure, scoop, stir, and taste while making their very own lemonade. Following recipes are such a wonderful way to work in functional language as well as direction following and increasing self-advocacy skills.
Use this simple recipe to conclude your perfect lemonade themed speech and language therapy lesson!
Free Summer Vocabulary Cards
And as promised, we have some versatile summer themed vocabulary cards that are perfect to pair with any speech or language activity all summer long. Instantly download your Freebie Summer Vocabulary Cards today to get the summer speech and language fun started!
Also, don’t miss our 5+ Spray Bottle Activities for Kids! blog post to see how we used these freebie summer vocabulary cards to beat the summer heat. 😎
So that is it! All of the perfect summer speech and language activities to make your next session extra sweet all in one spot! Let us know in the comments which lemonade inspired activity you can’t wait to try. Then be sure to go enjoy a glass of lemonade since your summer sessions have been planned for you. 😉
Talking Mama Bears
Kate & Mandy
