Speech Therapy Activities for Kids
Speech therapy activities are structured practice exercises that help a child build clearer speech and stronger language skills. The activities below are grouped into four skill areas — articulation, vocabulary, language, and social communication — so you can start with whichever one matches what your child is working on.
Every activity here is designed for home practice between sessions. None of it replaces an evaluation by a licensed speech-language pathologist, and none of it requires special equipment.
Which skill area should I start with?
If your child is hard to understand, start with articulation. If they understand more than they can say, start with vocabulary. If they speak clearly but struggle to follow along, start with language. If connecting with other children is the harder part, start with social communication.
Articulation
These activities target specific consonant sounds and blends: where the tongue goes, how air flows, and how to carry a correct sound from single words into everyday conversation.
4 activitiesVocabulary
These activities grow both expressive vocabulary (words a child uses) and receptive vocabulary (words a child understands), starting with high-frequency first words and expanding into categories.
2 activitiesLanguage
These activities target receptive language (understanding directions and questions) and expressive language (forming sentences, asking questions, describing events).
2 activitiesSocial Communication
These activities practise the back-and-forth of conversation: turn-taking, greetings, joint attention, and repairing a conversation when it breaks down.
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