Speech and Language Teletherapy Resources

Articulation Activities

• Have More Fun - Free speech articulation and phonological awareness games.
• Targeted Word Lists for Speech Therapy Practice - Worksheets for various speech sounds. 
• Bossy R Word Families - This is a website that contains activity sets for “R” sound word families. 

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Language and Literacy

Stories

• Bibliomania - This online resource hosts online literature for 5th grade and up. 
• Commonlit - Free collection of reading passages in all literary and nonfiction genres for grades 3-12.
• Learn English Kids - Listen and Watch - Short animated stories with vocabulary, sequencing, and comprehension questions from England. Materials are printable.
• Newsela - Offers students up-to-date, high-interest articles that meet students right at their level. This resource is free for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year. 
• Reading Comprehension from RHL - Free reading comprehension worksheets for teachers and parents to copy.
• Scholastic Learn at Home - This is a collection of cross-curricular articles, stories, and videos that incorporate discussion points, lesson plans, and activities. (Grades K-8) 
• Sit Together and Read (STAR) - STAR is a set of interactive and innovative read-aloud practices designed for educators and caregivers. STAR is a resource from The University of Ohio College of Education & Human Ecology.
• Stories from the Web - Children's Writing Gallery - Short stories and poems written by children. 
• Storyline Online - An online program where books are read aloud by famous people. Each book is accompanied by a supplemental teacher guide. (Grades K-4) 
• Storynory - This site contains more than 600 audio stories, myths, and poems to listen to or download. (Grades K-5) 
• Monarch Reader formerly known as the Tar Heel Reader - Collection of free, easy-to-read, and accessible books on a wide range of topics.

Vocabulary Development

• Anagram Solver - an online vocabulary and spelling development resource.
• Eye on Idioms  - from ReadWriteThink.org Eye on Idioms includes a series of exercises, in which students view the literal representations of idioms and then examine their metaphorical meanings.
• Picture Dictionary - This dictionary contains more than 2500 illustrations with translations in more than 50 languages. 
• Vocabulary.com Learn Words - is a vocabulary builder website for older students. 
• World of Words - a website for vocabulary building games and activities.

Writing

• Describe a Movie - This online form can be completed for discussion about any movie. This form can be printed and used for discussion or turned in for comprehension.
• Mad Libs for Kids - With over 100 story templates, kids can create stories using the Mad Lib format.
• Story Jumper - Provides a free online tool to write, illustrate and publish children's stories. 

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Speech and Language Activities and Games

• IXL - IXL is a website for educators and families to help learners build math, language arts and social studies skills.
• Letters - Words - A language resource that features a word search engine designed for a versatile scope of usages to support development of English language.
• Sequencing Fun - This website was created by a Speech Language Pathologist and contains Sequencing games.
• Speech-Language (and more!) online games! This website was created by a Speech Language Pathologist and has interactive games to work on different speech or language goals for students to play. Younger students will need an adult to explain the game and/or listen for correct response.

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Speech and Phonology

• Examples of Materials That Can Be Adapted For Therapy a collection of resources by Judith Maginnis Kuster - A collection of internet sites with materials that can be adapted to support speech/language activities.
• Speaking of Speech - This website has a variety of activities for speech sound disorders and to support language development. 

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Social Communication/Pragmatics

• Social Thinking - Free Webinars - A series of free webinars that cover a variety of social competency topics. Each webinar is 1 hour 30 minutes. 

National Resources for Speech-Language Pathology

• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) COVID-19 Updates - American Speech Hearing Association’s main page has various topics to support professionals and families during the remote learning period.
  • Telepractice-Resources-During-COVID-19 (ASHA) - ASHA’s information on telepractice.
• State Education Agencies Communication Disabilities Council (SEACD) - State Education Agencies Communication Disabilities Council resources from other states on ways to support students with communication disorders.

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Questions? Contact

For more information about services for students who have speech or language impairments in Colorado, please contact:

Gina Herrera
Phone: (303) 253-0451
Email Gina Herrera