
A camping theme is perfect for summer speech therapy
The camping theme is a favorite summer speech therapy because it’s fun. I have 15 ideas for you for preschool and elementary. including a scavenger hunt and microwaved s’mores.
Set up camp
Grab a couple of bag chairs and put them next to the fire. Put a cooler in between them. You can make a “tent” by draping a sheet over a small table or over a rope. If you have a small pop-up tent, use it. Your children will be thrilled!
If you’ll be working at a table, try throwing a red, checkered tablecloth over it to set the mood.
Camping theme books
Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping by Peggy Parish
A Camping Spree with Mr. Magee by Chris Van Dusen a funny, rhyming misadventure!
Henry and Mudge and The Starry Night by Cynthia Rylant
Poetry:
Toasting Marshmallows: Camping Poems by Kristine O’Connel George These are lovely poems. Explore this book with your older students for vocabulary development.
More Speech Camping Theme Activities
Go on a Bear Hunt to Practice Positional Concepts

Guess the forest animals: Name to a description
Tell the children you’ll give them clues, and they need to they need to guess which forest animal it is. For instance: This animal is black with a white stripe on it’s back. It can smell quite stinky. What is it?
Skunks have just the right amount of “ewww” to fascinate my children. This little cut and paste reader features a funny skunk, targets /sk/ blends and has a funny ending. From my Articulation and Language Activities for SK pack.
Owl-themed multiple meaning practice freebie
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Stamp some Stars for S-Blends practice.
Go on a scavenger hunt outdoors.
Find something that is:
crunchy
smooth
rough
bumpy
brown
fuzzy
hard
heavy
light
tiny
soft
broken
that smells
that grows
Make Microwave S’mores for sequencing, describing, requesting and categories
Language Goals to target:
Making requests/ formulating complete sentences: Have your children ask you for each ingredient
Build your s’mores
Have a good old-fashioned flashlight hunt for any target.
Find more great camping theme ideas
on my Pinterest board: Camping Theme Speech Therapy
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Happy Summer Friends!