What if you could easily make your speech therapy room decor come to life? Today I’m sharing quick and easy ways to make it interactive through the use of tap lights!
(Tap lights stick to your wall or door and are easy to find at various online marketplaces such as Amazon)!
This versatile, functional decor will allow you to target the areas of articulation, language, social skills and more!
1. Articulation – Speech Therapy Room Decor
Early Sounds
I love using the popular song “Baby Shark” to target early developing speech sounds! Each time students recite a verse (filled with sound repetitions), they press a tap light!
Articulation Hierarchy
I love helping students master sound production by working through each step at the sound, word, phrase, sentence and conversational levels through the use of tap lights!
2. Language Speech Therapy Room Decor
WH Questions
Prompt a student to ask you a question by tapping a light next to a WH referent! Or, ask students to retell a story and tap a light each time they provide information about each area!
Vocabulary Attributes – Describing Activities
Ask your students to describe a vocabulary word according to each attribute! For added fun, play a game in which one student tries to guess a secret word by asking another student attribute questions!
3. Social Skills – Speech Therapy Room Decor
Morning Greeting Choices
These morning greeting choices make a fabulous door decoration! Help your students appropriately greet others by placing the visuals and tap lights on the door and asking your students to touch the light corresponding to the greeting they prefer as they enter your room!
Conversation Skills
Help your students self-monitor by asking them to tap a light after they complete a step in the conversation. Tap lights also work great as visual cues for students who need a reminder (e.g. ask a question)!
Emotional Literacy
These feelings visuals work beautifully in a calm down corner as they provide a great way to help students identify and express different emotions.
Calm Down Exercise
This grounding exercise also works effectively in a calm down corner as each step helps students calm and regulate their emotions.
Voice Level
Not only are these visuals great for your speech room, but they’re also excellent for classroom decor as they let students know expectations for vocal volume at any given time and teach students how to self-monitor and make adjustments.
4. Stuttering Therapy – Speech Therapy Room Decor
This decor also serves as a teaching tool and engaging activity that helps students understand and use a variety of fluency enhancing behaviors.
Would you believe there are even MORE ways to use tap lights as part of the dynamic and interactive speech therapy room decor you set up for your students???
>> Check out all of my interactive speech therapy room decor, which includes photos, goals and tips for success as well as large, small and black-and-white versions!
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Are you planning on making your decor more interactive? I hope you’ll let me know if you decide to try it out!
2 Comments
This is SO fun! I think this will really help my life skills kiddos and get them excited about pushing the lights! Thanks for sharing such a fun and interactive idea. Can’t wait to try it out. Especially the emotions, volume, social skills, and self-calming strategies.
Melissa
Thanks so much for your kind words, Melissa! I’m so happy to hear that these ideas will help your students!