Valentine’s Day Speech Therapy Freebies in Canva
If you're looking for Valentine’s Day speech therapy activities that are editable and easy to use, then Canva has got you covered! There are so many ways to make your Valentine’s Day language activities more fun and engaging just by using Canva. From using free educational presentation game templates to creating interactive flashcards and worksheets, there are so many possibilities. In this blog post, I’ll be sharing five easy ways Canva can help with your Valentine's Day speech therapy.
1. Valentine's Day Canva Presentations
A fun way to incorporate Valentine's Day into your speech therapy sessions is by using Canva's free educational presentation game templates. You can make your Valentine's Day therapy sessions with your small groups so much fun by using some of these interactive presentation templates. Check out the links below!
Here are just some of the Valentine's Presentations available in Canva
- Trivia Questions about Valentine's Day by Zuzel. This trivia presentation features 11 Valentine's Day vocabulary words. On one slide, there will be a riddle clue to guess the word. The next slide gives out the answer to everyone. A great way to target words related to Valentine's Day!
- Valentine’s Day Trivia Game Presentation by Sir Aqui. This game features trivia questions about Valentine's Day and your students have to guess if the fact is a “Truth” or a “Bluff”. You can easily customize the questions and answers for your students in Canva.
- Valentine’s Day Never Have I Ever Game by Sir Aqui. Never have I ever played games in speech (said no SLP ever)! You can have your students take turns reading out the prompts and learning more about their classmates. This a great activity to add at the end of your therapy session for a brain break before sending them back to class. This is also a great activity to work on social skills.
To use this template, click on “Customize this template” in the new tab that opens up. Click on “Apply all 16 Pages” to add all the slides to your template. Edit each slide to add your own questions.
Want another Valentine's Day activity that is in a digital version?
Check out my Boom Cards deck: Vocabulary for Valentine's Day
2. Valentine’s Day Speech Therapy Worksheets
You can find so many worksheets for free in Canva! The best part is that you can change the questions depending to work on a variety of goals (for ex: If they are working on main idea, you can add a question about the main idea of the passage). There are so many resources in Canva that you can plan for your entire month of February!
Here are a just a few of the many templates that you can use in your Valentine's Day activities for speech therapy:
- Describe a Teddy Bear by Zuzel. Use this worksheet as a graphic organizer to help students improve their describing skills. There are two differentiated worksheets available in both color and b&w.
- Valentine’s Day Wh- Questions by Zuzel. This is a fun activity for kindergarten students to 3rd grade. This cut and paste worksheet targets answering wh- questions about Valentine's Day objects.
- Roll a Valentine’s Day Story by Maria Solomon. Have your students work on storytelling, or introduce story grammar elements using this worksheet.
- Valentine’s Day Reading Comprehension Worksheet by Education Resource Hub. This is a fun and engaging reading activity for older students about Valentine’s Day. Your students will read a short paragraph, then answer the questions below.
- The History of Valentine's Day by Zuzel. Use reading comprehension to target your middle school students language goals. There's writing, describing, answering questions and vocabulary all on one worksheet.
3. Speech Therapy Valentine’s Day Open Ended Game
This open-ended game is free and editable in Canva, making it an ideal tool for targeting any goal. It is a great way to engage students in a fun and interactive way, whether they are working on vocabulary, grammar, or conversation skills.
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Which goals can be targeted with this game?
Any goal can be targeted because this is an open-ended game! Here are some ideas:
- Repetitive drills! You can use this game to drill some basic concepts or speech sounds. This game is great for repetitive practice.
- Practice conversational skills by having students take turns asking and answering questions. For example, one student might ask “What's your favorite Valentine's Day gift?” and the other student would respond with “My favorite Valentine's Day gift is a bouquet of flowers.”
- Target your student's language skills! Have the use Valentine vocabulary word or action words in a sentence.
- Ask your younger students to describe a Valentine’s day object using the EET.
- Use this game while discussing your favorite Valentine's Day books.
4. Valentine's Day Speech Therapy Bingo
If you're looking for a way to target Valentine's Day vocabulary this year in your speech room or classroom, then this editable Valentine's Day Bingo card game is perfect for you! It includes a no-prep printable version, as well as an editable Canva template that you can customize and print from home.Do you work with large groups? There's even an online Google Slides version of the Valentine's Day Bingo boards that's ready to be shared with your class.
This valentines day bingo game includes the following words: bow, kiss, valentine, diamond, ring, bow and arrow, forget-me-nots, rose, candy heart, teddy bear, bouquet, heart, balloon, cupid, envelope, and dove.
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How to play valentine bingo
- Once you have created your Valentine bingo cards, you can print them out and start playing! Learn how with the detailed instructions included in the PDF.
- Hand one Valentine bingo board to each player in your class.
- Place the calling cards in a fun hat or party box for added fun.
- Read out the riddle and have your students guess the correct answer. Then they can mark off the squares on their bingo boards, and the first player to get five squares in a row (horizontally, vertically, or diagonally) wins the game.
- For durability, you can laminate the bingo boards or print them out, and place them in plastic sleeves.
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Looking for more bingo games in Canva?
Here are some more bingo games in Canva that you can check out this Valentine's Day.
- Valentine's Day Growth Mindset Bingo Set by Designed2Bliss: This bingo game includes candy hearts with tons of positive messages for little learners. Use these candy hearts as conversation starters. You can even pair this activity with a YouTube video about Growth Mindset, and here are just a few:
- You Can Learn Anything by Khan Academy.
- The Power of Yet by Sesame Street
- Growth Mindset: The Truth about your Brain by Khan Academy. This video explains what's going on in your brain in a funny way.
- Valentine's Day Bingo by Educate Creatively Personalize this bingo board with your own images or add text.
5. Valentine's Day Speech Therapy Flashcards
Flashcards are a great way to get some repetitive drills and to introduce your students to new words. Here are some of my favorite sets of flashcards on Canva that you can't edit and download for free with your Canva for Education Account.
Here are some easy to edit, download and print flashcards that are perfect for Valentine's Day. There are 18 flashcards available.
Use these flashcards to drill vocabulary words, or use as a fun memory match game.
Students can try to describe the pictures while using complete sentences.
Grab these free flashcards in Canva here!
Get all of the Valentine's Day Speech Therapy worksheets Here
Canva is a great tool for any SLP who wants to make their own Valentine's Day speech therapy materials, but, if you want all your links in one place or you want activities that are print and go, check out this resource here:
Valentine's Day Printable Worksheets
If you want to grab all the worksheets and templates in one place, check out this product where you will get all the links you need to access the resources listed in this blog post by Speechzella.
Have any other activities you like to use on Valentine's Day? Post them below!
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