There are so many ways to explore fall in speech therapy sessions, in the classroom, and at home. We’ve rounded up some of our favorite fall books, themes, and activities. Use these ideas to plan sessions or lessons in minutes! Parents and caregivers: these can also be used to facilitate communication at home with the whole family.

Fall Books

I love books for targeting speech sound disorders (The Leaf Thief is great for /l/ and /th/ - commonly targeted sounds!). They naturally lend themselves to receptive and language skills as well. You may point out new vocabulary, label pictures, and retell what happened. Target phonological awareness and pre-literacy skills with books, too!

  1. Pete the Cat Falling For Autumn: Pete the Cat always has great adventures
  2. The Leaf Thief: A cute story about the leaves changing colors and falling from trees
  3. Too Many Pumpkins: A woman has a dilemma about growing pumpkins at her home

Find a comprehensive list of 20 fall books for speech therapy here!

Tip: YouTube has many videos of children's books being read aloud, which is helpful when you are unable to get your hands on a book!

Fall Themes

I typically use themes for some of my older clients (e.g., late elementary and middle school), but they can be used for younger clients as well. I find great articles on Readworks and often look for accompanying videos on YouTube. After we read an article or watch a video, I encourage my clients to draw a picture or create something (using play dough or blocks) related to what they learned. It's always interesting to see what they make!

Some fall themes include:

  1. Harvests around the world
  2. Bird migration
  3. Indigenous Americans
  4. Fall holidays
  5. Autumn equinox

An introduction to a harvest festival

Fall Activities

There are also a number of hands-on and virtual activities related to fall that you can do! Search for fall items (e.g., acorns, leaves, pumpkins) as you go for a walk, read a book, or look at a fall picture scene. Use arts and crafts to make requests, comments, and descriptions as you paint leaves, pumpkins, or farm scenes. If you don't have access to actual leaves or pumpkins, coloring in a picture works great, too.

We have also created some fall resources, including fall WH- question stories and Halloween Mad Libs.

These stories can be accessed in our Premium Community or Teachers Pay Teachers page!

Additional Resources

If you liked this article and are looking for more resources, check out some of our other posts!

  1. 4 Fall-Themed Speech Therapy Lesson Plans
  2. 20 Fall Books for Speech Therapy & How to Use
  3. Fall Vocabulary Speech Therapy Activities
  4. Top Five Thanksgiving Speech Therapy Activities
  5. Fall Short Stories with WH- Questions
  6. Mad Libs: Halloween and Thanksgiving
  7. Pumpkin Decorating Speech and Language Activities
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