Do you have trouble getting your elementary school caseload to complete homework? Especially over the summer? I was having the same difficulties, so I made summer speech therapy homework calendars!
Let’s face it, the last month of school is CRAZY. In my district, we get out at the end of May or the beginning of June. Up until the last day of school you can find me scrambling to get all of my tasks done: testing, report writing, Medicaid billing, progress notes, and a million conferences. This doesn’t even count all of the ‘extras’ we have to do like help with field day and other end-of-the-year celebrations. It’s a busy time!
So even if you want to plan a great summer carryover activity for your caseload, it’s probably not realistic with your busy schedule. Let me help you! I did the work so that you don’t have to! Let’s talk about how what the summer speech calendars are and how you can use them!
What are the Summer Speech Therapy Homework Calendars?
These calendars are simple to just print and go, or you can use the blank ones to completely customize them to your students goals. Here’s what’s included –
- Family letter template (general and one for articulation)
- Blank Calendars (all are June-July-August)
- Articulation Calendars
- Fluency Calendars
- Lower Level Language (preschool – 2nd grade)
- Upper Level Language (3rd grade – 6th grade)
*All calendar activities use ‘family member’ or ‘adult’ and do not say ‘parent’ for inclusivity!
How to Use Them
The articulation ones are general for any sound(s). My advice is to put the sound(s) you want the child to work on in the parent letter, so they know which sounds their student is working on. The fluency and language ones are pretty self explanatory. You can use the main parent letter for them. If your students are working on any other type of goal, then use the blank calendars!
Personally, I like to print the set then make as many copies as I need with our copy machine in order to save $. It’s black and white, but they still turn out well. I send them home with my students as part of their end of the year compilation of work. You could also mail them or send them home with their report cards / progress notes.
If you don’t have time for that, then you can simply upload the PDF to your Google Classroom or Schoology classroom so parents can access them all summer long or print them if they want. I don’t recommend this because it might confuse the families, but it’s an option!
I hope you enjoy using these summer speech homework calendars! Comment below or DM me on social media to let me know how it goes!
And if you’re looking for summer therapy ideas, check out this blog post!
-Chloe B | School SLP
