Pirate Speech Therapy Activity Ideas

Pirate themed books, games, and activities for speech therapy and the classroom!

I don’t do much themed therapy but love a good pirate theme! September is a great month for this theme because September 19 is “International Talk Like a Pirate Day” every year! It’s fun to switch things up and have a theme once in a while to make things new and exciting for you and your students. You can dress up or make a quick treasure hunt with articulation cards around your room!

One of my favorite ways to incorporate themes in therapy is with books! Check your library to see if they have a few pirate books for you to check out and use for the week or month.

PIRATE THEMED BOOKS

How I Became a Pirate

Are Pirates Polite?

The Pirate who Swallowed a Fish

Pirates Go to School

Night Pirates

I Wish I Had a Pirate Suit

The Pirates Next Door

Shiver Me Letters: Pirates ABC

Pirate Pete

PIRATE THEMED GAMES

Pop the Pirate – This is a popular and versatile toy that I use year-round! You play by putting swords in the slots and one of them will make the pirate pop out of the barrel. It is a great reinforcer during articulation drills or while targeting any goals. 

Pirate Talk – I love this game from Super Duper. Target expressive and receptive language goals: sentence repetition, answering questions, following directions, categorizing, inferencing, describing, and social skills. 

PIRATE THEMED RESOURCES

Grab these FREE pirate-themed open-ended reinforcers to use with any activity or goal in your sessions and classrooms!

This pirate language scene & corresponding activities target many expressive and receptive language goals, including Wh questions, following directions, verbs, prepositions, nouns and pronouns, formulating sentences, conversation starters. You can print and go or just open it on your device!

Pirate themed digital barrier game! This a self-checking, Boom Cards barrier game. Drag the correct items to the correct locations and check your answer!

Go on a pirate adventure while learning regular past tense verbs! This packet includes different activities to reach a variety of learning needs and generalization and teaches regular past tense verbs by verb ending.

Do you have other suggestions for pirate speech therapy activities in therapy? Leave a comment below!

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